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The Shoes in Spain ...

BY Ron Lieber
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:26 AM

... are anything but plain. Born on the island of Majorca, Camper shoes owe their quirky design sensibility -- and their trendy market appeal -- to geographical, cultural, and historical heritage.READ»

DESIGN | Comment

Death Star? Golf Ball? Nope, an Iconic Solar Building

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Jan 26, 2009 at 10:33 AM

Thanks to sunny weather and massive public investment, Spain has quietly become a giant in solar energy. But few people know that -- which is one reason Madrid is investing in a massive symbol for its solar boom. The city recently ...READ»

CULTURE | 4 comments

Lunch, Working

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Jan 2, 2006 at 9:30 AM

A new government initiative in Spain has cut short the traditional Spanish lunch break, which can last up to three hours -- at least for government employees. Because of urban growth and parallel increases in traffic and commute ...READ»

DESIGN FOR THE ELDERLY | 6 comments

Retirement Home Helps Residents Explore Their World

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Jun 15, 2009 at 12:10 PM

The open, easy-to-explore layout of this old-folks home puts others to shame.READ»

SPUD RAINCOAT | Comment

Biodegradable Spud Raincoat: Plant It in the Ground, Grow Trees

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Jun 25, 2009 at 12:55 PM

What if you could toss old items of clothing into the dirt in good conscience? You can--if you have Equilicuá's Spud Raincoat. The waterproof coat, made of potato starch-derived bioplastics, is entirely biodegradable and ...READ»

SPAIN | 1 comment

Spanish Team Goes Ant for Combat, Logistic Algorithm

BY Addy Dugdale
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Nov 9, 2009 at 10:37 AM

In the rock-paper-scissors game of life, nature beats nurture, and here's the proof: A hook-up in Spain between geeks and the military has begot an algorithm for troops' battlefield maneuvers based on the behavior of ant ...READ»

BUSINESS TRAVEL | Comment

Action Item: Tee Up This Translator

BY Lucy McCauley
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 11:50 PM

More tips and tools for golfing in Mexico.READ»

BIODIVERSITY | Comment

Wi-Fi Robot Fish Sniff Pollution in Spanish Seas

BY Anya Kamenetz
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Mar 23, 2009 at 2:57 PM

A Blade Runner trope come to life: British engineers BMT Group, in partnership with Essex University, have plans to release a trial school of five robotic carp into the waters off northern Spain. The fully autonomous, ...READ»

CUSTOMER SERVICE | 4 comments

US, Satisfied?

Relevancy Score: 94
Mon Aug 9, 2004 at 11:59 AM

Boy, are we a finicky bunch. According to a new study by Accenture, the industry Americans are most satisfied with is -- get this -- postal services. And that top spot in the results only means that a meager 44% of Americans are ...READ»

POLITICS + GOVERNMENT | 2 comments

Fixing the Wealth Gap

Relevancy Score: 91
Fri Aug 13, 2004 at 6:58 PM

Here's an idea from reader Lucio Fernandez in Spain. Many countries, he points out, have minimum wage laws. But those don't do much to solve the gulf between the poor and the extremely wealthy. Some companies, like Ben & Jerry's ...READ»

FC CALENDAR | Comment

Mobile World Congress

BY Fast Company Calendar
Relevancy Score: 91
Mon Feb 16, 2009 at 9:00 AM

Cell-phone honchos meet in Barcelona, Spain, to talk -- in person -- about their sector's possibilities and challenges. Click here for a rundown of what they'll be discussing. -- Theunis Bates Mon, February 16 - Thurs, February 19 ...READ»

BUSINESS TRAVEL | Comment

¿Como se dice 'Golf'?

BY Lucy McCauley
Relevancy Score: 89
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 11:51 PM

Do you love to play golf? Do you need to learn Spanish? Spend a week at the Malaca Instituto on Spain's Costa del Sol - and before you know it, you'll be saying 'Fore!' in Spanish.READ»

DESIGN | Comment

"Bird's Nest" Designers Debut a Brilliant New Museum

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 83
Fri Feb 6, 2009 at 12:20 PM

Herzog & de Mueron won the architecture profession's highest honor, the Pritzker, in 2001; last summer their iconic "Bird's Nest" stadium was beamed into a billion homes during the Beijing Olympics. But unlike other starchitects ...READ»

WORK/LIFE | 3 comments

Wacked-Life Balance

BY Tom Stern
Relevancy Score: 79
Fri May 18, 2007 at 7:06 AM

Okay, so you’ve been doing all right. You remembered your anniversary, you stopped at the supermarket and called home on the cell phone to see if they were out of milk, you even sprang for the Dora The Explorer bounce house at the ...READ»

ABUNDANCE PRINCIPLE | Comment

Today Was the Embodiment of the Abudnance Principle

BY Shel Horowitz
Relevancy Score: 77
Wed May 6, 2009 at 8:54 PM

For many years, I've been writing about a corollary to the Law of Attraction thatI call the Abundance Principle. I've been espousing it long before I ever <em>heard of</em> Law of Attraction. Basically it's the idea that ...READ»

SPANISH SEO | Comment

Spanish SEO Advisor

BY Elvis Arias
Relevancy Score: 73
Mon Nov 9, 2009 at 12:58 AM

We assist companies and professional service providers research the most effective search terms used by native Spanish speakers that pertain to their products and services. We take that knowledge and create or update ...READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION | 1 comment

These Lollies Are About to Go Pop

BY Ian Wylie
Relevancy Score: 70
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:37 AM

How Chupa Chups innovates to make suckers of us all.READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

Harry Kraemer's Moment of Truth

BY Keith H. Hammonds
Relevancy Score: 63
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:37 AM

In an era when the business section read like the police blotter, the CEO of Baxter International faced a tough ethical dilemma. And he did something noteworthy: He actually did the right thing.READ»

MANAGEMENT | 1 comment

Loose Lips Burn Ships

BY Lisa Pinsley
Relevancy Score: 63
Tue Dec 18, 2007 at 5:45 PM

Consultant Debunking UnitREAD»

CAREY BUSINESS SCHOOL | Comment

Big 3 Bailout?

BY Collin Lawson
Relevancy Score: 60
Sat Nov 15, 2008 at 1:39 PM

This Saturday as world leaders from the G20 meet in Washington, the topic du jour is stabilizing the world economy. Leaders from the United States, France, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, China, Germany, India, ...READ»

INNOVATION | 3 comments

Spain to Unleash Schools of Oceanic Pollution-Sniffing Robo Fish

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 59
Fri Mar 20, 2009 at 12:39 PM

Robotic fish developed by scientists at the University of Essex in the U.K. are soon to evolve from engineering curio to actual tool when they go on a world-first mission off the coast of Spain. As part of the larger European SHOAL ...READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION | Comment

Community of Ideas

BY Kathryn Tuggle
Relevancy Score: 53
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:17 AM

A rogue media network connects Spanish innovators.READ»

HUMAN RELATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | Comment

The Best of Both Worlds

BY Linda Tischler
Relevancy Score: 51
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:42 AM

To add additional context to Linda Tischler's feature story, Fast Company offers two edited transcripts of interviews with Professor Charles A. O'Reilly at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Catherine Hakim, a sociology ...READ»

ABENGOA | Comment

20-Megawatt Solar-Power Tower Could Fry You Like an Ant

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 51
Mon Apr 27, 2009 at 1:09 PM

Abenoga's 20-megawatt solar-power tower--a 541-foot-high pillar located in Seville, Spain--is finished, and will produce enough power for 10,000 homes. The solar tower is the largest in the world, about half as tall as New York ...READ»

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Who Do You Work For?

BY Margaret Heffernan
Relevancy Score: 50
Tue Jul 8, 2008 at 5:46 PM

A few weeks ago, I had to good fortune to run into an old boss of mine, Piers Plowright. He was one of the first people I worked for at the BBC, and one of the best. Much to my amazement, I discovered that he was now retired but not ...READ»

Topic: Spain