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Business Article 007 – Change Management
Why is it that most people cringe when they hear the word change? In most cases, their first reaction is negative, followed by fear. The reason for this is that people naturally fear the unknown, and with change comes the unknown. Change usually means removing oneself from a comfort zone which involves relinquishing control. However, [...]
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Business Article 006 – 10 Reasons why you should utilize the BDC’s Trade Information Facility
You may or may not be familiar with the Trade Information Facility, one of the latest service offerings of the Business Development Company Limited (BDC). Launched in 2008, the Trade Information Facility (TIF) is designed to offer the local business community access to affordable, accurate and real time regional and international market data.
Not sure how [...]
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Business Article 005 – IS SPIRITUALITY APPLICABLE IN THE WORKPLACE?
Numerous examples within recent years of poor managerial ethics have prompted discussions around the value and place of spirituality in the workplace. As such, managers and leaders are being encouraged to behave more ethically and foster ethical decision-making in the workplace and by extension become more spiritual. But what is workplace spirituality?
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Business Article 004 – Is your Company Thriving or Surviving?
Consider this, a couple of years ago, if as a Caribbean-based Marketing student I had to buy a marketing text book, my only choice of suppliers would have been the traditional local book stores. Speed up to the year 2010, I have the ability to have a postal address in Miami from which my mail [...]
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Business Article 003 – LEASING: A TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT
In the simplest of terms, leasing is the process whereby an individual or firm (a lessee) pays a rent to another entity (a lessor) for the temporary ownership of capital goods such as machinery, or any other type of equipment. This type of transaction is not usually the preferred method of financing for equipment and [...]
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Business Article 002 – Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), What Now?
As at January 4, 2010 Trinidad & Tobago exporters to the United States, the US Virgin islands and Puerto Rico were notified, by their customers in those markets, that the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Form A was no longer applicable to exports from Trinidad & Tobago. Naturally, this led to a state of anxiety [...]
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Business Article 001 – Making the best of a bad situation
We are all familiar with the old adage which says “When life throws you lemons, make lemonade”. It’s all about making the best of a bad situation. It’s about using all that you have to turn that situation around for your good. So the question is, what if when life throws you the lemons, you [...]
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Trade and Industry Minister to Speak to Country’s Business Leaders
For the fourth consecutive year, roughly 250 of this country’s most influential and dynamic business minds will come together for the highly anticipated annual Excellence in Business Forum, which takes place on June 23, 2010, at the Hilton Trinidad and Conference Centre, St Ann’s.
The Honourable Stephen Cadiz, Minister of Trade and Industry will be speaking [...]
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