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Posted by on Sep 19, 2011

Infórmate sobre las noticias mas relevantes en España y el mundo con el nuevo video semanal The Business...

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The Labor Reform Legislation: Pros and Cons

Posted by on Sep 15, 2010

An unemployment rate of almost 23% of the active population, the highest in the EU, is the most obvious sign that something had to be done to stimulate employment. But is the new...

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Dónde encontrarnos

Posted by on Oct 6, 2011

GRANDES EMPRESAS   - Envíos personalizados a cargos directivos de las empresas más importantes en Madrid por volumen de facturación.   AMERICAN EXPRESS BUSINESS...

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Can Mariano Rajoy save Spain?

Posted by on Oct 6, 2011

That is the sixty four thousand dollar question echoing throughout the financial world. Can he pull it off? It can be done – but he will have to take a series of very staunch...

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Turbulence Ahead: 4 Must Read Books

Turbulence Ahead: 4 Must Read Books

Mar 9, 2012

ULTIMATE QUESTION 2.0 With an explosion of competition from around the globe, it’s never been more important for companies to garner raving fans – customers willing to actively advocate for your products and services. The challenge is you can’t manage this critical aspect of word-of-mouth marketing if you can’t measure it. That’s where the ultimate...

Europa, en parálisis

Europa, en parálisis

Mar 9, 2012

European civil servants used to say that major agreements in Brussels were always reached at night. The important pacts, word had it, were forged in the early hours. But for the last few months not even those late night sessions have been enough. In the face of the largest economic crisis since the 1940s, Europe seems to be in the grips of a paralysis. This time...

Is employment in Spain too expensive?

Is employment in Spain too expensive?

Mar 9, 2012

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes’ wrote Benjamin Franklin in 1789, to which even back then he could have added a third category: complaining about taxes. In Spain it is almost a national obsession, taking the role of conversational space-filler that is occupied by bad weather in less sunny climates. Bemoaning the...

To the Rescue of SMEs

To the Rescue of SMEs

Mar 9, 2012

More than 90% of Spain’s companies are SMEs – employing 90% of the workforce and generating 62% of the GDP. They truly are the backbone of the economy, not just here in Spain but in any country around the world. SMEs are critical to any economy. They are engines of job creation, economic growth and innovation. SMEs are an integral part of our country’s...

Ask the Expert

Ask the Expert

Mar 9, 2012

>> Isabel Salazar, Director of Connect Your Business for Google Given today’s business situation, how can the Internet help the Spanish business community? In a country like Spain where over 90% of the business community is made up of SMEs and where, at the same time, there is a high rate of Internet penetration among the populace, it is noteworthy that...

Focus on Russia

Focus on Russia

Feb 14, 2012

With the Eurozone in crisis, many European countries are looking outside of the EU for opportunities in business. Massive emerging economies such as India, China and Brasil have dominated investment and business news in recent times but there is one market that is catching up with massive speed, stretching its tentacles into European markets and pumping...

GSMA 2012

GSMA 2012

Feb 14, 2012

Redefining Mobile!!   The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide. Spanning more than 220 countries, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world’s mobile operators, as well as more than 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem. The GSMA also produces industry-leading events such as the Mobile World Congress, which has been held in...

Women at the top

Women at the top

Feb 14, 2012

IT SEEMS THAT THERE MORE AND MORE BUSINESSWOMEN RISING TO SENIOR MANAGEMENT POSITIONS, BUT THEY ARE STILL A LONG WAY – TOO LONG – FROM ACHIEVING PARITY WITH MEN. THERE CONTINUES TO BE A “GLASS CEILING” WHICH KEEPS THEM FROM REACHING THE VERY TOP. CHALLENGES YET TO BE MET INCLUDE MEASURES WHICH MAKE WORK-FAMILY BALANCE POSSIBLE, THE CONSOLIDATION...