Article by IMD Professor Nuno Fernandes – www.imd.org Just as in the Game of Thrones series, the “winter is coming”, and with it, so are huge risks to investors and employees of the so called unicorns. Unicorns are broadly defined as start-ups worth $1 billion or more. Once rare and mythical, there are now more than...
Human cloning is a controversial issue nowadays. Some people and scientists are for it, but other groups, including the powerful and influential church, are against it. The issue was brought up lately due to the claims of “Raelian” scientists that they have cloned a human. There are many arguments that people provide as to why cloning...
What are the numerous methodological trends? A methodology is “a set of repeatable processes with project specific methods, rules, and guidelines for building quality application systems that are manageable and deliver value to the organization”. People learn through both formal education and experience. And in project management, the...
Psychological egoism can be classified into 2 kinds, “strong psychological egoism” and “weak psychological egoism”. “Weak psychological egoism” states that all that ever motivates a person is his desires. On the other hand, “strong psychological egoism” states that all that ever motivates a person is...
The US-British attack on Iraq is definitely unjust, for it fails the criteria for a just war. Not only are the reasons for the attack weak, making the war totally unnecessary and avoidable, but the amount of damage and deaths that are resulting totally distort the rules of proportionality. Let’s examine this attack according to the just war...
The Wireless Athens Group Zone – WAGZone, is a wireless local area network that’s built around 24 blocks of downtown in the small city of Athens, Georgia. It started as an experiment for the University of Georgia’s New Media Institute. The project took about 18 months to build. Having 9 Wi-Fi transmission boxes spread around the...
In April 2003, a new Lebanese law concerning motor insurance was enacted. This law states that all cars on the Lebanese territory are to be insured for third party liability bodily injuries, so everyone had to pay the fee for this insurance. The problem with this new law is that it is unfair to those who already have insurance contracts that...
According to recent statistics and figures, the hotel sector in Lebanon currently seems to be an attractive one, offering many opportunities for investors. It is growing very fast, and since tourism in Lebanon is also improving, the hotel sector growth grows accordingly. This article, was written in 2003. In the past couple of years, the number of...
Nowadays, enterprises are realizing that it is really important to “know what they know” and make maximum use of that knowledge. The most valuable asset that companies in general have is the knowledge of their employees. Firms now realize how important this is, and are starting to focus more on the field of knowledge management for it...
Just because you’re the biggest doesn’t mean you’re the best.. at least not in my book. Perhaps you’re only the biggest because all the other competitors are dumb.. not because you’re great. Have you ever felt that way towards a certain company or business? I certainly have. Here are some fails and mistakes made by...
