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Book Review: Accelerating Out of the Great Recession: How to Win in a Slow-growth Economy

Ā  How do you, not just survive, but thrive in the aftermath of a recession where so many failed to do so? The subtitle of this book is what immediately jumped out at me when I pulled it off the library shelf. To be able to say this book provides an answer on how to win in a slow growth economy in just 202 pages is quite a claim considering the struggle of most businesses post-recession. Continue reading →

HIL: Learning Outside the Classroom

This is the firstĀ instalmentĀ in a new series entitledĀ 'How I Learn', which will focus on how the different ways people learn. When I was aged 14 I was involved in a school trip to Ypres, Belgium. This is my significant learning experience. Ypres has become a focal point for remembrance of those who lost their lives fighting in the First World War. The stand out experience of the day for me undoubtedly was a visit to a centre where trenches had been preserved. Continue reading →

MWR: Containerization Changed the Business World Significantly

It is owing to globalization that as consumers we have billions of choice when it comes to the products we buy, ā€˜all products are everywhere in the worldā€™ (Evans, 2012). Globalization is the process of world economies becoming increasingly integrated and interdependent on each other. During my research a common occurring theme was transportā€™s role in globalization. This then focused my inquiry towards containerization in shipping. Continue reading →