Business Mauritius
Do Collaborative Workspaces Work?
A few weeks ago, I was invited to lunch with a steering committee at my university whose mission was to design the interior of a new addition to their building.
04 Dec 2012, business.mega.mu
Why Are Hotel Rooms So Expensive?
They can cost five, 10, 50 times as much as an apartment in the same city. How come?
02 Dec 2012, business.mega.mu
Success Secrets Of The World's Most Powerful Women
How can women cultivate career success? How did some of the world’s most powerful women manage to progress in their careers while also enjoying life outside of work?
01 Dec 2012, business.mega.mu
Can Introverts Be Great Entrepreneurs?
Conventional wisdom suggests you must be bold and outgoing to be successful. Here's why the stereotype doesn't hold up.
30 Nov 2012, business.mega.mu
10 Weird Things that Influence Customers Online
Sometimes what causes customers to change their behaviours are the strangest things in the world. At times customer psychology might make total sense, but at other times they can seem like a completely different species.
30 Nov 2012, business.mega.mu
Adaptive Reuse Re-Creates Unique Opportunities
A distressed hotel market during the past several years left hoteliers to find creative ways to open new properties. And for some, adaptive-reuse projects continue to be the answer.
29 Nov 2012, business.mega.mu
Courts Mauritius Opens First Store On The African Continent
Courts Mauritius proceeded to the official opening of Victoria Courts in Nairobi, Kenya yesterday. This is the 35th store of Courts but its first in the African Continent. Raj Doolun, the chief Executive Officer of Victoria Courts said that more stores will be opened soon.
29 Nov 2012, business.mega.mu
How, When and Why to Ask for a Raise
Next to firing an employee and having to inform a coworker of various personal hygiene offenses, asking for a raise is up there as one of the worst, most dreaded workplace conversations of all time.
28 Nov 2012, business.mega.mu
Employee Idea Systems Spark Competitive Edge
Employee idea systems are moving from the factory floor to the front desk. Originally perfected by Toyota—whose employees generate 1 million implementable ideas per year—employee idea systems are gradually being adopted by the hotel industry. Consider a few examples:
27 Nov 2012, business.mega.mu
Five Tips to Creating a Winning Business Plan
Business plans help to focus your attention, set your goals and impress investors. They're your tactics sheet for making your business a success and therefore it's vital you get the formula right. Here are our top five tips to making sure your business plan is as in-depth and winning as a top football manager's playbook.
26 Nov 2012, business.mega.mu
What Makes An Entrepreneur?
But statistics can be very misleading. Because in fact, successful entrepreneurs and business owners come in absolutely all shapes and sizes: aged between 9 and 109, male, female, rich, poor, people with multiple doctorates and people who left school at 13, and from every ethnic background you can think of. What they have in common is the drive to make things happen.
20 Nov 2012, business.mega.mu
Seven Financial Mistakes Small Businesses Make
Is your business at risk? Kelly Clifford, director at Profit in Focus, highlights seven common financial mistakes
19 Nov 2012, business.mega.mu
How To Be Seen As a Leader - At Any Point in Your Career
How people can be seen as leaders by others in their organizations. It’s a great question to ask. Sometimes people assume that when they get a “leader job,” they’ll automatically be seen as leaders.
16 Nov 2012, business.mega.mu
Let the Gamification Begin
Though William Shakespeare once wrote that all the world’s a stage, the online world is now evolving into a series of games instead. Gamification, the integration of game design concepts into non-game scenarios, is growing increasingly popular in the business world.
16 Nov 2012, business.mega.mu
Those Areas that Deserve Special Attention
Textile - Logistics and skilled labor. SMEs - Many speeches and little action. Construction - Lack of sites. Tourism - Provision of foreign currency.
08 Nov 2012, business.mega.mu
The 20 Most Powerful People in African Business 2012
They are the African business leaders, empire builders, moguls and high-flying chief executives of multinational corporations who possess continental clout and wield the most widespread influence in Africa’s business and economic circles.
05 Nov 2012, business.mega.mu
Billionaires and Former Billionaires Who Have Spent Time Behind Bars
On Friday morning, Italian billionaire Silvio Berlusconi was sentenced to four years in prison. He has two chances to appeal and seems likely to figure his way out of this predicament, but if all that fails he may end up behind bars, despite all of his wealth –he’s currently worth slightly more than $5 billion — and (dwindling) power.
01 Nov 2012, business.mega.mu
12 Surprising Signs You Could Be an Entrepreneur
Almost every article ever written about entrepreneurship suggests that it's not for everyone. And yet the articles go on to list attributes that many successful people possess as the traits commonly associated with great entrepreneurs, such as a strong work ethic, persistence, persuasiveness and discipline.
30 Oct 2012, business.mega.mu
75 Home Business Ideas
With the ups and downs of the economy, the slicing of employer benefits, and the frenetic pace of life, many people are starting to turn their attention towards working from home.
30 Oct 2012, business.mega.mu
The Disrupters
These innovators and their businesses are changing the way we live, eat, work, shop and play — again Eight Innovators Reshaping Our World
26 Oct 2012, business.mega.mu