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    Article by: Roland De Monte   05 December 2012 Turkey’s decades-long quest for membership into the European Union has been the impetus of many rapid and “modernizing” changes throughout this ancient country, pushing it ever closer to its European neighbors relative to its laws, economy and politics. This …

    by: Ela Erozan Gürsel   2012 is ending and we’re entering a new year with new resolutions, plans and hopes. We have ambitions and desires in our personal lives as well as professional lives. Sometimes we want a fortune teller’s globe to tell us what’s going to happen …

By Dorian Jones Istanbul Turkey’s cinema is in rude health, making more films than any other European country apart from France, as well as securing major international prizes. With critics singing their praises, can the country’s art house directors create the next big thing in international cinema? Turkish cinema has …

By Leon Kaye Happy employees and a culture of ‘weirdness’ has led to success for green cleaning products company Method. Keeping it “weird” makes Method’s employees happy, and contributes to the $100m company’s success. When Adam Lowry and Eric Ryan launched Method in 2000, cleaning products were mostly chemical potions …

    Have you ever heard of neuromarketing? It is the bridge between neuroscience and marketing that let us understand the human behavior by analysing brain activities. Simplier definition as Patrick Renvoise, father of neuromarketing, would sum up; neuromarketing is ‘the science of human decision.’ This is a rising field …

Taipei, Oct. 15 (CNA)   The Ministry of Culture is mulling establishing a cultural center in Istanbul, Turkey to facilitate Taiwan’s cultural exchanges with the Islamic world, Culture Minister Lung Ying-tai said Monday.   In the past, Taiwan relied greatly on networks with the United States and Europe, Lung said …

by Sharlyn Lauby on October 11, 2012 My apologies to Michael Schrage and the Harvard Business Review for my stealing my lack of creativity with today’s title. But it really spoke to me. And not really because of the HBR article. (Sorry Michael). You can check out the HBR post …

A Mori survey carried out for the European Depression Association (EDA) in the U.K., Germany, Italy, Denmark, Turkey, Spain and France, has found that one in 10 workers have taken time off for depression, according to the BBC. Those in the U.K., Denmark and Germany were most likely to be …

Some half of the respondents to a large work-stress survey tell that the level of the pressure has risen from last year. A high level of stress is not only a burden on workers, but also on companies, says the research firm.   Respondents to a recent survey say that …

I recently watched two TED talks by Robert Neuwirth, a journalist whose main interest and focus lie on squatter cities and System D or commonly referred as informal economy. The first talk dates back to 2005 and gives vivid examples on squatter neighborhoods in Mumbai, Rio and Istanbul.   In …