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...VIRTUAL PUB CRAWLS Just Logging On for a Quick Drink Londoners beware! the next time you nip down to the pub for a quick screen break you might well find that you're actually broadcast live on the Web as you sip your illicit pint. Now suspicious spouses have an easy way to verify the age-old "working late" excuse: just log on to www.viewpub.com. British leisure giant Whitbread has teamed up with Web design firm Viewpub to install webcams in six of its London establishments. They show live pictures on the Web from 6 p.m. until closing time every...
...helps retain skilled employees and motivates them to work harder and smarter. You can't export company culture over the Internet. And you can't build the kind of trust and loyalty that team members need to share when they are working under a deadline 6,000 miles apart. Virtual-management consultants say bosses must--at a minimum--visit in person when offices or projects start up and at major milestones...
...keeping in constant--albeit virtual--contact with its restaurants, Popeyes achieved what all international companies hope for. First, export the essence of a solid U.S. business model (cheap fast food!). Then, adapt it to the local culture (top it off with marshmallows!). And finally, watch the new revenue--and savings on travel and relocation expenses--flow right to the bottom line...
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HIGHER EDUCATION VIRTUAL COLLEGES' STOCKS...