A few months ago, we announced that something was happening in the Chinese economy, particularly in foreign trade, and that this would surely trigger a reaction from the economic authorities of that hegemonic country. The loss of competitiveness was evident due to the increase in production costs, with a resulting reduction in profit margins. This phenomenon, absolutely normal in…
• 10 million tourists per year.
• Extremely solvent banks, excellent investment programmes.
• Very low income, sales and corporation taxes.
• Great shopping for every budget.
• Ideal climate all year round.
• And a incredible traditional cuisine.
What more could you ask for ?
When in the spring of 2013 an Andorran delegation visited the United Arab Emirates (UAE) headed by the Minister of Tourism and Foreign Affairs, the Director of Tourism in Andorra and the President of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services as well as a full of hope group of Andorra professionals and entrepreneurs,…
Some weeks ago I wrote the post in this blog, Crisis or Digital Revolution, where I talked about the digital revolution we are experiencing. The question is: Should we manage companies that emerged from the industrial revolution in the same way that companies created in the digital age? Of course not. Just as we are…
Is it possible to export for a small company belonging to a small market? I am pretty sure that not only it is possible for any firm to sell in overseas market, but that that, if they have not yet done so, the sooner the better. The point is that those firms that started exporting…
Please, Google the following definition: Code refactoring Refactoring. …is a disciplined technique for restructuring an existing body of code, altering its internal structure without changing its external behavior. Its heart is a series of small behavior preserving transformations. Basically it means changing the inner workings so that the outer workings stay the same.…
After a long business trip to China, now I can claim I feel much closer to this majestic country and also surprised for the capacity for effort, generosity, hospitality and spirit of improvement of its people. The goal of this visit was to explain to our Chinese friends all good things Andorra can offer them…
The Industrial Revolution was the economic, technological and social transformation that began in the second half of the eighteenth century in Great Britain, ranging decades after to other parts of Europe and the United States. That time witnessed the largest set of economic, technological and social transformations in the history of humanity, moving from a…
Andorra’s history shows that it is a country that has always managed to evolve and successfully reinvent itself. The country has gone from a society of 3,600 inhabitants during the interwar period, having an economic model based on agriculture and livestock, to becoming a prosperous country of approximately 70,000 inhabitants whose growth is based on…
The progress in software development in the ever-changing market, with an increasingly shorter time to market; in addition to the the experience (and the bad as well) and the loss of values, caused a few years ago the emergence of Agile Methodologies. Through the Manifesto, the authors wanted to show the path they considered this…