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Philip Ammerman trains startups at 20th CyEC

Ilma Danielienė

Nov 23

Philip Ammerman trains startups at 20th CyEC

The Cyprus Entrepreneurship Competition challenges scientists, startup founders, and hi-tech entrepreneurs to transform their ideas into ...

Philip Ammerman

Nov 13

The Pfizer – BionTech Alliance

A lot was made about this week’s announcement that Pfizer’s initial results of COVID vaccine testing showed a 90% protection against tran...

Philip Ammerman

Nov 3

Election Day 2020

Photo (c) BBC Today is Election Day in the United States, and voting stations will open soon. While most opinion polls show Joe Biden wit...

Philip Ammerman

Nov 1

Jobs, Industrial Policy and Votes

There is a good article on trade, manufacturing, unions and politics in The New Yorker by Dan Kaufmann: Will Trump's broken promises to w...

Philip Ammerman

Oct 28

Notes from a Visit to Delphi

In Greece, we are blessed with sites that are magical in the human vision they convey. Delphi is one such site. There is a strange energy...

Philip Ammerman

Oct 28

Alors, c'est la guerre

Today is OXI Day, the anniversary of Greece’s entry into the Second World War. As with most anniversaries, it’s a time for reflection int...

Philip Ammerman

Oct 1

Cyprus Independence Day

Today, Cyprus celebrates the 60th anniversary of its independence from Great Britain.

Philip Ammerman

Sep 24

Rest in Peace, Irene

Last week while in Paris I received news that one of our clients died unexpectedly. She was over 80 years old.

Philip Ammerman

Sep 24

How NOT to Run a Rodeo

Or why the US Voting Systems Sucks Photo (c) David Goldman, AP My thoughts below are prompted by a news item on "naked ballots" in the Ph...

Philip Ammerman

Sep 23

LEARNING TO LEARN

I just completed the hardest component of my master's so far: procurement and intelligent procurement. It's not hard in terms of level.

US Department of education investigates Princeton University for racism

Philip Ammerman

Sep 18

US Department of education investigates Princeton University for racism

I learned today that Princeton University is being investigated by the US Department Education for potential racism.

Philip Ammerman

Sep 17

LETTER FROM PARIS

This evening the looming disaster of the coronavirus took on a new dimension for me. I’ll illustrate this with a series of anecdotes.

Ilma Danielienė

Sep 3

Coronavirus: Black September

Navigator Consulting has just published its September 2020 update on the COVID-19 Pandemic. Please view the article introduction here, an...

Philip Ammerman interviewed in Premiere Magazine, Cyprus

Ilma Danielienė

Sep 2

Philip Ammerman interviewed in Premiere Magazine, Cyprus

In April 2020, at the height of the coronavirus lockdown, Philip Ammerman was interviewed by Premiere Media, a leading business newspaper...

Managing Digital Advertising Campaigns for Small Enterprises

Ilma Danielienė

Sep 2

Managing Digital Advertising Campaigns for Small Enterprises

Navigator Consulting Group and the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry are organising a training programme entitled Managing Digital ...

Turn Around Management / Financial Crisis Management in Small Enterprises in Cyprus

Ilma Danielienė

Sep 1

Turn Around Management / Financial Crisis Management in Small Enterprises in Cyprus

Navigator Consulting Group and the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry are organising a blended training programme entitled Turn Arou...

Greece awaits € 72 billioN in EU Support

Philip Ammerman

Aug 10

Greece awaits € 72 billioN in EU Support

Greece expects to receive € 32 billion from the Next Generation EU pandemic recovery plan (of which, € 19 bln are grants and € 12.5 bln are

Philip Ammerman

Aug 3

CORNAVIRUS SECOND WAVE BEGINS

The onset of tourism and the relaxation of social distancing rules show that a Second Wave of COVID-19 infections is starting.

Philip Ammerman

Aug 1

The Donald Trump Reality Check

I’ve been doing a quick reality check on some popular news stories this week. The more digitally saturated we become, the more important it

Philip Ammerman

Jul 31

Wage Slavery in the Tech Sector

We keep talking about corporate social responsibility and being good corporate citizens. Do our investment and consumption policies reflect

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