When visiting Concord last month, EXECUTIVE got that “it could only happen in Lebanon” feeling. Representing this $50 million-a-year conglomerate is not some hard-headed CEO with years of experience, but …
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So Lebanese industry has a checkered past; that doesn’t mean there are not some truly decent operations out there. Bassile Freres is one of them. From a tiny outlet in …
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Sell Fast, a company founded by Kheireddine Fakhoury and Kamal Sinno in 1994, is a concept designed for an economically challenged country like Lebanon. The idea was to stock a …
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Imagine being a factory owner who needs to purchase theright tool or spare part for a critical machine that has just brokendown. Then imagine having to go to Burj Hammoud …
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A recent survey has estimated that18,000 ‘at home’ care businesses arethriving in the United States, generating$50 billion yearly, or 5% of the total$1-trillion American healthcare system.Over the last 20 years, …
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Bartering in Lebanon is nothing new (see ‘Barter frenzy’,October 1999). In fact, it is common in construction,advertising and insurance, where goods and services aretraded in a cashless transaction. For example, …