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The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) wishes to recognize the contribution of the twenty-three authors who have provided the twelve case studies on innovation in tourism included in this report, selected among the papers presented at the 2nd UNWTO Knowledge Network Global Forum on Innovation in Tourism from 28 to 30 May 2014, which was jointly organized by UNWTO and the University of An�huac, in collaboration with the Instituto de Competitividad Tur�stica de la Secretar�a de Turismo del Gobierno de M�xico. This publication has benefited from the input and guidance of the following...

¿Qué puede aprender su empresa de Toyota? - Doblar o triplicar la velocidad de cualquier proceso empresarial - Desarrollar la calidad en el puesto de trabajo - Eliminar los enormes costes del despilfarro escondido - Convertir a cada empleado en un inspector de control de calidad Hoy en día, las empresas de todo el mundo están intentando implementar el método radical de Toyota para aumentar el ritmo de los procesos, reducir el despilfarro y mejorar la calidad. Pero, ¿están encontrando el fundamento real del éxito de Toyota, bajo la superficie de herramientas y técnicas Lean? Las...

Why the free-market system encourages so much trickery even as it creates so much good Ever since Adam Smith, the central teaching of economics has been that free markets provide us with material well-being, as if by an invisible hand. In Phishing for Phools, Nobel Prize–winning economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller deliver a fundamental challenge to this insight, arguing that markets harm as well as help us. As long as there is profit to be made, sellers will systematically exploit our psychological weaknesses and our ignorance through manipulation and deception. Rather than being...

Despite the recent deterioration in the global economic environment, projections for the region involve only a modest worsening of the outlook. The October 2011 Regional Economic Outlook: Western Hemisphere cautions, however, that there are severe downside risks. A sharp slowdown in Asia, for example in response to a recession in advanced economies, could impact commodity prices, with negative effects on Latin American commodity exporters. With global monetary policy likely to remain accommodative, capital flows could exacerbate overheating and amplify vulnerabilities in emerging markets....