Business/Entrepreneurship

How “fair price” led to less revenue for producers

May 22nd, 2009 | By Roger + Lina together | Category: Business/Entrepreneurship, Popular

Lamb on the spit A “freakonimics” example: It is a tradition in Crete to eat lamb for Easter – preferably lamb roasted on a spit. This year, a consumers co-op that runs a chains of super-markets, intervening to help consumers and producers both get a good deal, created an unpredictable result: lack of lamb for [...]



10 things hotel booking websites should have

Mar 27th, 2009 | By Roger + Lina together | Category: Business/Entrepreneurship, Featured Articles, Popular

Original hotel descriptions (and not the hotel’s own!) Original photos (again, not just the oh-so-perfect-images the hotel provides) Clear price-list, including all taxes (show all periods,  without having to enter dates) Testimonials for the travel service/website/business Transparent about who handles the booking and who is responsible for customer satisfaction Clear, plain-english quotes and terms (without [...]