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Figuring Out Your Billing Rate as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

Use these sites even if you just left your corporate job because it’s possible your cost-of-living increases didn’t keep up with the market price for your expertise. Local market conditions: Professionals in New York and San Francisco get paid more than those in Cincinnati or Boise—by some estimates, up to 25 percent more.

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Role of US Business Consultants for Foreign Companies

Business Consulting Agency

Entering the US market as a foreign company presents immense opportunities for growth, expansion, and global market reach. However, navigating the complexities of the US business landscape requires strategic planning, market expertise, and a deep understanding of local regulations and consumer preferences.

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An Insight into Special Services: Transfer Pricing

Tom Spencer

Transfer pricing comes into the picture when the forces of market competition are wiped out. The most widely applied practice is the so called “arm’s length principle”, meaning that goods and services transferred between related companies should be valued using market prices, which unrelated parties would agree on.

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Google Strikes Back in Patent Wars; Decades Long Litigation; Return to the Beginning Fistfight

MishTalk

It also highlights a race to stake out promising new technology markets, as fields such as “wearable” computing become the next frontiers for growth. “ However, the sheer quantity of patent holdings also helps deter attack and has led to an intellectual property arms race. Hopefully we can learn from the smartphone litigation.

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You Don’t Need to Be a Silicon Valley Startup to Have a Network-Based Strategy

Harvard Business

A platform connects providers and users in a multisided market. A platform can be a business platform (a multisided market), a software platform (a cloud-based subscription service), or an engagement platform, (a user-generated community). Intellectual capital. Value is in the products and services themselves.