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Leveraging Local Business Expertise for Foreign Companies

Business Consulting Agency

Local business experts provide invaluable guidance on navigating complex legal landscapes, including corporate structuring, intellectual property protection, tax obligations, import/export regulations, and industry-specific laws.

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Overseas Business Expansion: The Promise and the Pitfalls

Tom Spencer

Timelines have proved to get drawn out, which can lead to delays like those experienced by Xiamoi Corp in starting operations in a foreign nation. Whenever a move is made into a new country, questions may arise surrounding intellectual property laws and quality control issues.

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Why Are We Still Classifying Companies by Industry?

Harvard Business

Today, technology is just a standard part of corporate infrastructure, like operations or marketing. Despite the fact that these companies make money in different ways — Apple makes most of its money on hardware, Microsoft on software, and Facebook and Google from advertising — they do share a lot of similarities.

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How More Regulation for U.S. Tech Could Backfire

Harvard Business

They all pay taxes, report their finances, disclose significant shareholders, and comply with the full range of employment, health and safety, advertising, intellectual property, consumer protection and anti-competition laws, to name just a few. and European regulators that it lost essential momentum.

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64 Proven Ways Consultants Can Generate Leads Online (Consulting Lead Generation)

Tsavo Neal

Online Advertising. Online Advertising. LinkedIn advertising. The publication’s need to get maximum advertiser “bang” for the “buck” it spends on printing and mailing each print issue, means that only the most qualified readers actually get a printed copy. Speaking Engagements. Outbound Phone Marketing. Email Marketing.

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We Need Transparency in Algorithms, But Too Much Can Backfire

Harvard Business

How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. But most algorithms in the world today are created and managed by for-profit companies, and many businesses regard their algorithms as highly valuable forms of intellectual property that must remain in a “black box.” Insight Center.

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Repositioning Is Not a New Business Model

Harvard Business

With online ordering, the factor could be location for food retailing, store presentation for banking, or hours of operation for flight bookings. You only need to make one strategic factor no longer pertinent to have designed a new business model. The search starts with what-if questions. What if we didn’t need stores at all?