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The Global Tax Agreement – A Friend or Foe for the Big 4?

Tom Spencer

For example, when a shell company located in a low tax jurisdiction has no business operations other than being the formal owner of valuable intellectual property, and collecting royalty fees for it. This will prevent the most blatant forms of profit shifting. Another hot topic is the taxation of digital services.

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List of economic consulting firms in Hong Kong

Tom Spencer

Services include architecture, building engineering, construction services, design + planning, economics, energy and environmental services. and has operations in more than 20 countries. GHK operates in three main areas: Public Policy, International Development, and Ports and Logistics. FTI Consulting. Address: FTI Consulting.

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Cornerstone Research Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Intellectual Property. There is a big focus (based on general litigation trends and market sizes) on healthcare/life sciences/pharma, food manufacturing, intellectual property, TMT, and consumer goods. Corporate Governance. Corporate Transaction Litigation. Data Analytics. Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Intellectual property. Dispute, litigation and investigations services for construction industry. They did much of the work piecing together Mr. Madoff’s money trail and just recently flew over to Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rico Government, who hired FTI to improve operations of utilities and highway units (2014).

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Data Breaches Aren’t Just an IT Issue - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM VERIZON

Harvard Business

And you probably won’t even know you’ve been affected until it’s too late to prevent significant damage to your company’s finances, operations, and reputation. Denial of service (DoS) attacks : Attacks that overwhelm an organization with malicious traffic, disrupting normal operations.

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Why African Entrepreneurship Is Booming

Harvard Business

Today, we are seeing companies with core intellectual properties (IPs) emerging out of Africa. That opened opportunities for local companies like Lagos-based AppZone and Nairobi-based Craft Silicon , both fintech companies, to expand operations across the continent. They also partnered with local professionals.

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

Harvard Business

But most successful companies used electricity and motors to reinvent their existing businesses, whether in manufacturing, transportation, or construction. Intellectual capital. For most companies intellectual property is something that sits on their balance sheet.