Finance, Government, Intellectual Property and Marketing

PEST Analysis

Tom Spencer

MARCH 16, 2014

If you are thinking about producing a strategic plan, developing a new product, entering a new market, engaging in a new venture, or financing a project then it probably makes sense to understand the big picture issues that could affect your success. Government policy, trade unions, lobby groups, and the electoral cycle.

Analysis

Analysis Intellectual Property Trends Ethics

Analysis Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Stacked full of big-brained folks, most of Analysis Group’s 600+ staff hold advanced degrees in law, economics, finance, accounting or business. Analysis Group’s initial focus was on mergers and acquisitions before moving into other areas such as intellectual property and antitrust. Intellectual Property.

Analysis

Analysis Groups Interviews Culture

Cornerstone Research Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Specializing in economic, financial and market analysis, specifically for cases in litigation, Cornerstone Research touts itself as the one player major law firms turn to when navigating the obstacle course that is the American and European legal systems. Corporate and Government Investigations. Corporate Governance.

Interviews

Interviews Research Culture Case Interview

The Brattle Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

APRIL 11, 2016

Founded in 1990, The Brattle Group offers answers to economic, regulatory and financial questions posed by corporations, law firms and governments around the globe. The Brattle Group is now considered one of the European Union’s top consulting firms in the areas of energy, finance and competition. Intellectual property.

Groups

Groups Interviews Culture Case Interview

List of economic consulting firms in Hong Kong

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 4, 2011

AECOM is a leader in providing fully integrated professional, technical and management support services for a broad range of markets. FTI offers services in 5 main practice areas: Corporate Finance/Restructuring, Economic Consulting, Forensic and Litigation Consulting, Strategic Communications, and Technology. FTI Consulting.

Consulting

Consulting Intellectual Property Engineering Real Estate

FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

In the span of 9 years, the firm acquired more than 16 consulting companies in 5 different markets, including Australia, the United Kingdom, Asia, the United States and Latin America. Intellectual property. Corporate Finance/Restructuring. Intellectual Property. FTI began a new trend of rapid, global growth.

Interviews

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview

How the CFO and General Counsel Can Partner More Effectively

Harvard Business

JULY 25, 2016

The CFO-GC alliance has always been important because the finance function and the legal function are truly the nervous system of the corporation—sending critical signals to all parts of the company about the accuracy of the financials and compliance with law.

Ethics

Ethics Financial Intellectual Property Analysis

The Questions Executives Should Ask About 3D Printing

Harvard Business

APRIL 19, 2016

Leaders of corporate strategic development need to analyze all of these considerations and be prepared for disruption to ripple through many functions — not just product development and manufacturing, but also finance, tax, legal, human resources, and IT. In doing so, they identified 3D printing among the most difficult issues.

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Automotive Analysis Pharmaceuticals

Why Lawyers Make Good Early-Stage Startup Hires

Harvard Business

MAY 2, 2016

Successfully commercializing a product depends upon clean and clear lines of intellectual property ownership. Raising outside financing requires compliance with complex securities laws. The dynamics between a CEO and the investors on her board are a function of the legal arrangements articulated in the financing agreements.

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Training Training Finance

Clean Energy Transition: Business Risks and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

JANUARY 14, 2022

The government required Petrobras, a state-owned oil company, to purchase a set amount of ethanol per year, provided the ethanol industry with incentives, and imposed a price ceiling that capped the price of ethanol to 59% of the price of gasoline. Smart Grid: Global Markets to 2026. Business Risks. Bottle Necks. Wood Mackenzie.

Energy

Energy Transportation Policies McKinsey

How China’s Government Helps — and Hinders — Innovation

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

In recent years, the government has also launched a number of programs aimed at cultivating scientific talent. Thus, technological innovation in these sectors tends to be financed by the government and carried out within government or quasi-government laboratories. Drucker Forum 2016: The Entrepreneurial Society.

Government

Government Intellectual Property Policies Analysis

How Multinationals Can Adapt to a Political Mood That Doesn’t Care for Them at All

Harvard Business

MAY 23, 2017

Shareholders have benefited greatly from bigger product markets, lower production costs, and the judicious use of head office domiciles to reduce tax bills. Since 1990, the market capitalization of multinational corporations has grown at more than three times the average rate of listed companies around the world, our research shows.

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Policies Productivity Banking

How More Regulation for U.S. Tech Could Backfire

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Hostility to the internet appeared the moment the Web became a commercial technology , threatening from the outset to upend traditional businesses and maybe even our deeply-embedded beliefs about family, society, and government. There are also specialized laws for tech, including limits on how Internet companies can engage with children.

Enterprise

Enterprise Intellectual Property Government Advertising

What a Changing NAFTA Could Mean for Doing Business in Mexico

Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2017

The possibility of a contentious renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has led to delayed or canceled investments in what has been one of Latin America’s most economically stable markets. Renegotiating NAFTA. So, if a company manufactures products in Mexico to export to Canada and the U.S.

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Industry Marketing Policies

An Entrepreneurial Society Needs an Entrepreneurial State

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Breakthrough technologies, such as the internet and biotech, did not emerge from governments worried about “commercialization”; they emerged from the spillovers of investments that were focused on long-run public missions. Yozma in Israel, and Sitra and Tekes in Finland have actively shaped and created markets.

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Policies Government Finance

Management Consulting Connection

PEST Analysis

Analysis Group Interviews and Culture

Trending Sources

Cornerstone Research Interviews and Culture

The Brattle Group Interviews and Culture

List of economic consulting firms in Hong Kong

FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

How the CFO and General Counsel Can Partner More Effectively

The Questions Executives Should Ask About 3D Printing

Why Lawyers Make Good Early-Stage Startup Hires

Clean Energy Transition: Business Risks and Opportunities

How China’s Government Helps — and Hinders — Innovation

How Multinationals Can Adapt to a Political Mood That Doesn’t Care for Them at All

How More Regulation for U.S. Tech Could Backfire

What a Changing NAFTA Could Mean for Doing Business in Mexico

An Entrepreneurial Society Needs an Entrepreneurial State

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