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

Tom Spencer

The first one seeks to implement a principle for taxation of corporate revenues based on location of sale rather than place of manufacturing. 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.

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Cornerstone Research Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Founded in 1989 by three former consultants of the MAC Group (a boutique sales and distribution consulting firm), Cornerstone Research was established to be very different than the general management consulting firm it was birthed from; focused on unique clients, managing delicate client relationships, and offering specialized work.

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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. After the recession, and with the commodities boom, companies and governments absorbed the high costs anchored on the local representation business model. They also partnered with local professionals. billion people latent opportunity.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Intellectual property. 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). Intellectual Property. Intellectual Property. Government & Public Contracts. Industries.

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Why Western Digital Firms Have Failed in China

Harvard Business

The widely touted reasons for these failures include censorship by the Chinese government and cultural differences between China and the West. It does not include traditional IT firms that rely on sales of hardware or software as their main source of revenue.). poor management of relations with Chinese regulators and the government.

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How the CFO and General Counsel Can Partner More Effectively

Harvard Business

These issues include legislation, regulation, litigation, enforcement, investigations, geopolitical risk, demands for ethical actions, and public criticism, affecting all the functions of the corporation in their interaction with all levels of global governments (central, regional, local).

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When Is It Important for an Algorithm to Explain Itself?

Harvard Business

While GDPR only applies in Europe, businesses around the world anticipate that similar changes are coming and so are revisiting governance efforts. Often, the reason given is to protect intellectual property or prevent a security breach. What processes will we use to govern outcomes?

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