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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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Diving Into the GDP Report of -2.9% Growth

MishTalk

The downturn reflected a downturn in exports, a larger decrease in private inventory investment, a deceleration in PCE, and downturns in nonresidential fixed investment and in state and local government spending, partly offset by an upturn in federal government spending. Intellectual property products increased 6.3

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Why African Entrepreneurship Is Booming

Harvard Business

According to him, his business nearly collapsed early in the year when he could not access the foreign exchange market to import the raw materials required for his paint production. Today, we are seeing companies with core intellectual properties (IPs) emerging out of Africa. They also partnered with local professionals.

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8 Ways Brands Can Fight Counterfeits in China

Harvard Business

Copying techniques have improved so much that some counterfeits now look just like the originals, while online sales make fakes even harder to spot. Chinese law does protect intellectual property, but only if a trademark is officially registered. Join forces with the government and e-commerce firms.

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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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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. Interim Management.

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The Darknet: A Quick Introduction for Business Leaders

Harvard Business

When companies are hacked and their data is stolen, that data often appears for sale on the so-called darknet. Valuable corporate assets — from intellectual property to pirated software to stolen code bases and other digital products — appear for sale on these marketplaces more and more.