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Why Law Firms Need IT Policies

Kraft Kennedy

Why Law Firms Need IT Policies Is it okay to store your password on a post it note on your computer monitor in your personal office? In o rder to appreciate why law firms need IT policies, i t’s important to first identify their purpose. Is it acceptable to use your family computer to access your firm’s work product?

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An Insight into Special Services: Transfer Pricing

Tom Spencer

Transfer pricing comes into the picture when the forces of market competition are wiped out. The most widely applied practice is the so called “arm’s length principle”, meaning that goods and services transferred between related companies should be valued using market prices, which unrelated parties would agree on.

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Five Ways to Raise your Game in Consulting - Part 4

The Consultants Peer Group

Uphold lawful policies, practices and procedures 3.4 Uphold lawful policies, practices and procedures 3.4 Overview: The previous blog on the Consulting Competence Framework identifies those skills and experiences that separate a professional consultant from the thousands of other consultants in the US today. McKinsey, PwC): 3.1

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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. This should make the international tax system both simpler and fairer.

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PEST Analysis

Tom Spencer

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. Automation.

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Overseas Business Expansion: The Promise and the Pitfalls

Tom Spencer

For most business owners, the dream is to one day expand beyond the original market. Before attempting to begin an overseas expansion, it might be wise to outline clear and realistic expectations about the new markets in question. This is a guest post from Archie Ward.

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Executives Need to Know How Trade Deals Shape Their Markets

Harvard Business

Most corporate strategists focus on finding ways to win in the market — that is, they look for sources of competitive advantage based on the customers they serve, the products they sell, the suppliers they use, and so on. The ability of a firm to push into a new market or compete using a tried-and-true strategy hangs in the balance.