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What / Who Is a Professional Independent Consultant?

Successful Independent Consulting

Rather we operate solo- or micro- businesses. During an engagement, our activities may include a wide variety of activities – from system analysis and design to coaching executives, technical assistance, and producing intellectual property. Independent: We are not employees deployed to larger organizations by consulting firms.

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Your Company Needs a More-Radical Board of Directors

Harvard Business

First, directors face a real challenge in making sure that protection and alignment of key governance and risk management issues doesn’t crowd out equally important dialogue around strategy and operations. I’m not against benchmarking and norming. Letting your ETR slip to the benchmark could risk your customers’ trust.

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Why Western Digital Firms Have Failed in China

Harvard Business

Many leading American digital firms, including Google, Amazon, eBay, and Uber, have successfully expanded internationally by introducing their products, services, and platforms in other countries. failure to fully embed operations in China. Uber sold its operation to Didi Chuxing. Paper Boat Creative/Getty Images.

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An Insight into Special Services: Transfer Pricing

Tom Spencer

For multinational corporations operating in multiple jurisdictions and tax regimes, however, transfer pricing offers an opportunity for tax-optimisation. However, this is often difficult to do since there may be no comparable companies selling similar types of products. This is the strategy followed by Apple.

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Corporation Oxford

Tom Spencer

Britain’s finest educational name … ignores the explosion in online learning and fails dismally to exploit its intellectual property commercially … It lives off past glories, and is doomed to fade unless it reforms vigorously. It will consequently find life much harder in the 21st century. Oxford and Cambridge).

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Strategy-First Innovation: Making Changes that Last

Tom Spencer

Priorities might include developing new products, expanding into new markets, enhancing the customer experience, increasing operational efficiency, or embracing sustainability. Unique advantages include strengths that distinguish a business, add value to its products, and give it a competitive edge over the competition.

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Kalypso Interviews & Culture

Management Consulted

If you are interested in the emerging market of the Internet of Things (IoT) or Augmented Reality (AR) devices, or are fascinated by helping a company navigate product placement in a grocery store, Kalypso may be a good fit for you. Currently, Kalypso LP operates as a subsidiary of Palladius Inc. Intellectual Property (IP) Management.