YEAR-END REFLECTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS FOR NEW YEAR
As I reflect upon 2013 and look forward to 2014, I think of the watershed events that occurred this past year and what impact they will have on the future…
Read more »THE RPO: A FOREIGN COMPANY’S BEST ASSET WHEN EXPANDING RAPIDLY INTO THE US
Newly established US offices of foreign-based companies operate with minimal oversight and sometimes even less support. While modern communications – such as video conferencing, instant messaging and constant connectivity through…
Read more »NON-PROFIT DASHBOARD 3: A CULTURAL AS WELL AS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
In the previous two articles I addressed why you should consider implementing a dashboard and how to build one and what to include. This article addresses how to approach the…
Read more »THE G20 AND INTERNATIONAL TAX REFORM
Lawmakers seem to feel that by calling companies to testify publicly about their tax affairs they will suffer reputational damage that will cause them to change their behavior. Tim Cook,…
Read more »FRAUD AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
The larger an organization grows, the more complex its operations become. While growth is the sought-after goal of business, that success brings with it a heightened risk of fraud. Fraud…
Read more »WHAT FOREIGN COMPANIES SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HIRING PRACTICES IN THE U.S. (PART 1 OF 2)
In a previous post I talked about how an Employee Handbook enables a foreign company to focus itself on those U.S. employment laws and regulations that are most relevant to its activities…
Read more »NON-PROFIT DASHBOARD 2: BUILDING THE RIGHT ONE
In a previous post, I made the case for non-profits to implement dashboards to aid in accountability and to help them stay focused on what is most important to the organization….
Read more »IS IT TIME TO HIRE A CFO?
If you’re a start-up or a small company CEO (especially for the first time), at some point you’ve asked yourself “Do I need to hire a CFO?” I’ve seen variations…
Read more »THE NEW “BUSINESS-ATTRACTIVE” UK
“Have you looked at the business-attractive UK?” If someone had said that to me 10 years ago I would probably have chuckled. Recently though I attended a webinar put on…
Read more »NON-PROFIT DASHBOARDS PART 1: THE ROLE AND REASON
The current trend in organizations is to distribute real time financial and performance information to managers in order to improve the quality of information available to them and to enable…
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