Recently by Steven L. Henning
Intellectual Property
Fully Leveraging IP Assets: Recognizing opportunities to create new profit centers or innovative revenue streams.
R&D is woven into the fabric of our economy, yet it receives very little attention from business magazines, let alone the mainstream press. It might seem like an altogether forgotten part of the American industrial machine, but in 2013, R&D expenditures in the U.S. amounted to a staggering...
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Corruption Knows No Borders: FCPA compliance is not just an emerging market concern
Transparency International, a global coalition against corruption, publishes an index that measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption worldwide. The 175 countries are ranked on a scale from zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). Only two countries (Denmark and New Zealand) rank...
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The Challenge and Responsibility of Protecting Client Data
Data Security Concern According to an October 2014 Gallup Poll, 69 percent of Americans frequently or occasionally worry about theft of their credit card information. Other than having a computer or smartphone hacked, the majority of Americans worry about this crime more than any other...
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Managing Intellectual Property In A Knowledge Economy
Securing protection and commercializing IP are key considerations in a knowledge-driven economy. This characterization of our economy embraces knowledge as the driver of productivity and economic growth and is reinforced by the use of information, technology and learning in economic performance....
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Increased Regulation Drives Demand For Forensic Accounting Services
Major financial reforms and volatility following notorious frauds and scandals have led to outsized growth in the demand for forensic accounting services. During the past decade or so, Congress reacted to the WorldCom Inc. and Enron bankruptcies resulting from fraudulent financial reporting by...
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