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Challenges & Opportunities is a Disruptive and Fractured World
Challenges & Opportunities is a Disruptive and Fractured World
National Innovation Movement Launched
The Institute of Management Consultants of the Philippines, an association of the largest management consulting organizations of the Philippines, launched the National Innovation Movement today, February l5, 2018. IMPHIL President Jocelyn Pick said that it is urgent that the whole country imbibe INNOVATION as the most effective intervention to solve our social and corporate [...]
The ASEAN Integration : Expand Your Talent Base Across Borders in 3 Steps
The creation of ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is the goal of regional economic integration by 2015. AEC envisages the following key characteristics: (a) a single market and production base, (b) a highly competitive economic region, (c) a region of equitable economic development, and (d) a region fully integrated into the global economy. -ASEAN Economic [...]
Is the Philippines Ready for ASEAN Integration?
ASEAN countries will soon come together to form a single market and production base for the 10 participating countries. This will result in the fourth densest economic bloc in the world, with a free flow of goods, services, investment, and skilled labor. The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) will be a game changer. Our region’s [...]
Intellectual property disputes
The Statute of Monopolies (1624) and the British Statute of Anne (1710) are seen as the origins of patent law and copyright respectively,[4] firmly establishing the concept of intellectual property. The first known use of the term intellectual property dates to 1769, when a piece published in the Monthly Review used the phrase.[5] The [...]
Entertainment industry acquisitions
Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience, or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an [...]
Technology changing laws
In March 2004, a comedy of errors unfolded in the Mojave Desert. A million-dollar prize was on offer via the DARPA Grand Challenge for any self-driving car that could complete a 240km course. The best performer didn’t even make it 12km before coming off the road at a hairpin turn and getting stuck on [...]
What acquisitions should you make?
What is an 'Acquisition' An acquisition is a corporate action in which a company buys most, if not all, of another firm's ownership stakes to assume control of it. An acquisition occurs when a buying company obtains more than 50% ownership in a target company. As part of the exchange, the acquiring company often purchases [...]
International tax changes
What is 'International Investing' International investing is the strategy of selecting globally-based investment instruments as part of an investment portfolio. International investing includes such investment vehicles as mutual funds, American Depository Receipts, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) or direct investments in foreign markets. People often invest internationally for diversification, to spread the investment risk among foreign [...]