McKinsey & Co means that few fiscal opportunities are bigger than reducing revenue leakages from tax and payment abuse. And now, new sources of data and new analytics tools are giving governments the upper hand.
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Who do you trust? Why do you trust one brand over another? Integrity and trust have been important for organizations since commerce began and today Trust is very much as good as currency and money in the bank. Here is why… Read more
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Summary. Surveys are a pain to complete and, as a result, most people don’t invest much thought in filling them in, which means the information they give is low-quality and unlikely to provide strategic insight. Talking to customers and asking open-ended questions yields better results and in most cases your managers will not need to conduct…
Bloomberg reports that for years now, the explosive growth of e-commerce has outpaced the underlying technology; companies wanting to set up shop have had to go to a bank, a payment processor, and “gateways” that handle connections between the two. This takes weeks, lots of people, and fee after fee. Then in 2010, Patrick and John…
In this episode, JP shares his experience with the “mandated” COVID test to come back to the States from Germany; apparently, it is on the “honor system” because nobody actually wanted to see the results. From there, we discuss the need for good “computer hygiene” after one of JP’s clients caught a “ransomware virus” –…
Before the iPhone, mobile phones took on a multitude of shapes and sizes. Today, however, the majority of phones feature a touch screen, a number of icons, and assume a rectangular shape. Concern has now been voiced post the Apple Inc vs Samsung Electronics trial – in which Samsung received a hefty rap over the…
China itself is a large part of the world economy. As a result, this year it will make a noteworthy contribution to world growth overall. The more challenging question, however, is whether it can make a big contribution to the rest of the world’s growth? China is currently the largest export market for many countries….
