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Expanding Your Business in an Emerging Market?
There's no question that businesses are looking for every competitive advantage they can find these days. From seeking to expand the customer base to lowering production costs, management is always mindful of the bottom line. Consequently, expanding to emerging markets and all the potential they hold has become increasingly attractive for many companies. With these opportunities, of course, come challenges, particularly the concern about escalating compliance and integrity-related risks. In fact, executives are not confident that their companies have effective processes in place to identify and manage these risks when making investments or engaging third parties in emerging markets.
These are some of the key findings of Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP's fifth annual Look Before You Leap survey, which solicited the views of 126 business executives on the approaches their companies are taking to address compliance and integrity-related risks in emerging markets. Survey participants represented a wide range of industries including financial services (29%), manufacturing (25%), and information technology and telecommunications (12%). Roughly 75% of participating companies were headquartered in the United States, with other companies headquartered in Canada, Europe, Asia and Latin America.
Many companies are investing in emerging markets through mergers and acquisitions as well as by locating company-owned facilities in those markets (“Greenfield investment”). In addition to expanding their footprint directly, many companies are increasingly engaging third parties located in emerging markets ' such as vendors and a variety of other third parties including service providers, sales agents, distributors, channel partners, and intermediaries.
Yachts, Jets, Horses & Hooch: Specialized Commercial Leasing Models
Defining commercial real estate asset class is essentially a property explaining how it identifies — not necessarily what its original intention was or what others think it ought to be. This article discusses, from a general issue-spot and contextual analysis perspective, how lawyers ought to think about specialized leasing formats and the regulatory backdrops that may inform what the documentation needs to contain for compliance purposes.
Hyperlinked Documents: The Latest e-Discovery Challenge
As courts and discovery experts debate whether hyperlinked content should be treated the same as traditional attachments, legal practitioners are grappling with the technical and legal complexities of collecting, analyzing and reviewing these documents in real-world cases.
Identifying Your Practice's Differentiator
How to Convey Your Merits In a Way That Earns Trust, Clients and Distinctions Just as no two individuals have the exact same face, no two lawyers practice in their respective fields or serve clients in the exact same way. Think of this as a "Unique Value Proposition." Internal consideration about what you uniquely bring to your clients, colleagues, firm and industry can provide untold benefits for your law practice.
Risks and Ad Fraud Protection In Digital Advertising
The ever-evolving digital marketing landscape, coupled with the industry-wide adoption of programmatic advertising, poses a significant threat to the effectiveness and integrity of digital advertising campaigns. This article explores various risks to digital advertising from pixel stuffing and ad stacking to domain spoofing and bots. It will also explore what should be done to ensure ad fraud protection and improve effectiveness.
Turning Business Development Plans Into Reality
This article offers practical insights and best practices to navigate the path from roadmap to rainmaking, ensuring your business development efforts are not just sporadic bursts of activity, but an integrated part of your daily success.