by Bruce | May 27, 2010 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Strategy
So what’s on everyone’s mind here? Actually, the same things that are on everyone’s minds in the US, although the Brits express it in their own unmistakable and uniquely articulate ways. Here are the key topics: The Hogan/Lovells,...
by Bruce | April 21, 2010 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Strategy
“Indian law group names City leaders in call for action against foreign firms” read the headline in LegalWeek a few days ago. The (brief) article goes on to explain that a group called the Association of Indian Lawyers filed a petition for a writ...
by Bruce | March 19, 2010 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
A few days ago the juxtaposition of two articles, one in The Wall Street Journal and the other in The Times (UK), struck me as too rich not to point out. The WSJ wrote, in “Gap Widens Between Tech Richest and the Rest,” that: A handful of cash-rich...
by Bruce | March 15, 2010 | Articles, Globalization, Marketing, Strategy
A perennial question, not susceptible to any definitive resolution, is the classic, “Do you hire the lawyer or the law firm?” I actually think this is one of those too-cute-by-half semantic tricks designed to inveigle the unwary into Talmudic debates...
by Bruce | March 12, 2010 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Strategy
Not every day do we get what appears to be good news on the much bruited-about topic of the US’s global competitiveness. But courtesy of today’s FT we have just that, in New York ties with London for finance crown. A consultancy with the...
by Bruce | March 8, 2010 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Strategy
This weekend I received by courier from the UK the just-released report The Next Wave: Globalization After the Crisis, published by Jomati Consultants LLP, the London-based affiliate of Adam Smith, Esq.  If you don’t know Jomati, you should:  Based in the...