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Tackling Groupthink: red flags and solutions
in Sox First, on March 11, 2008
...f unanimity where the deafening silence is taken as a sign that everyone agrees. 3. Self appointed gatekeepers who make sure that any information contrary to the prevailing point of view does not get...
The Introvert's Guide To Selling
in Businesspundit, on October 22, 2007
...o at the target company.
Warm Up With Informational Calls
It is soooo much easier to get through gatekeepers when you ask for someone by name, instead of asking for "whoever is in charge of yo...
Mossberg: Mobile Consumers Deserve Better!
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on October 22, 2007
...is morphing into a powerful hand-held computer."
In essence, these mobile operators act as gatekeepers dictating what products and services we need! Sadly, this is one of the industries where...
Class-Action Suit Against T-Mobile a Small Victory for Mobile Users
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on October 16, 2007
... their mobile phones in case they want to switch to another carrier. Cellular carriers are known as gatekeepers because they lock phones to keep subscribers on their networks, they disable features li...
Who Gets In?
in The Universities Weblog, on September 7, 2007
...dmissions and the Education of Elites .
From InsideHigherEd:
The image of admissions officers as gatekeepers is a powerful one in American culture. High school students concoct ways to impress them...
Accounting students cheat
in Sox First, on September 3, 2007
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Accountants and auditors are supposed to be the gatekeepers that protect us from fraud. So it's a bit of a worry when we come across a study that finds accounting students are just as likely t...
Subprime meddling
in Sox First, on August 30, 2007
...ards so that their clients can renegotiate bad loans. Now, auditors are supposed to be independent gatekeepers and politicians should not be putting them under any pressure. We have all seen examples...
The Brocade case: now for the gatekeepers
in Sox First, on August 21, 2007
...shenanigans. In her blog, Re The Auditors , Francine McKenna looks at the question of whether the gatekeepers, including the auditors KPMG, were at all culpable but makes the point that KPMG "p...
Carnival of the Mobilists #76
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on June 5, 2007
...iers." He may not be filled with love for all of their business practices but carriers are the gatekeepers after all. And besides, with the looming threat of citywide WiFi carriers may end up way...
Analysts and accounting fraud
in Sox First, on May 15, 2007
...is study are not surprising. But it's an indictment nonetheless of analysts as the market's gatekeepers....
Near Field Communication: So Close, Yet So Far
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on April 16, 2007
...ndsets. "As the dominant mobile handset purchasers in the world, mobile operators stand as the gatekeepers of NFC's entry into new handsets," notes Collins, "and until they are comf...
Accountants and the Billy Rose Law of Investment
in Sox First, on April 10, 2007
...ea is that it would undermine the idea that accountants and auditors are supposed to be independent gatekeepers. Outside investors would make it ripe for the kinds of conflicts of interest that create...
Gatekeeper lawyers
in Sox First, on March 29, 2007
...essor John Coffee from Columbia Law School. Professor Coffee argues that corporate governance "gatekeepers" need greater scrutiny. He elaborated on this point when he was in Australia the ot...
Liability caps ahead
in Sox First, on January 25, 2007
... court damages? The bottom line is that auditors need to be held to a high standard. Those are the gatekeepers investors rely on and yes, it's a hard job but hey, that's what they're gett...
Accountants: the oligopolistic gatekeepers
in Sox First, on November 14, 2006
With regulators in Britain warning companies to draw up contingency plans in case one of the big four accounting firms collapses, attention is again drawn to the unhealthy dominance of the big players in the audit industry. Duke University law professor James D Cox has a paper worth checking ...
Reaching the Tween and Teen Markets via SMS
in Biz Plan Hacks, on October 31, 2006
...e-adolescents as independent, mature consumers, marketers have been very successful in removing the gatekeepers (parents) from the picture - leaving tweens vulnerable to potentially unhealthy messages...
Farewell Joe Lieberman, Enron Democrat
in Sox First, on August 11, 2006
...ings into what-went-wrong (with Enron) with the air of sorrowful piety that is his specialty. "Gatekeepers weren't keeping the gate, watchdogs weren't watching," he lamented. He negl...
Stephen Page of Barenaked Ladies Says Don't Sue Fans
in P2P File Sharing, on August 1, 2006
... preserving foreign-based power structures and further entrenching the labels' role as industry gatekeepers. Their lobbying efforts are focused on passing laws that restrict artists' ability t...
Stephen Page of Barenaked Ladies Says Don't Sue Fans
in Digital Music - The Future, on August 1, 2006
... preserving foreign-based power structures and further entrenching the labels' role as industry gatekeepers. Their lobbying efforts are focused on passing laws that restrict artists' ability t...
Policy Reforms & China IPOs: Analysis & Forecast
in China Venture News, on July 20, 2006
... to slow down the speed of IPOs. According to China stock market analysts, China's stock market gatekeepers (CSRC) will only speed up the process for future IPOs to insure the overall stability of...
Cingular Playing Tough on Content Payment
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on July 7, 2006
...ressure. Sooner or later the dam will break and big content providers will start to go around these gatekeepers. Already the handset companies are doing that, with Nokia and Motorola opening their own...
Netscape offers DIGG clone
in The Search Engine Weblog, on June 15, 2006
...torial team followup on stories that make it to the top 20 list. We're not doing this to become gatekeepers, but rather to add a journalist process to the power of social bookmarking. You can call...
Admissions Consultants Taint MBA Applications
in The Universities Weblog, on February 8, 2006
...our application to top MBA programs, but it's probably a good idea to write your own essay. The gatekeepers are on the lookout for fraud.
Consider this from the AP:
Some of the nation's t...
In his own words ...
in The Digital TV Weblog, on December 9, 2005
...ng to make content and then we want to be able to get it into viewers' homes ... without gatekeepers, without intermediaries.
Peter Chernin, News Corp.'s Chief Operating Officer, while...
More headaches for accountants
in Sox First, on November 18, 2005
...y is this important? Because accountants have an important public role. They are supposed to be the gatekeepers who separate the good from the bad. They are supposed to ensure trust, a point well made...
setting up a corporate bank account in the US
in TJ's Weblog, on September 12, 2004
...on is happening and it has become much easier to do business in a different country. But still some gatekeepers remain - banks, customs, and bureaucracy. Coming over from Europe the level of bureaucra...