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The End of the Tax Preparation industry?

By Victor Virueña. The tax preparation services industry produces more than $11 billion a year, employing 314,413 people in 134,475 small businesses (IBISWorld Report, 2019). According to the IRS, about 154,297,000 tax returns were filed in 2019, from that number, 137,866,000  tax returns were e-Filed,  showing that Americans are increasingly turning to financial software to file their taxes. As stated by La Monica (2019), the … Continue reading The End of the Tax Preparation industry?

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ISO 37001: Gestión de Riesgos, Compliance y Control Interno

La Organización Internacional de la Normalización, mejor conocida como ISO a partir de una composición de sus siglas en inglés (International Organization for Standardization) es un organismo internacional conformado por 164 países con sede en Ginebra, Suiza, que tiene como objetivo promover la normalización o estandarización en materias comerciales, de industria y de propiedad intelectual. La misión de ISO es “crear documentos que provean requisitos, … Continue reading ISO 37001: Gestión de Riesgos, Compliance y Control Interno

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Innovation in Latin America

Latin America relationship with innovation is not that good; just a few inventions and technological advances has been credited to Latinos: Color TV by the Mexican engineer, Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena; the progesterone contraceptive pill, by Luis Ernesto Miramontes;  the tridilosa structure by Heberto Castillo; The hepatitis B immunization, by the Chilean doctor Pablo Valenzuela; the cluster bomb by Carlos Cardoen; the call identifier by Neilo … Continue reading Innovation in Latin America

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El Terrible Estado de Derecho en México

El Proyecto Mundial de Justicia (WJP por sus siglas en inglés) ha publicado recientemente el Índice de Evaluación del Estado de Derecho 2019, que se basa en el análisis de 8 indicadores de las condiciones de legalidad en 126 países del mundo, apoyándose en más de 120 mil encuestas; dichos indicadores son las restricciones a los poderes gubernamentales, la corrupción, el gobierno accesible, el respeto … Continue reading El Terrible Estado de Derecho en México

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Diffusion of Innovation: Apple iPad Case Study

New products, services or processes entering the market are rarely completely new, as their design is more frequently derived from other alternatives and complementary technologies or products. (Brandenburger and Nalebuff, 1995) However, in just ten years, Jobs had led Apple to an intense innovation era: the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad created new markets and brought billions of dollars to the investors. The process … Continue reading Diffusion of Innovation: Apple iPad Case Study

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Technological Innovation: Race for the Future

Innovation forecasting is a difficult task to accomplish; the findings are not conclusive even if the researches use advanced tools, since innovation is a human activity and many social variables can interrupt or even end the innovation process as political interests, economic interest and social demands.  This has recently become a very popular area due to the success of mainstream authors that developed theories about … Continue reading Technological Innovation: Race for the Future

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Technological Innovation is Not Enough: Kodak Case Study

Innovation requires a calculated application of information, creativity, and initiative to obtain the values from the available resources, including all the processes which generate new ideas and transform them into useful products or services. In business, innovation also occurs when new concepts are applied to further meet customers ‘ needs and expectations. The objective of this paper is to analyze failed Kodak business models as … Continue reading Technological Innovation is Not Enough: Kodak Case Study

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Google Became Alphabet: Organizational Change

By Victor Virueña. Several methods and techniques for the evaluation, management, and change of organizations have been developed. A more elaborate and diverse set of options for understanding and guiding organizational behavior is now accessible than ever before. But the complexity of this arsenal makes it more a labyrinth than a repertoire of decisions. Without an appropriate framework, such a scenario tends to lead to … Continue reading Google Became Alphabet: Organizational Change

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Leadership Style and Change Implementation

By Victor M. Virueña The best leader is the person who delivers results; is not a universal recipe to all the situations; however, the leader has an enormous impact on the business’ success or failure. This paper’s objective is to review the relationship between leadership style and change implementation by the analysis of the different leaders’ core tasks to achieve the organization goals.             The … Continue reading Leadership Style and Change Implementation

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