Critical Thinking
Emerging Markets: Recipe for a Sustainable Growth
After a bullish performance for more than the last decade, the emerging markets are again slowing down due to external pressures exerted by the global markets. Their aggressive growth was fueled by strong commodity prices, thanks to double digit growth of China compounded by easy and cheap capital partly due to low interest rates in…
Read MoreWhat Do You See?
What does accounting have to do with 19th century impressionistic art? At first glance, probably nothing. But if one stops to observe, question, think, evaluate, analyze, or imagine, maybe more than you expect. In the Wall Street Journal article “How to End the Age of Inattention” (June 1, 2012), Holly Finn wrote about a now…
Read MoreHow Much Data is BIG Data?
A Fair Question. Everyone in business is talking about Big Data, but the term is impenetrably, wonderfully vague in common use. Certainly, it means dealing with large amounts of data, but businesses have been struggling with processing large amounts of data for eons. The current emphasis on ‘Big data’ has to be more than just…
Read MoreAdventures of a Forensic Accountant
The forensic accountant, a relatively new breed in the profession, seems to lead a varied and interesting life. Some of them like to call themselves “accountants with guns.” These are the intrepid accountants who work for a government agency and actually train at Quantico. They may work for the DEA where during the day, they…
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