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«Canada has a finite period of time to capitalize on this opportunity,» says Lance Mortlock, lead author of a recent report on the industry's opportunities and challenges from advisory firm Ernst & Young.

Along with the hardware sellers, railroads, trucking companies, logistics firms and others that make up the supply - chain of the economy also faced the challenge of providing essential goods to Texas, the second - largest U.S. state.

Adding to the challenge is that so - called persistence — the tendency of a PE firm's past results to be predictive going forward — has plummeted, according to academic research.

Canada's tech ecosystem is in rare form, with companies regularly raising nine - figure amounts from investors, and lots of young firms overcoming early challenges to rapidly grow revenue and head count.

And we found that access to capital remains a huge challenge, especially for minority - owned businesses, which have loan denial rates three times as high as those of non-minority-owned firms.

Davis admits Home Hardware's quasi-co-operative business model presents some challenges: The firm has neither the deep pockets of its publicly traded rivals, nor the top - down control of a franchise operation.

MONTREAL — Valeant Pharmaceuticals faces years of legal challenges despite cutting ties with a U.S. mail - order pharmacy at the centre of a controversy about how Canada's largest publicly traded drug firm conducts its business, say industry observers and the company's second - largest shareholder.

«In a world where information travels very, very fast and through different media, figuring out whether information is public or not is challenging,» says Daniel Hawke, the former chief of the SEC's market abuse unit, who recently joined Washington, D.C., law firm Arnold & Porter.

«After a challenging first half, the firm performed well for the remainder of the year as the operating environment improved,» CEO Lloyd Blankfein said in a statement.

The initial solicitation and assessment of nominees is conducted in partnership with FSG, a nonprofit social - impact consulting firm; the Shared Value Initiative, a global platform for organizations seeking business solutions to social challenges; and Professor Michael E. Porter of Harvard Business School.

The firm had taken a bearish view on Exxon due to challenges in its European natural gas operations, «lackluster» growth in oil and gas production, a pricey acquisition in U.S. shale fields and the lack of share buybacks.

Big data and rapid technological development pose a myriad of challenges to giant firms to start - ups alike — and design can help surmount them through its ability to disrupt.

Fortune spoke with 25 - year pharmaceutical vet Ramona Sequeira, president of Takeda's U.S. business unit since 2015, on the challenges of adapting an international pharma company to the U.S. healthcare and reimbursement system and the firm's America - centric business plans.

She leads the firm's global customer and operations practice, overseeing a team of more than 2,000 partners and professionals to address the front - and middle - office challenges of Fortune 500 clients.

«The challenge is to outsource functionality securely, in a manner that does not put employee personal information or customer data at risk,» says Jonathan Gossels, president of SystemExperts, a security and compliance consulting firm.

The question now: Is this newish breed of VCs truly in a position to challenge the established firms that have long ruled Sand Hill Road?

The founder of Seattle - based NovusWorks, a business operations consulting firm, is an ace at trouble - shooting the challenges teams often face.

Doing business was already challenging in Venezuela, and a number of international firms had shuttered or withdrawn their interests in the country in the months prior to Trump's actions.

To mount his challenge to EPA's rule to reduce carbon pollution from power plants, he took the unusual step of accepting free help from a private law firm.

Holmes also said that if Salesforce.com owned all of Twitter's data, it could have better insights into what sort of conversations companies such as airlines or telecom firms might be having with their customers and thereby gain more understanding of their business challenges.

Sathe admits it's challenging to bring corporations on - board with the idea of «Outplacement 2.0,» let alone the idea of parting ways with outplacement firms used in the past.

Instead, so - called «John Doe» accounts owners hired the law firm Berns Weiss to ask the judge for permission to challenge an IRS summons of Coinbase.

The reason is that despite the small rebound of overall personal computer sales, as research firms like International Data Corporation have shown, HP Inc. is still facing challenges.

A new venture capital firm that has launched with the support of the Koch brothers is looking for startups that will challenge government corruption and regulations.

And entrepreneurs interested in launching a rural outsourcing firm should be aware of the challenges that may come with hiring and training employees.

Ohanian admits that returning full - time at his venture capital firm Initialized Capital was a challenge because of the extra planning and focus that goes into balancing career ambitions with his duties as a parent.

Google's inability to access China's large population of young, tech - savvy internet users poses a challenge for the firm whose search engine has expanded to become the world's largest and most ubiquitous.

The firm lost its most prominent case to date, however: Kelo v. City of New London, in which it challenged a city's sweeping eminent domain powers before the Supreme Court.

«The challenge is, I don't think you can predict what Donald Trump is going to do,» says Janine Taylor, president of Mississauga, Ont. - based promotional products design firm The Next Trend Designs Inc..

Geoff Blaber, vice president of research and market analysis firm CCS Insight, says that by leading off the conference with a focus on security and privacy, but pledging the only way to overcome those challenges is to continue to build services, Zuckerberg successfully «walked the tightrope.»

«For me the biggest challenge is the regulatory uncertainty in the US and the future of US - China relations,» said Miranda So, a Hong Kong - based partner at law firm Davis Polk.

Lost My Name Now here's a company that belongs on an innovation list: $ 9 million in Series A funding from firms like Google Ventures and Greycroft; company - sponsored hackathons to solve tricky software challenges — and all in the name of... kids» books?

Growth in exports over 2017 and 2018 are projected to be slower than previously forecast, due to lower estimates of global demand, a composition of US growth that appears less favourable to Canadian exports, and ongoing competitiveness challenges for Canadian firms.

We interviewed Brian Mitts via telephone on November 22, 2013 in order to gain a better understanding of NHF and why it was challenging for our firm to compare it to other closed - end funds that we track for our weekly Universe data service and for client accounts.

That study also found that Canadian clean energy firms face challenges related to their size (many are small and medium - sized enterprises), such as access to capital, and concerns around protection of intellectual property.

Now, the biggest challenge, according to Reuters, is to find a way around a reduction of the period over which U.S. - based entities can supply Russian energy firms with funding.

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«The challenge of executing [QE3] may cause volatility for stocks and bonds,» Knight wrote in the firm's fourth - quarter outlook on Wednesday.

At a time when investment firms are increasingly experimenting with artificial intelligence and technology that can make trading decisions in a fraction of a second, identifying disreputable sources has become a bigger challenge.

Mrs. Alers» appointment further consolidates the wealth of experience of Morrow Sodali's UK team which covers all services - ranging from corporate governance to fixed income advisory, to investor relationship management, and M&A and contested situations - thus allowing the firm to increasingly focus on offering insightful advice, high - quality service and customized solutions to its clients» governance and ownership challenges.

Foreign exchange volatility, visibility of global cash reserves and access to it, cash repatriation and global exposure, working in restricted markets were some of the key challenges highlighted by the global corporate treasury executives in business consulting firm Deloitte just...

As manager of the firm's Corporate Governance Consulting Group with over 30 years of experience in the field, Bill has guided companies through a wide range of governance and takeover challenges, including contentious shareholder proposals and compensation - based initiatives, proxy contests, tender offers, and other corporate control matters.

Economists have analyzed extensively how platform markets may pose unique challenges for antitrust analysis.377 Specifically, they stress that analysis applicable to firms in single - sided markets may break down when applied to two - sided markets, given the distinct pricing structures and network externalities.378 These studies often focus on the challenge that two - sided platforms face in attracting both sides — the classic coordination problem of having to attract buyers without an established line of sellers, and vice versa.379 Economists tend to conclude that — given the particular challenges of two - sided markets380 — antitrust should be forgiving of conduct that might otherwise be characterized as anticompetitive.381

Scalia, who co-chairs his firm's Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Group and is a member of its Labor and Employment Practice Group, said the lawsuit first challenges the «definition and meaning» of the word fiduciary.

I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Tom Cooper of Brighthill Group recently to discuss challenges for professional services firms when it comes to sales and business development.

The round saw Ola's valuation dropping 30 per cent from a peak of $ 5 billion, as global rival Uber significantly stepped up its challenge to the Indian firm.

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