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Quality control in an artisan jewellery studio, South Africa
From the art of making a compelling sales pitch to a sign of quality in some of the world’s most desirable objects, the value of clarity should not be underestimated.
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13 August, 2024
ClarifiedBy... Data Quality
The Economist famously stated in 2017 that data was then more valuable than oil. Whether or not you were initially – or have been subsequently – convinced by this provocative claim, there is widespread acceptance that data is a...
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25 May, 2023
Risk-based due diligence
How do you decide what is an appropriate level of due diligence to conduct on your third parties – of which there may be thousands – without having first conducted the due diligence to know how risky each counterparty is?...
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15 March, 2023
What is business intelligence?
Anyone introducing themselves as a lawyer, accountant or doctor need offer no further explanation of their profession, knowing that their audience can perfectly imagine them negotiating contracts, filing annual accounts, or...
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2 November, 2022
Asset tracing in the Middle East and Africa: ground rules, guidelines and good practice
Resolving disputes such as unpaid debt, unsettled judgments and contractual claims is a time-consuming, complex and unfortunate cost of business. When a business dispute becomes legal, the primary consideration is whether the...
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15 November, 2021
Degrees of dysfunction – Free zones in the Middle East & Africa
Free zones – special economic jurisdictions which promote trade by suspending customs duties – are like Tolstoy’s description of families: while all functional free zones are alike, each dysfunctional free zone is dysfunctional...