All business cases and some business issue articles presented below received a grade of A or A+ from my professors in graduate school. The remaining business issue articles were ungraded because I wrote them after finishing graduate school.
Business Cases:
Nucor Steel: Into the Storm
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One of the largest steel companies in the U.S.had a forty year track record of unbroken profitability until 2009. How can Nucor succeed in a tougher, harsher climate?
Read moreRITZ-CARLTON (Circa 2008)
12-14-2011 Hits:4465 Company Analysis George Adams
The business strategy of luxury with a human face requires both popularity and exclusivity. How can Ritz-Carlton master this apparent contradiction?
Read moreSAS Company Analysis (Circa 1995)
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Does it pay to fly dirty?
Read moreOtis Elevator (Circa 2004)
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The largest elevator company in the world has to make some tough choices.
Read moreVertex Company Analysis (Circa 2003)
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Crucial business decisions can benefit from the insights of combinatoric analysis.
Read moreWalmart Company Analysis (Circa 2003)
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The largest retailer in the world is getting too big to grow any further without new and better thinking.
Read moreSara Lee Corporation (Circa 2008)
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Nobody doesn’t like Sara Lee, until the company started hating itself.
Read moreSouthwest Airlines (Circa 2010)
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How can the most successful U.S. airline keep it up?
Read moreThe Power to Save the World: Fusion, the Unknown Ideal
12-28-2012 Hits:4427 Company Analysis George Adams
Energy is the ultimate question of our time: how do we get it, at what cost and what consequences?
Read moreBusiness Issues:
TAX TIME 2019
02-02-2017 Hits:215 Business Issue Analysis George Adams
Tax season 2019 began on Monday January 28, 2019 when the IRS started processing returns.
Read moreWHAT RECORDS SHOULD YOU GIVE YOUR ACCOUNTANT?
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For many people it's not obvious what records and information their accountant needs. This article will discuss the most important information your accountant must know when it's time to do your taxes.
Read moreA MASSIVE TIDAL WAVE OF HIGHER LABOR COSTS IS COMING TO MAINE
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One of my duties as an accountant is to warn people and small business owners of major economic changes. In 2016 a public referendum to increase Maine's minimum wage passed by a slim majority.
Read moreTHE NEW QUALIFIED BUSINESS INCOME DEDUCTION FOR LANDLORDS
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The Kings of Keys have a new tax deduction starting in 2018
Read moreSELLER FINANCING: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Trying to sell or buy a business or commercial real estate? If you are the biggest obstacle you will encounter is financing.
Read moreWHY THINGS GO WRONG
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The supreme Enemy of Mankind is an equation.
Read moreWATCH YOUR MAIL
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It is an unfortunate fact that many people and businesses treat administrative tasks like opening up mail as a nuisance. When people get busy with substantive work and the distracting events of life these seeming nuisance tasks get neglected, leading...
Read moreMEASURING EMPLOYEE WORTH
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The job market today is tough and highly competitive. The first concern of many employees is to just hold onto their job. Labor force mobility (workers quitting one job to begin another) is at an all-time low. But all workers...
Read moreSMART MID-YEAR TAX MOVES
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Mid-year and mid-summer arrive on schedule every June 30th or so. Here are some smart tax moves you should consider in order to avoid a nasty 'April surprise' next year:
Read morePLANNING FOR THE UNEXPECTED
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Anyone who owns anything of value needs three things to document their intentions and protect their interests. These three critical documents are a will, a durable power of attorney and a living trust.
Read moreMAINE OPPORTUNITY CREDIT
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One of the most generous and most overlooked Maine income tax credits is the so-called Credit for Educational Opportunity. In my experience few accountants and even fewer clients are aware of its existence. The credit is intended to reward college-educated...
Read moreUNUSUAL TAX RULES
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The tax law is a strange hybrid containing many obscure rules, exceptions to the exceptions, and deeply counter-intuitive definitions. Buried in the clutter of what Congress created is opportunity. Finding useful opportunities in the tax law is like digging through...
Read moreTHE NEW TAX LAW
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The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed into law on December 22, 2017 and represents the most significant change in tax law since 1987.
Read moreHOW TRUMP DID IT
11-09-2016 Hits:2627 Business Issue Analysis George Adams
This article is strictly non-political and explains how the billionaire Donald Trump legally avoided income taxes for many years.
Read moreBEWARE OF DARK CARS
01-12-2017 Hits:2203 Business Issue Analysis George Adams
One phenomenon that began in the last few years in Central Maine is dark cars
Read moreYEAR END TAX PLANNING
11-29-2015 Hits:3158 Business Issue Analysis George Adams
Once more it’s time to play another deep game of chess with the IRS. Are you ready? The clock is ticking....
Read moreWhy Are You Using An LLC?
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It can cost you a fortune if you choose the wrong entity for your business.
Read morePi and Pi Squared
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How can companies motivate innovation and manage internal conflict effectively?
Read moreSecret Unions: Employee Collusion and Conspiracy
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Anyone can use Game Theory to try to get ahead. But sometimes there is a better, simpler strategy.
Read moreJump! Employee Performance On Trial
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The true and the obvious frequently differ, especially when it comes to assessing employee performance.
Read moreYou Have to Break Eggs to Make an Omelet
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Some employees take their work seriously while others don’t.
Read moreThe Fallacy of Teamwork Part I: Train of Thought
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Is teamwork the answer to every business problem?
Read moreThe Fallacy of Teamwork Part II: Michael Jordan Doesn’t Need a Memo
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What does neuroscience have to say about the applicability of the team sports model to business collaboration?
Read moreOn the Relative Importance of Sales People and Technical People to Business
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Is it really true that technical employees are just a bunch of nerds a company puts up with so its star sales people can make big profits?
Read moreBusiness Cannot Ignore Its Environment
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The power of goodwill to destroy the most successful companies.
Read moreArtificial Intelligence
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There is nothing new under the sun, until computers become smarter than the smartest person.
Read moreThe Growing Spectacle of Job Lotteries
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A new take on the growing commodification of labor.
Read moreUnderstanding Tax Clients
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The primary cliché of our profession of taxes and accounting is that every client is different.
Read moreMaking Business Succeed, Part One: Winning at Retail
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What you don't know may put you out of business.
Read moreMaking Business Succeed, Part Two: Fresh Thinking For Farmers
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There are many reasons for having faith in a seed.
Read moreMaking Business Succeed, Part Three: Succeeding with Services
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Your journey to success will have many twists and turns. Here are important insights to guide you to success with your service business.
Read moreMaking Business Succeed, Part Four: Victory for Vacationland
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Tourism and related businesses dominate the economy of Vacationland.
Read moreFive Key Facts of Life for Non‐Profits
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You may be the last line of defense for your non-profit organization.
Read moreCLOUDY, WITH A CHANCE OF PAIN
07-30-2014 Hits:5447 Business Issue Analysis George Adams
The truth about cloud-based accounting and the dangers of bundling.
Read moreTAX RETURN FRAUD IS RAMPANT
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According to a January 2015 news release from the IRS, for the period 2011 – 2014 the tax agency stopped 19 million suspicious tax returns and prevented the issuance of approximately $63 billion in phony refunds.
Read moreGEORGE'S POWER BREAKFAST
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Business owners are the nucleus of their business, the center upon which everything else depends. It is frequently the case that business owners simply can't afford to get sick. Healthy food is the best preventative medicine of all.
Read moreGHOST ASSETS
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Are You Being Haunted By Them? If You Are It’s Costing You Money
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