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the LeadInG VOLUME 9 n ISSUE 1 n faLL 2 0 0 8 contents features 4 Sculpt your business to survive and thrive An economic downturn offers opportunity to rethink The Leading Edge www.LeadingEdgealliance.com The Leading Edge alliance is an international professional association of independently owned accounting and consulting firms. The Leading Edge alliance enables member firms to access the resources of a multibillion-dollar global professional services organization, providing business development, professional training and education, and peer-to-peer networking opportunities nationally and globally, around the corner and around the world. Members are top quality firms who are very successful, have deep client relationships, and strong ties to the community. The alliance provides members with an unbeatable combination: the comprehensive size and scope of a large multinational company while offering their clients the continuity, consistency and quality service of a local firm. Member firms have access to the best and brightest teams of business advisors – a peerto-peer connection that provides the right business solutions for clients. To find out more about the alliance contact Karen Kehl-Rose, president, at (630) 513-9814 or kkr@The-LEa.com. 8 9 Protect intellectual property outside the United States Complaints about meetings? Exceed expectations with proper game plan Leading Edge advisory Committee Linda Watson Brady Ware Marshall Lehman Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Co., LLP Jen Lemanski Pannell Kerr forster of Texas, P.C. gary Voth Pannell Kerr forster of Texas, P.C. Karen Kehl-Rose The Leading Edge alliance in affiliation with Wise group ann M. gynn Editor natasha fletcher, amanda horvath, Crystal Madrilejos, Stacy Vickroy art directors andrea Jager graphic designer departments 12 14 Top 10 misconceptions of doing business in Belgium In a nutshell: Q&A Chris DeSantis responds to your workplace dilemmas 15 The Leading Edge Alliance The Leading Edge is published four times per year by Wise group, 812 huron Road, Suite 201, Cleveland, Ohio, 44115, (216) 523-1212, faX (216) 241-5458. Periodicals postage paid at Cleveland, Ohio. IRS Treasury Regulations require us to inform you that any tax advice contained in the body of this communication was not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, by the recipient for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed under the Internal Revenue Code or applicable state or local tax law provisions. Winner 2006 AGD award for publication design ThE LEadIng EdgE 3 http://www.LeadingEdgeAlliance.com

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The Leading Edge - Fall 2008 Contents Sculpt Your Business to Survive and Thrive Protect Intellectual Property Outside the United States Complaints about Meetings? The Leading Edge Alliance Top 10 Misconceptions of Doing Business in Belgium In a Nutshell: Q&A

The Leading Edge - Fall 2008

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