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OUR VISION

Future Trends

We believe that in the short term, business will face significant challenges. However, for the long-term we believe the business conditions and the market trends will rise. When times are difficult our services are especially important to help your company weather the storm and be ready for the economic turn around.

Our Assumptions

We believe that the business environment will become even more competitive due to globalization and economic slow down. We also believe that European and Asian business will continue to gain ground in world business markets.
We believe that the business environment will become even more complicated due to ever increasing governmental regulation. This will be particularly noticeable in import/export, international banking, and investment banking fields. The cost and performance of insurance will also suffer dramatic changes in the coming years. There will also be an increasing burden placed upon business as governments expand environmental regulation and we expect to see more international convention relating to environmental regulation with resulting increase in enforcement.
We believe that taxes will be increased dramatically in the next few years due, in part, to increased military spending and law enforcement budget increases. We believe that oil and clean water supplies will continue to decline and consumer prices will climb. This will spread to other industries and effect pricing accordingly.
We believe that technology will continue to develop at a rapid pace, but that implementation of the technology will be slower due to budget constraints. The cost of traditional labor will continue to increase as governments force more contributions from employers and health care costs/insurance remain uncontrolled.
The cost of borrowing capital will increase as global interest rates rise and increased costs of government compliance are passed on by lenders.
The IPO fad is finished. Following the "Dot-com" IPO craze the markets have become more cautious, only companies with proven track records and solid business models will be successful at raising money through public offerings.
Big companies have, with ever-increasing frequency, become big targets for both government and private litigation. With the breach of the Tobacco Industry's and Microsoft's protective wall, the criminal prosecution of Arthur Anderson & Co. and the Enron debacle, more companies will be targeted by government regulators and Plaintiffs Attorneys.
We are constantly reviewing our assumptions and finding practical solutions to help our clients through the difficult times.

Our Solutions

While we predict some difficult times ahead we also believe that economic recovery will begin in late 2003. Our help now will not only help your company through this economic storm but also help it position itself to take maximum advantage of the coming recovery and resulting expansion.
We are continually searching the globe for opportunities for our clients and are always ready to assist our clients in taking advantage of these opportunities.
Many of the challenges mentioned above will also create opportunities for small to medium sized business who take innovative and fresh approaches in their markets.

Taking Advantage Of The Bad Times Will Maximize The Good Times