He was going to be a guru, a genius who would lead the modern corporation into the exciting new digital age.

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Applicable to any modern corporation, my only thought is one word: opportunity.

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Tax laws, in every country, are one of the most complex issues a modern corporation deals with and one of the most dense and highly obfuscated topics on annual reports.

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Ironically, the modern multinational corporation is perhaps the most sophisticated social organizational platform built in human history, with resources and global reach that are unprecedented.

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Given the nature of the modern, global corporation and the complex supply network that has developed around it, it is unsurprising that executives have not aligned on a unified strategy to mitigate supply chain risk.

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Running a modern-day multi-national corporation is no easy task.

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The modern Hewlett-Packard is a vast, wealthy corporation.

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- You can guess how Joel Bakan feels about modern companies from the title of his book: "The Corporation: The pathological pursuit of profit and power".

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