IT still matters, but only for a few companies with really deep pockets
In May 2003, Nicholas Carr published an article in the Harvard Business Review called “IT Doesn’t Matter” that launched his glorious career as a technology pundit and made a lot of people in Silicon Valley really angry.
Carr’s argument was that for most big [...]
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IT still matters
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Tax Rates in OECD countries
Posted in Business on June 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Of the 30 members of the OECD, here are the top five and bottom five when it comes to corporate income tax rates (rates are averages and include state and local taxes; you can get the full list here) in 2006:
Top 5
Japan 39.54%
U.S. 39.3%
Germany 38.9%
Canada 36.1%
Spain 35%
Bottom 5
Ireland 12.5%
Hungary 16%
Iceland 18%
Slovak Republic 19%
Poland 19%
