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Chapter 06 Firm Planning

06.01 Firm Identity and Expertise

06.01.01 Architecture Firm Renovates Office for Sustainability

06.02 Strategic Planning for the Design Firm

06.02.01 Emergency Planning, Response, and Recovery

06.02.02 Adding Value in Today's Business Environment

06.02.03 Business Planning for Small Firms

06.02.04 Seven Attributes of Design-first Firms

06.03 Strategic Alliances

06.03.01 Forming Strategic Alliances

06.03.02 Strategic Alliances: Insurance Considerations

06.03.03 Interorganizational Alliances: The Power of Long-Term Collaboration

06.03.05 Selecting a Professional Photographer

06.03.06 Understanding a Photographic Assignment Estimate

06.03.07 Preparing for Professional Photography: A Checklist

06.03.08 Controlling the Cost of a Photography Assignment

06.03.09 Licensing Photographs for a Publication

06.04 Practicing in a Global Market

06.04.01 Getting Paid for International Work

06.04.02 Managing International Teams

06.04.03 International Videoconferencing

06.04.04 International Practice Checklist

06.04.05 Adapting Standard Embassy Design to Specific Sites

06.04.06 Managing Expectations of Foreign Clients

06.04.07 Contract Provisions to Minimize Risk of International Projects

06.04.08 Challenges for Rebuilding Iraq

06.04.09 Lessons from Working in China

06.04.10 Basics of Working Overseas

06.04.11 How to Organize a Component International Knowledge Community

06.04.13 Adjusting to Foreign Business Customs and Practices

06.04.14 Exporting Architecture Services Overseas

06.04.15 Exporting Architectural Services: Consideration for U.S. Architects and Firms

06.04.16 Benefits of Exporting Architecture Services

06.04.17 Construction Documents in China: SOM’s Experiences

06.05 Firm Peer Review

06.05.01 Organizational Peer Review

06.06 Starting a Firm

06.06.01 Starting a Firm: Essential Resources

06.06.02 The Best Advice Might Be Free

06.06.03 Starting a Firm: Lessons from Failure

06.06.04 Seven Tips for Emerging Firms

06.06.05 New Firms Grow with a Marketing Plan

06.06.06 Practice Made Simple

06.06.07 Considering Your Own Firm?

06.06.08 Comments from Recent Startups

06.06.09 Business Plans: The Executive Summary

06.07 Firm Legal Structure

06.07.01 Multi-state Practice: Certificates of Authority

06.07.02 Legal Structure of Architecture Firms

06.08 Ownership Transition

06.08.01 Firm Valuation Resources

06.08.02 Essential Elements of Ownership Transition

06.08.03 Ownership Transition: Establishing a Rabbi Trust

06.08.04 Ownership Transition: A Case Study

06.08.05 Ownership Transition: Key Points to Ponder

06.08.06 Ownership Transition Guidelines

06.08.07 Twenty Ownership Transition Planning Mistakes

06.08.08 How Much Is Your Firm Really Worth?