Bankers and lawyers at a range of firms have been known to maintain files of Hall of Fame departure memos.
They say new wording means more types of data could be requested from a greatly expanded range of firms.
Working through his holding company, Artémis SA (founded in 1992), he added a wide range of firms.
But the service seemed so useful that Professor Cohen and his troupe decided to offer their services to a broader range of firms in Manhattan.
Bureau Van Dijk (BvD), another consultancy, collects data from a big range of firms, from giants like Asda and Co-op to a long tail of one-man outfits.
Last year it went further, agreeing to license drugs to a "patent pool" to centralise royalty deals for a range of firms.
For example, London Capital Credit Union – with which Hornsey Co-operative Credit Union merged last year – serves people living, working or studying in six London boroughs but also employees of a range of firms and organisations.
"You can't take away the terrible loss [the collapse of MG Rover] was to people but hopefully in 10 years' time we will have 10,000 jobs across a range of firms".
For example, it has proved impossible to restrict the indirect coordination, through which individuals, banks, and other financial institutions build up "diagonal" share holdings linking a range of firms that are nominally independent.
"If you do this, it will be one of the best things for India and one of the worst for Americans, [because] Indians will be forced to innovate at home," said Subhash B. Dhar, a member of the executive council that runs Infosys, the well-known Indian technology company that sends Indian workers to the U.S. to support a wide range of firms.
