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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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The cash outflow during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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LOANS PAYABLE (Details)	1 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
LOANS PAYABLE (Details)	Dec. 31, 2019 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2018 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2017 EUR (€)	Jan. 31, 2017 EUR (€)	Aug. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2019 EUR (€)	Aug. 23, 2019 USD ($)	May 31, 2018 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2018 GBP (£)	Nov. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Loans Payable \| 1.50% Loans Payable
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate														1.50%
Portion of loan paid \| €	€ 2,900,000	€ 2,900,000	€ 2,900,000	€ 2,900,000
Loans Payable \| Non Interest Bearing Unsecured Convertible Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loans payable, face amount \| £													£ 10,500,000
Interest and unused commitment fees paid						$ 327,000	$ 325,000
Loans Payable \| Two Point Eighty Eight Percent Loans Payable
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loans payable, face amount												$ 2,800,000
Interest and unused commitment fees paid						105,000	88,000
Stated interest rate												2.88%
Loans Payable \| Two Point Seven Five Percent Loans Payable
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loans payable, face amount									$ 4,000,000.0
Interest and unused commitment fees paid						32,000
Stated interest rate									2.75%
Loans Payable \| Former Shareholders
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Related party interest expense						$ 63,000	$ 96,000	$ 124,000
Stated interest rate						2.94%	3.92%	3.10%
Loans Payable \| Joint Venture \| 1.50% Loans Payable
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Related party interest expense						$ 76,000	$ 131,000	$ 179,000
Revolving line of credit \| Bank of America
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity					$ 75,000,000.0						$ 100,000,000.0
Principal outstanding						0
Interest and unused commitment fees paid						278,000	228,000	$ 228,000
Revolving line of credit \| Bank of America \| 2019 Line of Credit, Expansion Option
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity											$ 200,000,000.0
Fidentiis Capital, S.A. \| Loans Payable \| Non Interest Bearing Unsecured Convertible Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loans payable, face amount \| €										€ 500,000
Other Liabilities \| January 2017 Acquisition
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Business combination, noncontingent consideration liability						$ 999,000	$ 1,983,000
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Revolving line of credit \| Bank of America
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate on line of credit					1.00%
ITALY \| Leonardo
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loans payable, face amount														$ 14,000,000.0
Interest acquired in the investment banking operations of Leonardo in Italy (as a percent)						51.00%			51.00%					49.00%