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A clearly defined and accessible business strategy is crucial to any organisation’s ability to optimally align...
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Succession Redefined: Family Business Succession in the 21st Century
By Richard Shrapnel
In this article – the final in the Succession Series by Baker Tilly International – the author considers how business succession has...
Economic Development: It’s About Placemaking
By Richard Ball
As we progress towards a knowledge-based economy, strategies for economic development must increasingly take into account the importance of place. Here, Richard...
The Personal Wealth Revolution – Time to Formalise Your Family Office
By Sherilyn Casiano
For the entrepreneur and closely- held family business owner, a family office, set up with the proper foundation, can be a huge...
The Spreadsheet Sabotage and its Impact on Supply Chains
By Karin L. Bursa
Although many employees are not properly trained to use them, spreadsheets are used by the a huge number of businesses worldwide...
Developing Leaders with Practical Mastery
By John Sutherland
You may know about leadership but can you lead? One you learn from a book or a course, the other through repeated...
Embedding Security in the Internet of Things
By Jim Carlsson
The Internet of Things will mean a better-connected world, with huge possibilities for positive change – and big opportunities for cyber-criminals. Jim...
Strategic Planning & Execution in an Uncertain World
Setting business strategy used to be as simple as defining what the organization wanted to achieve and then laying out the steps to get...
Enter the Age of Intelligent Business Operations
By John Bates
Is your firm stuck in the Customer Service Dark Ages? Or have you entered the Age of Customer Experience Management?...
Success Strategies in the Journey of Succession
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Many owners and families have discovered the pitfalls and potholes of business succession. Below, Dr. Richard Shrapnel explores the success strategies...
Analytics Drive Informed Supply Chain Decisions
By Karin Bursa
Supply chains are overflowing with data, and even the most advanced organizations struggle to keep up with the ever-accelerating flow of information....
The Gospel of Information Management
By Sherilyn Casiano
Information management is not the most fashionable of subjects. Yet as Sherilyn Casiano puts forseth in her article, it is the...
Different Types of Risk in Your Supply Chain, and How to Avoid Them
By Cathy Johnson, Hitachi Consulting There are different types of supply chain risk, and nowadays, these can be very easily exposed due to the power ...
Open Heartbleed Surgery – Securing Against Further Vulnerabilities
By David Sandin
David Sandin, product manager at Clavister looks at the implications of the Heartbleed bug and the use of open-source code libraries in...
Smart Specialisation and Economic Opportunity in the South West
By Richard Ball
The city of Exeter is proactively developing its credentials as a true exponent of “smart specialisation”, one of the pillars of the...
Le Roi est mort, vive Le Roi Life after Succession
By Sherilyn Casiano
In the conversation about succession planning, most of the discussion revolves around the future continuity of the business. Very little is said...
Dubai Airport Freezone Authority Attracts International Investors Ahead of Expo 2020
Many overseas businesses are already aware of the advantages Dubai has to offer. For nearly twenty years, Dubai Airport Freezone Authority has been offering...
Future Proofing the Capital Value of Your Business
By Richard Shrapnel
Succession is a dynamic journey, and anyone involved in this process should seek to understand it before venturing forward. Below, Richard Shrapnel...
Cross-Border Flows and Client Services
By David Bartlett, RSM International
This article examines the impact of cross-border flows on client demand for accounting and consulting services. The findings of this...
Unify Your Communications
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The New Supply Chain Challenge
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Supply chain alignment is demanding a different paradigm of roles, responsibilities and accountabilities and with that, how performance is managed....
Achieving Demand Planning Excellence
By Karin L. Bursa
Demand planning excellence is the foundation for any successful business. Below, Karin Bursa argues that the demand plan is essential for...
Delivering Innovation in Unified Communications
The business world is one of constant change. Technology lets us reach colleagues, customers, and partners whenever and wherever needed; yet each innovation brings...
Putting Supply Chain Performance at Your Fingertips
By Karin Bursa
Leveraging supply chain analytics to boost corporate performance
Is your company run on intuition? Or do you have a set of metrics that...
The Strategy-to-Execution Process: A Critical Component of Transient Competitive Advantage
By Jack Calhoun
It’s not simply having a good idea that separates marketplace winners from losers – it’s possessing the ability to execute. In fact,...
New Business Creation Among BRICS Seven Times Faster Than G7 Since The Financial Crisis
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RSM International is the seventh largest global network of independent audit, tax and advisory firms. Below, a comparative...
ShoreTel: Brilliantly Simple Business Solutions
With ShoreTel, organisations enjoy freedom of choice. ShoreTel’s purpose-built solutions remove the barriers and complexities that other providers throw in the way, and with...
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