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Executive Search Firms in Finance: Unlocking Fiscal Leadership

N2Growth Blog

The Role of Executive Search Firms in the Finance Industry Executive search firms play a crucial role in the ever-evolving landscape of the finance industry. One of the key responsibilities of executive search firms is to thoroughly understand the specific needs and requirements of their finance industry clients as related to the role.

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F1 Racing and the Insurance and Finance Industry: A Comparison of Trends and Challenges

N2Growth Blog

Today, I will highlight some similarities in the insurance and finance industry and contrast them to Formula 1. Formula 1 racing is an industry built on speed, innovation, and teamwork. The same is true for leaders in the insurance and finance industries. In F1 racing, the focus has shifted from the drivers to the fans.

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Are SMEs The Overlooked Engines Of Innovation?

The Horizons Tracker

For instance, a study from KU Leuven University and the European Central Bank found that large companies do understandably innovate more often and more successfully than SMEs. In relative terms, this may be a small number, but when set against the 20 million or so SMEs operating across Europe, it’s a vast number of innovative firms.

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Minority Entrepreneurs Still Face Discrimination When Seeking Finance

The Horizons Tracker

In a recently published paper authored by the same group, it is revealed that banks continue to provide Black customers with inferior loan products and services, even when these customers possess objectively stronger financial profiles and FICO scores compared to their white counterparts. “It’s time to do something different.”

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Business Model Innovation Will Be Key To Emerge From Covid Well

The Horizons Tracker

A new paper from the University of Cambridge argues that business model innovation will be key to emerging from the pandemic in the best economic health. The authors argue that when combined with the adoption of new digital technologies, economies can achieve productivity growth of around 3.5%, versus the 1% that is predicted currently.

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Apprenticeship Levy flexibility and productivity

Chartered Management Institute

Flexibility and productivity The UK is facing an urgent requirement for rapid upskilling to meet the needs of the economy and address skills mismatches at all levels. Open University's 2023 Business Barometer Declining employer investment: Despite the importance of training, employer investment in skills has been decreasing.

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Apprenticeship Levy flexibility and productivity

Chartered Management Institute

Flexibility and productivity The UK is facing an urgent requirement for rapid upskilling to meet the needs of the economy and address skills mismatches at all levels. Open University's 2023 Business Barometer Declining employer investment: Despite the importance of training, employer investment in skills has been decreasing.