The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 2, 2023

One of the key challenges faced by micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) is access to finance. They’re outside of the realm of venture finance and often lack the collateral to access more traditional finance. Access to finance. Boosting productivity.

Finance 126

Finance Banking Industry Entrepreneur 126

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

That the Covid pandemic has resulted in a surge in digital investment is widely reported, but the nature of that investment is harder to ascertain. Were companies simply bringing forward investments they previously had planned, for instance? Early adoption. Return on investment. first appeared on The Horizons Tracker.

Early Adopters 134

Early Adopters Short-term Technology Innovation 134

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

There has been a longstanding concern across the continent that the lack of tech companies to rival those emerging from Silicon Valley is undermining the vibrancy of the European economy. These concerns persist despite a report from i5invest that Europe actually created twice as many unicorns as the United States in 2021.

Press Release 127

Press Release Entrepreneur Long-term Ethics 127

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 10, 2022

Startups and small businesses are crucial to the smooth running of the economy and the so-called creative destruction that drives innovation. A new report from the World Economic Forum aims to better understand the future readiness of SMEs and, indeed, to explore what it takes for them to be future-ready.

Analysis 132

Analysis Globalization Policies Report 132

The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 23, 2024

People between 50 and 80 years old who reported fair or poor physical or mental health, disabilities, or memory issues were more likely to report experiencing fraud. Additionally, 97% of older adults believed that policymakers should do more to protect people from scams, and 96% agreed that companies should increase their efforts.

Uncertainty 114

Uncertainty Self-aware Report Education 114

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 4, 2022

It’s increasingly common for employees to want their employer to reflect their values and be good corporate citizens, but are companies doing so? The results emerged after data was pulled from the FTSE 350 and aim to fully explore both what companies appear to value and what they mean by those values. The role values play.

Finance 126

Finance Crisis Report Stress 126

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 4, 2022

A recent report from the National Centre for Universities and Businesses (NCUB) and the Centre for Business Research (CBR) at Cambridge Judge Business School suggests, however, that a lack of capacity within organizations and a lack of information from universities is undermining this collaboration. Lack of capacity and information.

Resources 129

Resources Licensing Survey Report 129

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 21, 2021

Such calls for more financial support for startups are not new, with former EU research commission Carlos Moedas arguing for an EU-run venture fund back in 2015, which eventually became the European Innovation Council (EIC) this year. The €10 billion fund aims to back startups with a mixture of grants and equity investments.

Venture Funding 126

Venture Funding Entrepreneur Proposal Media 126

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 31, 2023

After analyzing data over nearly a decade, the correlation between effective managerial practices and a company’s overall productivity, profitability, stock market value, and longevity has been firmly established. and France. Ill-equipped Research from Gallup highlights the importance of good management.

Productivity 113

Productivity Products Management Participative 113

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

Human Resources 469

Human Resources Globalization Resources Diversity 469

HR Digest

MAY 2, 2024

News of Google layoffs has struck again as the company has moved to eliminate at least 200 “core” employees from its U.S. The company doesn’t intend to work with a smaller team and get by either. At least 50 of these positions included engineering positions from the company’s Sunnyvale California offices.

Trends 59

Trends Decentralization CFO Bureaucracy 59

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 29, 2020

Each year INSEAD produce a global innovation index, which chronicles the abilities of various countries around the world to support the creation of innovation. It looks at everything from the legal infrastructure, the ease of creating a business, the quality of academia and availability of finance.

Venture Funding 97

Venture Funding GDP Incentives Innovation 97

Strategy Driven

MARCH 23, 2020

The parts of a company that are available to be invested in are not publicly owned, quoted or traded on a stock exchange. Why Do Companies Opt for Private Equity? The purpose of private equity is to raise additional funds in order to bring about a positive change in the company being invested in.

Real Estate 66

Real Estate Finance Hedge Restructuring 66

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 10, 2021

Data published last year showed the benefits of AI both in terms of profitability and jobs in those companies that master it. New research from Rackspace suggests that this is a particular problem for UK companies, who the company believes are falling behind their international counterparts. Faltering progress.

Early Adopters 81

Early Adopters Outsourcing Long-term Report 81

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 25, 2020

The last few years have seen a very real shift in our expectations of companies. The report challenges stakeholders from across business, government and finance to develop and adopt mission-primacy business models to help kick-start the new economy. ” World Fair Trade. “The new economy is already here.

Business Model 87

Business Model Report Finance Travel 87

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Companies have to be consistent in their behaviour, from top to bottom, and right along the supply chain, from the ‘first hand of production to the final hand of the consumer’. This approach very much links to social innovation and indeed conspicuous altruism. And this genuinely has to go all the way.

Brand 189

Brand Supply Chain Ethics Reputation 189

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 12, 2024

FinTech companies are putting a new twist on financial concepts. The innovations are endless, from peer-to-peer payments to automated portfolio managers and trading platforms. Finance digital transformation involves leveraging cutting-edge technologies for better operational efficiency and enhanced strategic decision-making.

Finance 110

Finance Technology BPM Company 110

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Financial markets rely on two key indicators to determine accurate pricing: analyst recommendations and corporate insiders’ buying and selling activity of their own company’s stock. ” In the financial markets, insider transactions and analyst recommendations are two critical indicators of a company’s financial health.

Price 114

Price Analysis Marketing Information 114

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Respondents’ self-reported data were verified by cross-checking their information against lists of public and private companies. Founders were also questioned about the functional roles present in their founding teams, including sales and marketing, general administration, operations, and finance.

Diversity 114

Diversity Organization Team Entrepreneur 114

Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

Innovative problem solvers are rare. Ask them how their individual roles serve the customer, ask for their ideas to better serve the customer, and ask what they hear about the company on the street from customers. Home is NOT the place you go to continue working like a dog doing email and reports. “It’s in your DNA.”

Leadership 285

Leadership Brainstorming Finance Survey 285

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The finance, insurance, information, and communications industries exhibit the highest proportion of remote workers, as reported by the authors. In the automotive industry, for instance, very few companies offered remote work prior to the pandemic, but by 2022 Honda offered it to around half of new engineering hires.

Automotive 113

Automotive Advertising Industry Trends 113

Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The finance team in a Health Care Company. Was struggling with sales representatives and project managers turning in expense and budget reports on-time…They told me “We have tried everything and our CFO is tired to putting out fires for us.”. The finance team in groups of 3 flip charted those responses. What do you think?

Cooper 139

Cooper Succession Finance Resistance 139

Mike Cardus

AUGUST 9, 2013

The company hired me for change and team consulting. Example - Consulting a finance team from a mining company we had to figure out a way to get the budget reports to the finance team on-time so accurate profit and loss + budgets could be shared and allocated to operations. What do you think?

Resistance 141

Resistance Franchising Power Management 141

The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 29, 2021

New research from Ohio State University reveals that employee stress is reduced if companies are open and transparent about their financial health. “But if your workplace is not unionized, workers feel more stress if their companies don’t disclose financial information. ” Stressful times. .

Stress 125

Stress Finance Budgeting Commitment 125

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A 2019 report by the National Business Capital indicated that although 6.5 million companies are set up annually in the USA, failure rates still hang around 90%. So, if you run a print company, for instance, it would be wise to seek the services of packaging headhunters for your C-suite positions. Invest in your support team.

Finance 83

Finance Long-term Banking Restructuring 83

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 10, 2019

Guest post by Jamie Anderson and Gabor George: Truly creative leaders tap ideas from all ranks, and are typically skillful at fostering innovation. Up until recently Elon Musk’s eccentricity and wacky sense of humor have been seen by most as a reflection of his genius, being a maverick innovator and business leader.

Creativity 187

Creativity Sports CEO Finance 187

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 20, 2023

“We have this tendency, as a society, to avoid talking about our finances, and especially about debt. In a field experiment with a financial education company, researchers provided financial education to middle-class consumers. This is not always easy, however, given the social stigma associated with the issue.

Class 52

Class Finance Participative Education 52

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

A few years ago I wrote about innovation and entrepreneurship in Norway and Qatar. A recent report from the Congressional Budget Office is a good case in point, with the blame placed on access to finance and regulatory hurdles. Opportunity costs. Positive or negative?

Entrepreneur 108

Entrepreneur Long-term Cost of Capital Engineering 108

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 30, 2020

Casting one’s mind back to the days when companies used to follow the mantra laid down by economist Milton Friedman and focused their energies solely on maximising the returns for shareholders, and it seems an altogether different era. They should determine a set of values necessary to deliver purpose, embedded in their company culture.

Kaplan 85

Kaplan Report Metrics Loyalty 85

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 27, 2022

Diversity has long been recognized in terms of its importance to things like innovation and creativity, with research from MIT showing how cognitive diversity improves the profitability of organizations. Such diversity can have costs, however, as paper from Wharton illustrates. ” The best decisions. . ” The best decisions.

Diversity 117

Diversity Committee Construction Groupthink 117

Strategy Driven

MAY 23, 2023

As we embark on the journey into 2023, the landscape is teeming with various innovative accounting technology trends. MSPs incorporating blockchain in their offerings empower businesses to refine their reconciliation processes and enhance audit trails, resulting in more reliable and accurate financial reporting.

Trends 98

Trends Technology Software Operations 98

Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 1, 2023

Structural challenges Proposed Improvements Read the full report We have an opportunity to improve the apprenticeship levy system for its second decade, and focus on what really matters: not only up front costs and qualifications, but outputs and impacts. So, it gives me a lot more opportunity in the projects I can get involved in.

Productivity 52

Productivity Products Short-term Proposal 52

HR Digest

MAY 15, 2023

Improved Job Satisfaction: Participants reported increased job satisfaction after utilizing ChatGPT, indicating that the automation of tedious components of their tasks provided value. Enhanced Product Development: AI plays a pivotal role in product development, empowering businesses to create innovative and customized offerings.

Industry 90

Industry Productivity Products Efficiency 90

Experience to Lead

APRIL 24, 2023

The issue is particularly pronounced in male-dominated fields such as finance, technology and engineering. Studies have shown that companies with diverse leadership teams perform better financially, are more innovative and have higher employee engagement and retention rates.

Training 52

Training Leadership Long-term Diversity 52

Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 1, 2023

Structural challenges Proposed Improvements Read the full report We have an opportunity to improve the apprenticeship levy system for its second decade, and focus on what really matters: not only up front costs and qualifications, but outputs and impacts. So, it gives me a lot more opportunity in the projects I can get involved in.

Productivity 52

Productivity Products Short-term Proposal 52

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Part 4 Get Finance. Choose The Source of Finance. You have to arrange for finance at this stage. You can also take finance from venture capitalist or angel investor. Angel investors are high-value individuals, and venture capitalists are companies. Provide a Report. Buy Equipment. About the Author.

Venture Capitalist 106

Venture Capitalist Budgeting Finance Advertising 106

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2021

It was originated by the energy company Eesti Energia and developed a four-step methodology to engender an entrepreneurial mindset in students ranging from 13 to 19 years of age. The Global Innovation Index illustrates this, as they cite the inhibiting impact a shortage of human capital is having on the innovation potential of the nation.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Human Capital Comparison Education 124