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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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Research Reveals That Apprenticeships Offer A Bright Future To Participants

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Employers see a real benefit, and participants end up pursuing an option that is correlated with different pathways to success,” the researchers explain. Achieving good results There were some differences between participants, however, suggesting that some apprenticeship programs were more effective than others.

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Chief Procurement Officer Search: Securing Your Supply Chain Leadership

N2Growth Blog

Effective leaders in this space have the ability to optimize supply chain operations, streamline processes, and identify cost-saving opportunities. A successful executive understands the intricacies of the supply chain and leverages their expertise to drive innovation, reduce costs, and enhance organizational efficiency.

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Navigating the Digital Payment Landscape: Understanding ACH and EFT Transactions

Strategy Driven

Understanding the nuances of digital payments, including ACH and EFT systems, is essential for individuals and businesses who seek to participate in the modern economy. Additionally, the operational costs linked with ACH and EFT are often noticeably lower than those for paper-based payments, unlocking savings for both senders and recipients.

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The Racial Stereotypes That Underpin EDI Appointments

The Horizons Tracker

Some of the participants were told the person was to be CFO, while others that they would head up EDI. “We found that, even though the new leader had a generic name and description, people were significantly more likely to assume the finance leader would be white, while the EDI leader would be non-white,” the researchers explain.

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Better Management Will Help Drive Productivity Improvements

The Horizons Tracker

As a 2017 World Bank report noted: “the WMS initiated by Bloom and Van Reenen … has permitted a quantum leap in the comparative quantitative analysis of management practices and their implications for productivity and innovation.” As of October 31st, 2021, a mere 810 firms had enrolled, a long way off from the goal of 30,000 participants.

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Workplace Gossip | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Let me cut right to the chase – real leaders don’t participate in gossip, and likewise they don’t tolerate gossip from others. In the same fashion that being the source of gossip is destructive, so is furthering the damage by ratcheting up the rhetoric by participating in gossip.

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