Oracle Executive Chairman and Chief Technology Officer, Larry Ellison, answers CFOs' top questions about Oracle ERP Cloud at the 2015 Modern Finance...
Oracle Executive Chairman and Chief Technology Officer, Larry Ellison, answers CFOs' top questions about Oracle ERP Cloud at the 2015 Modern Finance Experience—including how Oracle can support security, integration, unique business processes, and world-class customer service in the cloud. If you've been thinking about moving finance to the cloud, but aren't sure where to start, read the CFO guidebook, Best Practices for ERP Cloud Migration. You'll pick up some helpful...
Oracle Executive Chairman and Chief Technology Officer, Larry Ellison, answers CFOs' top questions about Oracle ERP Cloud at the 2015 Modern Finance Experience—including how Oracle can...
What is the quality of decision-making in your business? How confident are you in the data used to support business decisions? And who are the most influential...
What is the quality of decision-making in your business? How confident are you in the data used to support business decisions? And who are the most influential decision makers? The digital age is transforming how companies create value, with a massive shift from tangible assets (real estate, property, equipment) to intangible assets (intellectual property, brand reputation, customer satisfaction). During the 1980s, intangible assets accounted for about 30% of the market value...
What is the quality of decision-making in your business? How confident are you in the data used to support business decisions? And who are the most influential decision makers? The digital age is...
Predicting the future is a notoriously inexact science. At best we make well-educated guesses based on past experience and current trends, and at our most...
Predicting the future is a notoriously inexact science. At best we make well-educated guesses based on past experience and current trends, and at our most optimistic we make Back to the Future II (I’m still crossing my fingers for a Hoverboard that works on water). But predicting the future is exactly what finance departments are tasked with doing. In the shorter term, financial analyses help predict how the business will perform in the coming quarter, while in the longer...
Predicting the future is a notoriously inexact science. At best we make well-educated guesses based on past experience and current trends, and at our most optimistic we make Back to the Future II (I’m...
Recently, more than 2,500 leaders from business, government, academia, media and the arts descended upon Davos-Klosters in Switzerland for the annual meeting of...
Recently, more than 2,500 leaders from business, government, academia, media and the arts descended upon Davos-Klosters in Switzerland for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). The theme for this year’s event was ‘Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution’, or in laymen’s terms how we will manage the blurring of lines between man and machine. Each previous Industrial Revolution—marked by the advent of mechanical production equipment, the invention of...
Recently, more than 2,500 leaders from business, government, academia, media and the arts descended upon Davos-Klosters in Switzerland for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). The...
No-one can reliably predict the future, but there are certainly signs that can give us some indication of where we are all headed. Some of them are fairly...
No-one can reliably predict the future, but there are certainly signs that can give us some indication of where we are all headed. Some of them are fairly unscientific—such as the "Skyscraper Index," the semi-serious observation that someone finishes constructing the world’s tallest building on the very eve of a recession. At the more reliable end of the spectrum, seeing businesses turn from retrenchment towards investment is an indicator of economic health. The good news...
No-one can reliably predict the future, but there are certainly signs that can give us some indication of where we are all headed. Some of them are fairly unscientific—such as the "Skyscraper Index,"...
Guest Post by Laurent Dechaux Over the past decade, it has become clear that the way we measure the value of businesses has changed completely. Traditionally...
Guest Post by Laurent Dechaux Over the past decade, it has become clear that the way we measure the value of businesses has changed completely. Traditionally value has been understood to relate to tangible assets: the physical things that can be seen and touched; everything from hard cash and inventory to plant machinery and office buildings. Not so today. Increasingly, real business value is seen as lying in intangible assets: things with no corporeal form but nevertheless...
Guest Post by Laurent Dechaux Over the past decade, it has become clear that the way we measure the value of businesses has changed completely. Traditionally value has been understood to relate to...
By Dee Houchen and Jennifer Toomey When top-notch math skills and financial knowledge are described as “only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to excelling...
By Dee Houchen and Jennifer Toomey When top-notch math skills and financial knowledge are described as “only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to excelling as a financial professional,” it’s pretty obvious that finance’s role is changing. To get ahead as a finance professional today, opportunities come to those who demonstrate strong communication skills, relationship-management expertise, sales and marketing experience, problem-solving capabilities—and, oh yeah, you must...
By Dee Houchen and Jennifer Toomey When top-notch math skills and financial knowledge are described as “only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to excelling as a financial professional,” it’s pretty...
By Valerie Kennon and Yaldah Hakim Higher education is in the hot seat, and plenty of people are stoking the flames. Politicians decry skyrocketing tuition and...
By Valerie Kennon and Yaldah Hakim Higher education is in the hot seat, and plenty of people are stoking the flames. Politicians decry skyrocketing tuition and debilitating debt. Students want a more personalized experience and Amazon-like engagement. And corporate leaders are complaining that they can't find enough graduates with the right skills. One of the best ways higher education institutions can proactively cut costs, improve student engagement and keep pace with...
By Valerie Kennon and Yaldah Hakim Higher education is in the hot seat, and plenty of people are stoking the flames. Politicians decry skyrocketing tuition and debilitating debt. Students want a more...
Guest post by Jennifer Toomey What's behind the unprecedented valuations of unicorns such as Airbnb and Pinterest? It's data — predictive analytics that...
Guest post by Jennifer Toomey What's behind the unprecedented valuations of unicorns such as Airbnb and Pinterest? It's data — predictive analytics that forecast widespread user adoption, to be exact. What about the sales strategy of the seed unit at a stalwart agricultural cooperative that increased profits 30 percent? Data takes center stage again. Here, analytics and modeling matched seed type to soil conditions to maximize sales, something that couldn't be done before...
Guest post by Jennifer Toomey What's behind the unprecedented valuations of unicorns such as Airbnb and Pinterest? It's data — predictive analytics that forecast widespread user adoption, to be...
