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...
Guest Post by Nigel Youell The story of 2015 has been one of change and uncertainty, with major economic, geo- and socio-political, and even climactic...
Guest Post by Nigel Youell The story of 2015 has been one of change and uncertainty, with major economic, geo- and socio-political, and even climactic upheavals. It might seem trite, but the only thing to be certain of in the next few years is yet more uncertainty. In today’s hyper-connected world, businesses can be affected by events that take place virtually anywhere. The rise and fall of new economic superpowers can cause massive fluctuations in commodity prices, while...
Guest Post by Nigel Youell The story of 2015 has been one of change and uncertainty, with major economic, geo- and socio-political, and even climactic upheavals. It might seem trite, but the only...
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...
Whether or not their parents approve, finance and HR are in a long-term relationship. Shouldn’t they be on good speaking terms? In the past, HR systems have...
Whether or not their parents approve, finance and HR are in a long-term relationship. Shouldn’t they be on good speaking terms? In the past, HR systems have often been the poor relations when it comes to IT budget allocation. But with the courtship for top talent heating up, cloud-based solutions for attracting, managing, and retaining the best people are becoming more popular. Unfortunately, passion can cloud reason and sometimes decisions are made to adopt HR systems that...
Whether or not their parents approve, finance and HR are in a long-term relationship. Shouldn’t they be on good speaking terms? In the past, HR systems have often been the poor relations when it comes...
What’s keeping CFOs up at night? In conversations with chief financial officers, there are a number of business issues that are common across industries and...
What’s keeping CFOs up at night? In conversations with chief financial officers, there are a number of business issues that are common across industries and geographies. One such issue—finding and retaining the best finance talent—is a topic that can dramatically impact the CFO’s effectiveness within his or her own organization. Over the past several years, the role of the CFO has evolved from someone who keeps the books, to a more visionary and advisory role. Modern CFOs...
What’s keeping CFOs up at night? In conversations with chief financial officers, there are a number of business issues that are common across industries and geographies. One such issue—finding and...
(Originally published on Forbes OracleVoice) Often segregated in antiseptic offices on their own floor at headquarters, corporate finance departments have been...
(Originally published on Forbes OracleVoice) Often segregated in antiseptic offices on their own floor at headquarters, corporate finance departments have been traditionally as physically isolated from the rest of the organization as they were divorced from the day-to-day activities of the business. But finance has taken on more strategic responsibilities in many organizations, changing the very nature of the type of people who work there. While strong math and analytical...
(Originally published on Forbes OracleVoice) Often segregated in antiseptic offices on their own floor at headquarters, corporate finance departments have been traditionally as physically...
