Mining companies are failing to promote women. This is evident from the sparse female representation within senior management roles. More than 44 percent of female respondents felt that they have not received equal promotion opportunities; 20 percent of women acro...
That sounds nice, but collective capitalism suffers from two pitfalls: a lack of accountability and a lack of dynamism. Consider accountability first. It is not clear how CEOs should know what “society”wants from their companies. The chances are that politicians, campaigning groups and the...
Chances are you've encountered startups that are based on a derivative idea. These companies are modeled on successful existing products, but tweaked slightly to create something that's more useful to a narrower set of users or a narrower geography, or that has a slightly different feature set...
As the old saying goes, you have to spend money to make money. Successful roofing companies are those that take the time to invest in themselves, their employees, their equipment, and their technology. What may seem like an additional upfront cost can prove to be a very profitable return ...
Why should the taxpayer help a mismanaged company? We should allow a failing company to die naturally. In other words, every business should exist or die according to the laws of the free market. Additionally, many see bailouts as a signal for giant companies to be able to lower their bus...
Failed payments can also lead to bad debt. On average, businesses with business-to-customer (B2C) revenue see 16-20% of their failed payments turn into bad debt, while business-to-business (B2C) companies see 11%-15% turn into bad debt. This can have very serious consequences on your ...
When a company becomes insolvent, an Insolvency Practitioner (IP) is appointed to manage the insolvency process. The IP is a licensed professional, usually an accountant or solicitor, who has done additional training to work with insolvent companies. ...
THE DIRECTOR : Paid to fail - What boards can do about overpaid CEOs ; The public is outraged by CEOs who get big payouts even as their companies are failing. Iain McCormick looks at how Australia handled this issue - and what boards can do here....
But while these latest shockwaves have attracted a great deal of public attention, we talk considerably less of their repercussions onwomen. Big tech companies are failing women on both sides of the screen: their employees and the users of their services. This is why recent moves toregulate so...
Companies can use KPIs across three broad levels. Company Company-wide KPIs focus on the overall business health and performance. These types of KPIs are useful for informing management of how operations stand in the company as a whole. However, they are often not granular enough to make decisi...