Just about every book on starting a company tells you to set up a budget and keep a close watch on the finances. But surprising research suggests establishing the right culture may be better for […]
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” – Mark Twain Our world […]
Underperformance is nothing new in the world of capital projects. Large projects experience cost and schedule overruns consistently. They are not meeting their intended objectives, not delivering expected business value. We’ve been hearing the same […]
New research has quantified the size of the gap between the forecast and actual earnings of start-ups presented by entrepreneurs to potential investors. Entrepreneurs typically overestimate realised revenues by about 22 per cent in the estimates provided to potential investors the previous year, says UNSW Business School. In particular, founder-CEOs overshoot revenues by about 15 per cent, […]
By By John Rice, Zayed University and Nigel Martin, Australian National University Elon Musk is now the world’s richest person, edging out previous title holder Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. His rocketing fortune is due to the […]
By Shamel Azmeh, University of Manchester COVID continues to ravage societies around the world, and a key issue is how governments can afford to fight it. As economies are disrupted, governments are stepping in to […]
As Covid-19 continues to disrupt franchised businesses and affect the global economy, franchisors and franchisees should consider shared services arrangements to spread costs, create efficiencies, and leverage knowledge and expertise across brands. In shared services […]
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