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In light of growing international interest and scrutiny of corporate practices we set out to explore how three major aspects of governance – the role of culture, board composition and strategic planning – are affecting businesses around the world.

IFRS News is your quarterly update on all things relating to International Financial Reporting Standards. We’ll bring you up to speed on topical issues, provide comment and points of view and give you a summary of any significant developments.

Optimising your activities is a part of your daily operations as a business owner or manager in a SME. While doing so, you’re also considering developing new products or looking for new ways to offer your services to your clients. You may not be aware, but this type of innovation you are considering as part of your normal day-to-day business, may be eligible for Research and Development tax incentives

There are a number of cost and commercial reasons why a group may consider relocating, but it is also important to understand the consequences.

In the IT sector, the use of contracts is a well-adopted practice in comparison to other industries. This is not surprising, as our society is becoming increasingly digitised, but specific legislation is often still missing. As an ICT supplier, you are most likely confronted with several contracts on a daily basis. You understand the framework of these agreements concerning transfer of IP rights (Intellectual Property), time-and-material versus fixed price, KPI’s, service levels, and many other terms.

Portfolio management offers a structured approach to choosing those ideas that contribute to your companies’ strategy, keeping in mind your specific business environment & its constraints. Our way of working starts by turning different strategic business challenges, operational problems and questions into valuable project ideas. We will help you to classify these ideas and set priorities taking into account your company strategy and your business needs. Finally, this will enable you to make the right choice at the right time taking into account your specific business context and boundaries (eg. Skills and availability of resources, financial resources).

Our 2015 women in business report looks at how to facilitate the career paths of women into senior management and offers 12 recommendations to society, government, businesses and women themselves about how to better support female advancement.

The hotel industry is going through a period of unprecedented, irreversible change and will look very different in 2020 than it does today.

IFRS News is your quarterly update on all things relating to International Financial Reporting Standards. We’ll bring you up to speed on topical issues, provide comment and points of view and give you a summary of any significant developments.

IFRS News is your quarterly update on all things relating to International Financial Reporting Standards. We’ll bring you up to speed on topical issues, provide comment and points of view and give you a summary of any significant developments.

Private equity has always focused on creating value and helping promote growth in portfolio companies. Since the industry began, private equity firms have tried many ways to meet this ultimate objective – and with varying success. Now, post the global financial crisis, the question being asked more than ever is: how can private equity deliver its value-added promises?

With momentum building towards the UN Climate Change Conference in Peru, new figures from IBR reveal that businesses leaders in emerging markets are more focused on the sustainability of their operations compared with peers in developed markets.