Business strategy & operations
May 2021 | SPECIAL REPORT: BUSINESS STRATEGY & OPERATIONS
Financier Worldwide Magazine
May 2021 Issue
Business strategy & operations
Q&A: Data analytics and credit decisioning capabilities
FW discusses data analytics and credit decisioning capabilities with Chris Neale and Damian Hales at Deloitte.
Closer than you think – quantum computing in finance
BMNP Strategies LLC There are two competing narratives on quantum computing. The first is that the technology is overhyped, still in its infancy, beset by enormous technical challenges and that full-scale, reliable quantum computers are decades away. The second is that many companies…
What it takes to navigate the insurance strategy-to-execution gap
FTI Consulting Insurance is a notably complex and competitive industry with organisations experiencing balance sheet, profit and loss, and operational pressures from multiple sources. With the business landscape, customer and regulatory requirements all becoming more complex and uncertain…
Setting strategy and taking growth to the next level
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Every year, top management teams meet in dull boardrooms to review past performance, assess goals and objectives for the coming year, and define their strategy, internally and vis-à-vis their competitors. The reality, however, quickly intrudes. Teams could discuss the best…
Measuring innovation: how logic models can help
Frontier Economics Innovation is notoriously hard to measure. Articulating it, managing it and monitoring it are challenging tasks in any industry. But logic models – a tool from the world of public policy – can provide clarity among the confusion. Here, we look at why measuring innovation…
Taking back control of e-discovery
BDO The speed in which new information is created is a challenge for businesses around the world and results in data identification, collection, analysis and review complexities for legal professionals. IDC predicts that by 2025 the “global datasphere will grow from 33 Zettabytes (ZB) in 2018 to 175 ZB”…
Key requirements of a supply chain compliance programme for durable goods manufacturers
Assent Compliance, Inc. The last decade has seen a convergence of two dominant geopolitical trends that have been shaping global trade and international relations over the past 50 years. Globalisation, and the outsourcing of production, has intersected with increased social awareness focused on the rising power…
Risk management lessons from winter weather
In 2017, Hurricane Harvey decimated Houston and most of south Texas. Unfortunately, most of the damage to Houston came not from the storm itself but from the man-made event which was the opening of the floodgates on earthen dams on the west side of Houston. When the dams…
Anti-corruption practices and strong commercial relationships
Guerrero C&L Around the world, corruption is a serious obstacle to doing fair and reliable business. It happens not only in the public sector, but also in the private. Its social and economic impact is very significant to the extent that the adoption of compliance programmes is a common response around the world…
Q&A: Returning to work in the new normal
FW discusses returning to work in the new normal with Jerome Ryan at BDO.
CONTRIBUTORS
Assent Compliance, Inc.
BDO
BMNP Strategies LLC
Deloitte
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Frontier Economics
FTI Consulting
Guerrero C&L