Business

India Wants to Buy. Are You Ready to Sell?

December 19, 2018

Are you in India yet? If you aren’t, you should be. India’s e-commerce growth is astonishing.

How Open Data can Address World Hunger

December 18, 2018

Why the Agricultural Sector Needs to be at the Centre of Governmental Plans as we Move Swiftly Towards a Digital Economy Today, approximately 795 million people across the globe do not have access to enough food to live a healthy and sustainable life. The majority of these people live in underdeveloped countries, with Asia and […]

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Scaleable Responses to Infrastructure Innovation

December 18, 2018

Andrew Watts, CEO of international building design engineering company, Newtecnic, looks at how increased efficiency in infrastructure development enables scaleable business responses and brings positive returns for commerce and society. To flourish, our growing populations need more and better infrastructure – the roads, bridges, security, internet, water, sewage and other public facilities created for government […]

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4 Things Your Business Does That Qualify You for R&D Tax Credits

December 18, 2018

When people think of research and development (R&D), they often picture large corporations or specialist science, tech or pharmaceutical companies.

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How Good Are You at Recognizing Famous Brand Logos?

December 12, 2018

Just how recognizable are brand logos? Would you be able to recognize most of them?

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The World’s Top 10 CEOs Based on Intellectual Property

December 5, 2018

Steve Ballmer came out on top by virtue of the 30,945 patents that Microsoft filed during his reign. Rank by patents per year, however, and IBM's Ginni Rometty (3,437 patents per year) leads the way.

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An Activist Investor: Friend or Foe?

December 4, 2018

Activist investors have been in the news recently, with Edward Bramson’s activist investment fund making it clear that as one of Barclays’ biggest shareholders, it wants to have a say in future strategy and in appointing a new chairman.

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Broaden Mental Agility by Networking Outside of Your Industry

November 29, 2018

The power of networking and the benefits of learning from your peers is no great secret. Since the dawn of time in business, we know as leaders ourselves, that building strong relationships with people is an extremely valuable use of time and in many cases is attributable to the growth and success of many organisations […]

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A Guide To The Mutating Ethics Of GDPR

November 29, 2018

Personal data has never been more valuable for business executives. CEOs and business leaders across the globe are pushing their teams to take advantage of the enormous opportunities that data provides, from creating hyper-targeted marketing campaigns to utilising historical data to identify potential credit risks. Consumers willingly allow the collection and use of their data, […]

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Diffusing Conflict and Facilitating Compromise in the Boardroom

November 29, 2018

In an ideal world, the boardroom should be a place where the brightest and best minds from across an organisation come together to exchange ideas, solve problems and ultimately drive the business forward. In reality, it is often a toxic space filled with conflict, miscommunication and ongoing feuds. But it doesn’t have to be this […]

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Can Your Company Afford Counterfeits?

November 29, 2018

Running a successful company takes a lot of work. There are so many different factors that must perfectly coalesce to create a compelling brand or product that consumers want to purchase, and many executives recognise that the multitude of perfectly converging factors that form a winning company could almost feel like luck if they didn’t […]

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Building Businesses, Creating Value and Closing Deals that Make Everyone a Winner

November 29, 2018

Ramphastos Investments is a venture capital and private equity firm which is known for its entrepreneurial spirit and its focus on driving top-line growth in enterprises at all stages of their evolution: from start-ups to scale-ups, high-growth medium-sized companies and mature enterprises. The firm was founded almost a quarter of a century ago by Entrepreneurial […]

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