To protect profits and keep customers in record-high inflation, European supermarkets are in extended negotiations with packaged food manufacturers like Nestlé and Knorr.
Business leaders and analysts expect delivery bottlenecks and freight prices to ease in second half of this year, but supply chains may still not return to pre-pandemic days.
The pandemic exposed rigid budgeting and forecasting processes that couldn’t handle rapid changes. Armed with experience from last year, finance leaders share how they’re planning for 2022.
A focus on financial controls, moving to cloud-based applications, and supporting digital transformation and hybrid working are on CFOs’ priority lists.
Harvard Business School professor and author Tom Eisenmann offers advice for entrepreneurs seeking to be in the 10% of “high-potential” startups that find success.
Transferring ownership of certain assets and capabilities to better owners in the ecosystem can reduce business model complexity and total shareholder return.
Finance leaders seeking more responsive and sustainable ways of working can embrace approaches that help their workforce adapt and focus on what is most important.
