Choice and opportunity are crucial for empowerment
"These are all campaigns into which I have poured my heart and soul. True empowerment, the kind I want for...
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Welcoming 2024: A year of hope, healing, and unity
"Hopefully, 2024 will be a year in which we overcome the troubled period that started with the coup attempt, grew...
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Cybersecurity – The rush to catch up with reality
The invasion of Ukraine was a major wake-up call globally for both governments and private firms. Small-to-medium businesses need to...
- The number of cyberattacks against small-to-medium businesses has increased by 150 percent over the past two years, and the companies’ defenses have not grown accordingly
- Shortage of workforce, which needs to grow by 65 percent for organisations to be able to sufficiently defend their critical assets, is adding to the cybersecurity woes
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Successful acquirers make insurgent assets unique
Incumbent brands need small-brand deals to recapture top-line growth and boost total shareholder return. While challenging to get right, these...
- Despite an overall annual market growth of 4% from 2012 to 2019, the 30 largest consumer goods companies grew less than 1%, a growth gap further widened by Covid-19
- Prior to the pandemic, insurgent brands captured more than 30% of the growth across the categories in which they exist, despite accounting for only 3% of the market share
Employee wellbeing key to unlock productivity
As business leaders are armed with the knowledge that hybrid working can form a part of the future, previously reluctant...
- In business, productivity is key to maximize the value organisations provide to customers, whether in increased output or commercial savings brought about by increased efficiency
- Now, finding new ways of doing business with customers is a reality for many organisations. That means the old metrics used to measure productivity may become irrelevantÂ
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COP28: An opportunity to create a new narrative
The COP28, to be hosted in Dubai in 2023, is at a convenient time frame away from the recently concluded...
- The Middle East, with its long-standing water and food scarcity, arid/semi-arid climate, desert conditions, and a lack of groundwater resources, is key victim of global warming
- Ahead of hosting COP28, the UAE is well-positioned to press ahead with its strategies for sustainable food, water and agriculture systems
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Tips for family businesses in private equity model
Unlike many family businesses, successful private equity owners do not wait and hope for everything to go according to plan. ...
- Private equity firms regularly update the overall strategy and plans of their portfolio companies based on transparently shared info about the business and the market changes.
- Also, successful private equity owners always have a Plan B in place to respond to performance screwups and changes in the business environment quickly and decisively.
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How can UAE firms adapt to corporate tax?
Now entities that typically have strong brand equity, control over distribution, and very few competitors, have a competitive edge that...
- Generally, businesses react negatively to any tax announcement, like the UAE’s corporate tax
- However, companies within the UAE might themselves benefit the most from such a tax
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Investments key to improve region’s telecom services
There is so much more the industry can explore through digital engagement, including digitizing products and services, gamifying experiences, creating...
- In today's digital economy, personalized experiences have become a prerequisite for companies wanting to achieve bigger gains
- The pandemic has proved that more customers place quality networks and services above the pricing amount while making purchasing decisions
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Three trends that will shape payroll this year
It seems unlikely that the volatility we have experienced since the start of the pandemic will disappear. Therefore, payroll teams...
- Covid-19 has tested the flexibility and resilience of payroll teams, forcing them to cater for hybrid working models and respond with agility to evolving tax relief measures
- Challenging times have prompted many payroll departments to modernise their systems and processes in anticipation of even more change to come
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Diginomics helps revive region’s consumer confidence
It is becoming incredibly important for organisations, brands and brand owners to prioritise the refinement of their products and services....
- Armed with AI algorithms, tech startups, direct-to-consumer players, fintechs, edtechs, regional economies are becoming more digitally resilient
- It is becoming incredibly important for organisations, brands and brand owners to automate processes that are otherwise time consuming
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Cryptocurrencies: Proof-of-work spared for now
Due to growing environmental consequences, even though proof-of-work was spared in the EU for now, it is simply too fragile...
- The European Union was on Tuesday supposed to vote on a bill named MiCA intended to regulate crypto in the EU.
- The Ukrainian government is arguably one of the first governments to ask for donations in cryptocurrencies.
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Towards the next 50 years between Japan and UAE
"In education, Japan is working to promote study exchanges and internships for Emirati students and young professionals. Japan continues to...
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US is on course for soft landing, may avoid recession
During periods of economic stability, government focus typically gravitates towards infrastructure development. Investments in sectors like construction, transportation, energy, utilities,...
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Act wise as institutional investors fuel Bitcoin’s rise
This trend has been particularly emphasized with Blackrock, one of the world's most influential fund managers, applying for what could...
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Word power: Gender-neutral language need of the hour
"Despite all of the lovely words spoken by every company and organization during events such as International Women’s Day to...
- Many airlines and airports continue to use gender-specific language despite efforts towards gender equality in the Gulf region
- Gender-specific language is a reminder of historical bias that hinders efforts towards gender equality and this needs to change
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US Federal Reserve’s rate hike risky and ill-timed
"It appears that the central bank is willing to sacrifice parts of the economy and tighten its grip on households...
- The US Fed's failure to act earlier on inflation was a significant miscalculation, and now they have made another mistake with the latest rate hike, says deVere Group CEO
- It could potentially trigger not only a short-term but also a longer-term recession in the world's largest economy, with detrimental effects on the global economy, he adds
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The devastating impact of online identity theft
While companies with robust defense measures witness decreased attack volumes as criminals target easier targets, account takeovers have a profound...
- Most online consumers reuse usernames and passwords, making them vulnerable to organized crime rings as the attack surface for account takeovers continues to expand
- While companies with robust defense measures witness decreased attack volumes as criminals target easier targets, account takeovers erode trust and cause emotional trauma