Search results - 25 articles
Frontier human resources
Categories: Articles in English, Organization & People, Other industry sectors, Strategic Direction
While conditions in Africa are highly conducive toward growth, too little attention has been paid to the human resources required to drive this growth.
Publication date: 2013-05
“We have to avoid mistakes in M&A”
Categories: Articles in English, Financial Services, Governance & Risk, Organization & People, Other industry sectors, Syndicated article, Transaction
In May, Joachim Müller will have been CFO of Bilfinger for four years. During this time, the listed company based in Mannheim has used an impressive M&A agenda to transform itself from a construction company into a service provider.
Publication date: 2013-03
De-Clutter IFRS
Categories: Articles in English, Financial Services, Other industry sectors, Processes, Strategic Direction, Syndicated article
Having worked with or for all Big 4 auditing firms, Robin Freestone, CFO of learning and newspaper group Pearson, knows IFRS inside out – and he is less than happy with them. A renewed focus on the basics would benefit the accounting standards, he says in an interview with CFO Insight.
Publication date: 2013-03
Brazil economy: Quick View – Government sweetens terms on infrastructure concessions
Categories: Articles in English, Automotive, Governance & Risk, Government & Public Sector, Other industry sectors, Strategic Direction, Syndicated article
At the São Paulo launch of an international roadshow on February 5th to highlight Brazil’s attractiveness as an investment destination as part of attempts to lure up to US$460bn investment in infrastructure before 2015, the finance minister, Guido Mantega, announced more favourable conditions for infrastructure concessions.
Publication date: 2013-02
World: Commodities – EIU’s latest assumptions
Categories: Articles in English, Consumer Products, Governance & Risk, Mining & Metals, Oil & Gas, Other industry sectors, Power & Utilities, Processes, Strategic Direction, Syndicated article
Commodity prices are drifting, waiting for signs of recovery in demand
Publication date: 2013-01
Brazil economy: Quick View – After road and railways concessions, Brazil turns to ports
Categories: Articles in English, Other industry sectors, Processes, Strategic Direction, Syndicated article
On December 6th the president, Dilma Rousseff, launched a R54.2bn (US$26.1bn) Programa de Investimento em Logística: Portos (Logistics Investment Program for Ports) in an effort to upgrade port infrastructure and improve management, stimulate private sector investment and boost Brazil’s overall competitiveness.
Publication date: 2012-12
Headed for Europe
Categories: Articles in English, Financial Services, Governance & Risk, Oil & Gas, Other industry sectors, Strategic Direction, Sustainability, Syndicated article
Maersk’s CFO recently obtained a big loan from a Chinese lender. Though still rather unusual, funding from Chinese banks to European companies is set to surge.
Publication date: 2012-09
إنجاز الكثير بتكلفة أقل: التحديث الاقتصادي للقوات المسلحة الألمانية
Categories: Articles in Arabic, Organization & People, Other industry sectors, Processes
تعمل العديد من الحكومات في جميع أنحاء العالم على خفض الإنفاق العام للمساعدة في سد العجز في الميزانيات الوطنية الذي ينشأ عن سلسلة الإجراءات المحفزة. ومقابل هذه الخلفية، بدأت الحكومة الألمانية في تنفيذ برنامج لزيادة كفاءة قواتها المسلحة. ولكن، هل يمكن رفع مستوى الأداء دون استثمار إضافي؟ يدفع د. جيرد بورتوجال بأن هناك نوعاً من التناقض الداخلي بين سياسة الإنفاق العسكرية وبين الفكر الاقتصادي.
تاريخ النشر 2010
Im Gespräch
Categories: Articles in German, Other industry sectors, Strategic Direction, Technology
GBPT im Gespräch mit Martin Ertl Chief Innovation Officer, Bombardier. Im 21. Jahrhundert steigt die Bedeutung eines Ökosystems aus Kooperationspartnern, um flexibel auf neue Entwicklungen reagieren zu können.
Publication date: 2011-03
