16 Feb 2000
The revelation comes from a recent survey of UK directors by Oxford-based finance and accountancy recruitment company, Stephen Beagent Associates, which showed that only 2% believed that the Internet poses a serious competitive threat.
This is despite the fact that one in 10 UK households now shop online, which is predicted to rise to 43 million households across Europe by 2003.
Stephen Beagent said: 'Finance personnel should rise to the challenge that e-commerce poses. We are seeing an increase in demand for dynamic qualified personnel from Internet-based start-up companies who are looking to grow dramatically over the next two or three years.'
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Briefings
If budgeting is to have any value at all, it needs a radical overhaul. In today's dynamic marketplace, budgeting can no longer serve as a company's only management system; it must integrate with and support dedicated strategy management systems, process improvement systems, and the like. In this paper, Professor Peter Horvath and Dr Ralf Sauter present what's wrong with the current approach to budgeting and how to fix it.
In this white paper CCH provide checklists to help accountants and finance professionals both in practice and in business examine these issues and make plans. Also includes a case study of a large commercial organisation working through the first year of mandatory iXBRL filing.
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