Collaborative consumption is the socio-economic system supported by network technologies that enable you to share and exchange assets, from space to skills to goods, within peer communities, in a profitable way, that was never possible before. This system empowers you to be true to yourself by doing what you want when you want with what…
Details‘The results show that the average investor earns less – in many cases substantially less – than unit trust performance statistics.’ DALBAR’s Quantitative Analysis of Investor Behavior (QAIB) has been measuring the effects of investor decisions to buy, sell and switch between unit trusts over both short- and long-term timeframes. The results consistently show that…
DetailsIt is easy to confuse employee motivation and employee engagement. Let us say it’s the difference between employing a good car salesman and a car enthusiast that happens to sell cars. Your salesman may be motivated for a number of reasons, including the need for the job, a good salary, the promise of commission, a…
DetailsLast month we learnt about ‘clevenue’, that is, clever revenue models. But not all businesses have the luxury of earning annuity income or operating in an industry with a high profit margin. However, we can all try to be innovative in attracting and keeping our customers (happy). I must stop myself from going on and…
DetailsTED (technology, entertainment, design) is a presentation format that invites thought leaders to share their ideas during a formal TED conference. A TED-style talk is highly inspiring, and you can use the same structure to deliver your next speech. How to structure a TED talk Choose a topic that you are highly passionate about. Although…
DetailsI recently read Deloitte’s Human capital trends 2015 and learnt some valuable things about building future leaders that I’d like to share with you. According to Deloitte’s survey, building leadership is Africa’s paramount issue in the arena of human capital. The capability gap for building great leaders has widened all around the globe and organisations…
DetailsThe base erosion and profit shifting initiative is being designed to influence ultimately how global multinational corporates arrange their affairs from a tax planning perspective. An inevitable result is and will be changes to the way tax practitioners advise their clients. Deborah Tickle explains Globalisation and the digital age have caused the world to ‘shrink’.…
DetailsComments by auditors immediately following the global financial crisis that they had had a ‘good’ crisis – referring to the absence of pertinent audit failures – begged the question as to the relevance of the audit and, more particularly, the auditor’s report. By Linda de Beer Auditors play an important role in the financial reporting…
DetailsThat is, clever revenue On my latest trip to the Nespresso store at the V&A, I was reminded once again of how amazing their business model is. You start off by buying the Nespresso machine, which is reasonably priced, and think that’s your big capital investment. It is the capital investment, but it’s not exactly…
DetailsAspiring CAs(SA) achieved an 86% pass rate in the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) that was written in November 2014. The APC is the last formal assessment prospective CAs(SA) are required to pass before they can register as CAs(SA). By Janine Claassens The APC replaced the two previous Part II Qualifying Examinations, which were in…
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