Perspectives
Analysis and perspectives from our partners on the trends, disruptions, and opportunities facing global enterprises.
The EUDR applies to large operators from 30 December 2026. Here is what importers of soy, cocoa, coffee, palm, rubber, cattle and timber must evidence.
How procurement leaders can diversify sourcing beyond China in phases, protecting cost and quality while cutting concentration risk.
Strategy fails in the handover to operations. A CEO's guide to quarterly commitments with named owners, a fixed review rhythm and kill criteria set in advance.
Activism is at record levels, led by North America. What activists target, how the rules have changed, and how investor relations heads can engage first.
Savings targets are a floor, not a strategy. How chief procurement officers can add supplier innovation, resilience and revenue to the function's scorecard.
The EU carbon border adjustment mechanism is now in its definitive phase. How finance and sales should estimate the cost and write it into prices and contracts.
Most mid-sized firms use AI but few have an operating model to capture value. A European playbook on ownership, funding, workflow redesign and governance.
How a software company should decide whether to bundle, charge for or meter new AI capabilities, and protect margin from variable inference costs.
Leaders develop through accountable stretch assignments with commercial targets, not off-site courses. A mid-market CEO's guide to moving beyond the classroom.
Redundancy looks like idle cost until the shock arrives. Here is how CFOs can price resilience as an option on revenue and take a defensible case to the board.
Boards worry about geopolitics but rarely model it. A practical economic security strategy turns geopolitical risk into scenarios, hurdle rates and staged capital.
The policy invites newcomers and the money is now committed, but the buying culture changes slowly. How firms new to defence should plan for both timelines.
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