The Boardroom Blog
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Risk
| Tags: business,
recession,
governance,
survey,
report,
risk,
strategy,
business models,
data,
UK,
risk management,
Ireland,
appetite,
attitudes
Risk appetite statements are a growing trend in the UK, while 84% of surveyed companies in Ireland are changing how they view risk, according to our recent report. Here, two experts from Grant Thornton, review the changing approaches to risk in the UK and Ireland post-recession.
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Thursday, September 23, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Risk
| Tags: business,
recession,
governance,
survey,
report,
risk,
business models,
data,
Simon Lowe,
risk management,
questionnaire,
Business Risk Services,
tools,
Strategy
Our recent business risk report shows widespread complacency in company risk management processes. Check the risk maturity of your organisation with our quick online assessment tool.
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Risk
| Tags: business,
recession,
governance,
survey,
report,
risk,
strategy,
business models,
data,
Simon Lowe,
risk management,
questionnaire,
Business Risk Services,
tools
Why did so many risk processes fail to protect companies from the worst of the global downturn? And how can senior managers approach risk management afresh to help protect their business in future? Our latest research report has the answers. Plus, check out our tool to assess your own company’s risk maturity.
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
Alex Connock,
links,
media,
Ros Simmons,
business models,
CEO,
diary,
retail,
chief exec
Chief executives Alex Connock and Ros Simmons were both facing tough challenges in their business last summer. One was fighting a shifting media battlefield seeking new business models; the other was taking her retail company international. Every week, they blogged their thoughts and agendas here on the Grant Thornton Thinking Blogs. Here’s how they did…
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Research,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: innovation,
survey,
report,
strategy,
business models,
retail,
agenda
What questions should you be asking this year if you’re sitting on a retail board? Following on from our survey post last week Pressured retailers need to review their business models, here are some suggested questions to bring to your next board meet.
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Research
| Tags: innovation,
survey,
report,
business models,
retail,
boardroom,
Strategy
Insights from our latest sector survey, Pressure unabated: UK retailers contemplate business model change, should fuel boardroom discussions in the competitive UK retail sector, which has experienced a profound shift from the emergence of the internet as both a shop window and a retail outlet.
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Monday, March 15, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Governance
| Tags: business models,
Board,
New Business Models,
listed,
The Economist,
Strategy
We commissioned The Economist Intelligence Unit to survey UK executives on how assumptions on business models have changed, and how companies are planning to adapt over the next 18 months.
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