The rapid development of technological innovation has created Big Bang situations in services of payment providers so that businesses are constantly in a race to technologically meet customer expectations. Fintech term appeared when the distinct boundaries between technology-media and telecommunications (TMT) and existing financial institutions ceased to exist. In the Fintech category are all those …
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The Highest Degree of Corporate Transparency Determines the Future of Corporate Success
Currently, the pressure for greater transparency is combined with the need to set common, objective, and applicable standards for non-financial information. A common way of disclosing non-financial reporting as is done with the accounting standards (GAAP) applicable to financial information should be agreed. For interested parties, the control of financial information is a given. But …
The Corporate Governance Framework for the Protection of Corporate Minorities
As capital markets play a leading role in a country’s economy, the demands for effective protection of minorities in listed companies have increased dramatically. A modern governance framework that every developing economy should have should include: 1. To oblige the Board of Directors of the company to establish and implement a corporate governance system, which …
Private Equity Funds and the Positive Operation of them in Sociaties
Investment firms known as Private Equity- PE funds that manage a huge volume of capital expected in the middle of the current decade to exceed $8.5tris have the potential to deliver positive changes for the benefit of global society, achieving at the same time the expected target returns set by these investors. This is mainly …
The Issues of the Management of Family Business and How to Move in the Future
The governance and, more generally, the management of family businesses begins to be recognised as equal and equivalent to corporate governance and plays a central role in the development of family businesses. The average of micro-family businesses in the EU-28 is 93% of all enterprises. The family business may be inextricably linked to the vision, …
Suez Canal: World Trade Woes Grow
The accident of the ferocious cargo-ship named “Ever Given in the Suez Canal last week reminded us how crucial the maritime trade corridors and especially those maritime trade corridors that unite Europe and Asia are. The Suez Canal. The timing of the accident is bad since it coincided with the hardships suffered by world trade …
The Leader of a Business
Business leaders are always invited to define the future vision for the company they run, to solve immediate problems whenever and when they arise and of course to be interested not only in the proper functioning and productivity of the company but also in producing the required results that they have set or have been …
What Businesses Need to Be Ready When Growth Starts
In the second half of 2021 businesses should be ready to “run” in a new and quite different environment. Of course, until then, the primary issue is their survival so that they can successfully overcome any difficult transition in the second half of 2021. To be ready for the upcoming increase in overall demand that …
The Nightmare in the Global Fare Market in VLCC ships
Last year (2020) due to the Covid-19 pandemic that swept the world, the VLCC (Very Large Crude Carriers-the longest ship ever built) with a capacity of more than 300000 tons dw offered record profits of $240,000 a day as demand was huge for oil supply and storage due to the low price of oil. VLCC …
Success Guide for CEOs for the year 2021
What is certain is that 2020 was disastrous for both the macro-economy (country economies, country bloc economies and the global economy) and the micro-economy (businesses, companies, groups of companies, etc.). No one can accuse the Chief-Executive-Officers (CEOs) and general managers of companies and businesses in general of failing to anticipate this mess caused by the …