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This category is Accelerator Series, featuring insights on fast-tracking business growth, innovation, and entrepreneurship. It explores strategies, success stories, and expert guidance to help startups and enterprises scale, adapt, and thrive in competitive markets.

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Preserving the Human Element in Robots with Blue Ocean Robotics

Interview with Claus Risager, Blue Ocean Robotics Chief Strategy Officer In the films, robots are often shown as a threat, frequently getting out of control...
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Future, Delayed: The #1 Reason Digital Transformation Could Stall During a Recession (And How...

By Andre Schindler, General manager of EMEA for NinjaOne The past two-and-a-half years have ushered in an accelerated era of digital transformation, but now economic...
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What Do You Need to Know About dropshippingXL?

Dropshipping is a very popular and profitable business model for entrepreneurs. You can open a dropshipping store without having to worry about inventory or...
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Actionable Advice To Scale Your Business in an Uncertain Economic Climate

ECOMMPAY’s business development manager Daniella Sjarki gives an overview of the latest payment preferences and technologies to help your business gain a competitive advantage...
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Getting Up to Speed in Your Sales Efforts

By Frank Cespedes and Zoran Latinovic In a study before the pandemic, PricewaterhouseCoopers found that companies had made little progress in the previous decade in...
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Triple A.I. Supply Chains

By Fabrice Thomas and Hervé Legenvre Hau L. Lee, a Stanford professor described high performing supply chains back in 2004 as Agile, Adaptative and Aligned....
Decacorn

Inside the Journey of a Decacorn

By Jacques Bughin Start-ups – and their unicorn, and now decacorn, darlings – are critical both for value creation as well as for economic growth...

Data Protection: Lightening the Load of Compliance

Interview with the DPO Centre CEO and Founder Rob Masson Does compliance with the data protection regulations have to represent a huge and costly burden...
Christina Massaad

Diamonds In The Rough: Spotting Opportunity During A Crisis

An exclusive interview with Cedar Rose founder and non-executive director Christina Massaad After helping kickstart digital transformation across the MENA region, Cedar Rose is now...
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On the Need to Reinvent Your Business: Companies’ Survival Depends on Different Phases of...

By David De Cremer Organisations are born, conquer market share and, if successful, grow. In this process, it’s equally important that they are aware of...

Robots Are Cleaning Up – And Much More Besides!

Interview with Claus Risager, CEO at Blue Ocean Robotics The potential of robots to assist and even replace humans in a variety of work areas...

Mind How You Grow: A Partnership to Improve Your Processes

Interview with Mr Giuseppe Zagami, the president of Mind The Value Fast-growing Italy-based company Mind The Value has made a name for itself with its...
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The Top 10 Young Leaders Of Europe Poised To Transform The World

By Paula Hass and Valentina Loiz The future of Europe depends on the ideas, ambition and determination of young people. The young achievers on this...
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Optimising the Supply Chain: The Visible Effect of Elemica’s Digital Supply Network

Interview with Rich Katz, CEO of Elemica Elemica is the industry leader in business to deliver a digital connection between manufacturers and their suppliers, logistics...
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Running Out of Road: Why Tech Firms Need to Fast-Track their Pathway to Profitability 

By Ivan Nikkhoo  There are very few early-stage European tech firms that can afford to ignore the question of profitability.  Additionally, in recent years investors across...
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Becoming More Visionary When You Are Motivated by Immediate Results

By Jenny Fernandez Leaders often prioritise immediate results, but visionary leadership requires balancing short-term gains with long-term strategy. This involves embracing flexibility, empowering teams, and...
Generative AI

Six Ways Companies Can Use Generative AI to Boost Performance

By Ram Gopal The AI of the beholder: Managers need to examine where AI can improve workflow processes. Generative AI’s impact on productivity could add trillions...
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How to Put Curiosity to Work in Your Organisation

By Louise Muhdi Companies are starting to understand why it is important to cultivate curiosity among their workforce. Yet, only a few possess a good...
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Corporate Innovation in the Age of AI: A Changing Landscape

In today’s economy, information overload is fast becoming the norm. From sifting through flooded inboxes to endless scrolls on LinkedIn, there’s a continuous stream...
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How Global Companies Are Implementing Supplier Diversity Policies

By Anna Sáez de Tejada Cuenca and Gemma Berenguer It has become increasingly common for companies to implement supply-chain diversity to maintain a good image...
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World Future Awards Honors the TOP 100 Global Innovation Companies of 2024

Progress and innovation are the lifeblood of advancement, and with that in mind, World Future Awards is thrilled to announce the Top 100 Global...
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Energising Together: The Art of Unleashing Collective Potential 

By Marcus Wylie Generating and harnessing energy within an organisation isn't just a fleeting or whimsical notion: it is a powerhouse that ignites the entire...
EU Tech

Europe Must Invest in Technology, Talent, and Trust to Realise the Potential of Generative...

By Jean-Marc Ollagnier, Jack Azagury and Dominic King Could generative AI breathe new life into the old continent? Europe’s technology deficit with North America is...
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Strategic Excellence: Steps to Maximise ROI in GEN AI Implementations

By Stephan Kudyba and Agnel D’Cruz The power of generative artificial intelligence (GEN AI) has organisations of all types intrigued and clamouring to leverage its...

Lucky By Design 5 Clever Attitudes to Tilt Odds in Your Favour

By Avi Liran While you wait for your ship to come in, have you given any thought to building a lighthouse, or even dredging the...
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How Top-Performing Firms Needed to Reorganise Seven Times for Digital

By Peter Weill & Stephanie L. Woerner Top-performing firms reorganise several times to effectively use digital to capture value. In a series of CEO interviews,...

Digital Strategies for Proactive Supplier Risk Management

By Kamil J. Mizgier By learning to proactively manage supplier risks through digital strategies, companies can mitigate the adverse effects of disruptions, enhance supply chain...
Carbon Emissions

Why & How to Measure Your Carbon Emissions Early

Measuring carbon emissions might seem “optional”, but you’ll gain significant advantages from it in the short and long-term. Here, we give you a step-by-step...

Unlocking innovation with xTech partners

By Alan Thorogood and Stephanie L. Woerner When undertaking a sizable project, a large organization might consider partnering with a small company in order to...
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Corporate Governance In Startups Balancing Innovation and Sustainability

By Javier Cabetas, Iván Fernández-Muñoz, Pedro Cesar Martinez-Moran, and Fernando Diez In an increasingly complex and globalised business world, corporate governance can guide companies to...
AI

Winning Strategies for the High-Stakes AI Arena: Unveiling an Innovative AI Research and Development...

By Aurélie Jean, Mark Esposito, Terence Tse and Danny Goh Artificial intelligence and its rapid emergence have proven to be a double-edged sword. While its...

Empowering Small Teams to Achieve More with Smartsheet

By Sarfraz Ali UK businesses are at a critical crossroads in an era of unprecedented economic complexity. The recently announced UK government’s Autumn Budget with...
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Inside Tesla: A Rare Glimpse of Tesla’s Mysterious Innovation Culture

By Mostafa Sayyadi and Michael Provitera Now, a critical and unanswered question is: How can CEOs develop an effective innovation culture so that their companies...
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AI Can Increase Companies’ Profit Significantly

By Ralph Geertsema, OP Lumijärvi, and John Wass Introduction Over the recent years, AI has conquered the world by storm and has been widely used so...
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Scaling You: Leverage the Value of YOUR Time to Scale Your Business Impact

By Elizabeth Eiss Small businesses often face unique challenges in scaling their impact while juggling limited resources such as funding, sales, customer care, talent, and time....
AI Agents

AI Agents will Empower Autonomous, Scalable and Networked Organizations

By Alessandro Lanteri and Mark Esposito The rapid development of AI technology has brought in agentic AI systems with the ability to be autonomous and...
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How Incumbents Can Win the EV War

By Chengyi Lin and Lluvia Shen How should incumbent electric-vehicle manufacturers respond to the growing competition posed by Chinese EV makers? Chengyi Lin and Lluvia...
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How AI can Help SMBs Build Credibility and Earn Consumer Trust in an Increasingly...

By Suhaib Zaheer  All Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMB) owners know the importance of gaining customer loyalty and trust, in order to grow and scale...
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Productivity Versus Ping Fatigue – is AI the Answer to Simplifying our Workflows?

By Caz Brett The rapid integration of AI into workplaces has transformed how employees engage with their tasks. By automating repetitive work, AI offers a...
BYD

BYD’s Rapid Ascent to the Global EV Leader

By Jiayi Huang and Xiangming Chen From a battery maker to the world´s leading electric vehicle producer, BYD's spectacular rise is an eventful journey fueled...
Europe's path to reinvention

Accelerating Europe’s Path to Reinvention

By Jean-Marc Ollagnier, Svenja Falk and Laura Wright Despite the challenging business environment, European executives are optimistic about their organization's future growth. By embracing Total...
Michal Sztanga

Business Software Solutions from the Can-Do Partner Next Door

Interview with Michał Sztanga, Managing Director of Future Processing   Michał Sztanga, managing director of Polish software developer Future Processing, explains how his company takes “getting...
Bjoern Braemer

Taming complexity with intelligence: a movement to help businesses along the SAP S/4HANA...

Interview with Mr. Bjoern Braemer, SVP & Global Head of the SAP S/4HANA Movement SAP S/4HANA is the digital core that is enabling organisations around...
TIMEXTENDER

Data-driven Decision Making that Uses Data, Mind and Heart

Interview with Heine Krog Iversen, CEO and Founder of TimeXtender TimeXtender’s mission is to help companies to extract the maximum-possible advantage from their data resources...

Science for a Better Tomorrow

By Ulrich A.K. Betz The future holds daunting challenges for the human race, and some good news wouldn’t come amiss. Here, Ulrich Betz gives us...

Agile Anarchy is the Name of the Future

By Guido Stein and Alberto Barrachina To build agile organizations you must understand human relationships   1. Change> Transform Your Approach to Transformation This technical note explores some...

Changing Perceptions: the Island of Jersey brings digital ideas to success

Interview with Tony Moretta, CEO of Digital Jersey The European Business Review caught up with Tony Moretta, the CEO of Digital Jersey. Jersey has just...
Quantum Computing

Quantum Computing: The Second Quantum Revolution Transformation Of How Business Is Conducted

By Rosario (Roy) Girasa and Emilio Collar In the field of physics, we have experienced the quantum revolution in the early 1900s, while in the...

Don’t Fear the Black Swan, Take it as an Opportunity to Soar

By Kevin Peters, President and CEO, NetNumber When a black swan event, an unexpected occurrence that has a substantial impact on society and business, happens, businesses...

DART: On Target to Meet the Needs of the Travel Industry

Insights from Riversoft CEO, Alex Kuo In the fiercely competitive world of the post-pandemic travel industry, travel suppliers are looking to provide a leaner, more...

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Feel to Deal: The Power of Emotions in Negotiations

By Prof. Guido Stein, Salva Badillo, and Lucía Zelaya The key to a successful negotiation is not embedded in knowledge or reasoning ability but in applying emotional intelligence. This essay explains the role of emotions...

We Need to Talk About Women Bullying Other Women at Work & 6 Key Things We Can do to Change it

By Vanessa Vershaw The truth is out: women are not supporting each other enough in the workplace. Despite efforts to advance gender equality, the latest global gender gap report reveals only a 1% increase annually...

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