Britain is edging towards agreeing its $30bn share of the $500bn of extra funding demanded by the IMF for eurozone bailouts, a sum so large that it will require parliamentary approval. That’s the clear message I’ve taken from a speech made by the Chancellor, George Osborne, to British business leaders here in Davos. I may [...]
Britain is edging towards agreeing its $30bn share of the $500bn of extra funding demanded by the IMF for eurozone bailouts, a sum so large that it will require parliamentary approval. That’s the clear message I’ve taken from a speech made by the Chancellor, George Osborne, to British business leaders here in Davos. I may [...]
One of the major issues IT executives face is how to charge their departmental costs back to each part of the business according to their usage. It’s a touchy issue that can be the source of end-user disenchantment with the performance and contribution of the IT organization. Ultimately, charge-back friction can hobble IT’s ability to [...]
When practitioners, consultants and academics discuss leading organizational risk management practices, they hone in on people, processes and supporting technology. As major risk management failures in recent years have illustrated, mastering these three dimensions is necessary but not sufficient.
Effective enterprise risk management (ERM) — or any discreet risk management process — hinges on other dimensions [...]
Britain is edging towards agreeing its $30bn share of the $500bn of extra funding demanded by the IMF for eurozone bailouts, a sum so large that it will require parliamentary approval. That’s the clear message I’ve taken from a speech made by the Chancellor, George Osborne, to British business leaders here in Davos. I may [...]
Another excellent paper by Simon Tilford from the Centre for European Reform. He writes: “Eurozone policy-makers – from President Sarkozy and Wolfgang Schäuble to the former President of the ECB, Jean-Claude Trichet – advocate that Italy and Spain should emulate the Baltic states and Ireland. These four countries, they argue, demonstrate that fiscal austerity, structural [...]
