Editorial: How AI Can Help Developing Countries Post COVID-19
The COVID-19 crisis is one event that has intensified the need for urgent action by developing countries to utilize technologies like AI to drive economic growth.
Economics
Boba, Milk, and Toilet Paper
Although it appears that the pandemic caused the disruption, when examining each disrupted supply chain carefully, it instead exposed the excessive risk of each supply chain.
Developing a KPI-driven Data Strategy
With the vast ecosystem of information technology systems available to management along with the wide-ranging analytical techniques that can be applied to data, knowing where to start the journey toward a data-driven decision-making approach can be daunting to management.
B2B Opportunities for Smart Device Manufacturers
Although smart device manufacturers have positioned themselves strongly in the Business to Consumer (B2C) segment, this might well be the right time for these businesses to invest in the vastly overlooked opportunities in the Business to Business (B2B) segment.
After the Covid-19 Economic Crisis
Introduction Value for Money (VfM) analysis helps governments decide whether it is more cost-effective to do a project through traditional procurement, or through PPPs. State government financial departments, project teams, and senior management can run this type of simplified VfM analysis with the help of a few consultants in order to select the ideal type … Continued
The SECURE Act
This article summarizes how prescriptive analytics techniques are used in practice by retirees to maximize retirement portfolio longevity. The authors then contribute to this applied research by assessing how the SECURE Act affects the value of a retiree’s bequest.
Disney vs. Comcast
A look at how a large company strategically handles competitive rivalry in order to provide practitioners with important lessons of how to strategically thrive in a competitive environment.
How Audit Materiality is Material to You
One of the critical components of financial statements is the audit report. While audited financial statements are not perfect they should be “good enough” that the informed investor, having read the financial statements, has enough data to make knowledgeable decisions based on the firm’s history and its management’s handling of finances.
Modernizing Capitalism: Saving the American Dream
The Digital Age has the potential to be as disruptive and transformative for us as the Industrial Revolution was for our ancestors; that disruption could threaten our capitalist system and our democracy.
Auditing in the Smart Machine Age
Rapid technological development in AI has led to speculation of a catastrophic demise of the auditing profession. The primary weakness in this use of AI for auditing is that machines initially learn from flawed systems: humans.
Capital Raises, Initial Coin Offerings, and Token Sales
To support startups and new ventures in the digital space, ICOs and STOs have the potential to streamline, decentralize, and disintermediate the capital raising process, creating advantages for both entrepreneurs and investors.
Turning to Neuroscience to Tap into Emotions
Researchers, in striving to understand rational decision making, have often attempted to capture algorithmic calculations of how decisions are made.
Equity Investment by Startup Board Members Can Attract New Capital
A frequent question from potential investors is, “How much of your own money have you invested?” A question that kills many an entrepreneur who does not understand how to answer it.
Business Ecosystems and Innovation
The potential for anti-competitive behavior and collusion not only exists within ecosystems, but also across ecosystems and Keystone leaders, and has the potential to not only negatively impact consumers, but also many other stakeholders of these organizations.
Strategic Challenges of Today’s Businesses
The once highly successful airline industry’s challenges and problems typify the difficulties being faced by many other industries as well.