Blog
15 June 2018
Communicating value and quality with price
Professional accountancy firms are subject to price pressures. The 2016 IFAC Global SMP Survey showed that pressure to lower fees is the third highest challenge facing SMPs (see Transforming Challenges into Opportunities: Fee Pressure). Clients always seek “better prices”, even when they could be deeply interested in the services offered.
30 May 2018
Refinancing processes: value added by a financial advisor
Despite quite a few years having passed since the onset of the financial crisis, and although it is true that the worst of the crisis has already passed, the truth is that recovery is being slower than envisaged in some sectors, especially in those in which the domestic market is the main or even only one.
30 April 2018
Accounting professional judgement
16 April 2018
3 Challenges for Audit & Assurance market
29 March 2018
Challenges in the digital economy for taxation
15 March 2018
Goaloriented Managment
1 March 2018
Internal control
15 February 2018
US 2018 Tax reform for corporations
31 January 2018
Accountant’s professional behavior and its effect on decision making process in the companies
17 January 2018
Travel Industry Transformation
The Travel industry is in a clear path of transformation on the hand of new technologies as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), artificial intelligence (AI) and sensors, among others. Furthermore, the impact of new ways of doing businesses as Peer to Peer, or Business to Business, desintermediation platforms (P2P/B2B), crowdsourcing and gamification are certainly shaping an interesting future for the Travel industry.
27 December 2017
Organisational transformation with new technological tools
The digital revolution is creating big changes and transformations in businesses, markets and society.
Uber is expanding without limits, with its mobil-platform-based business model. Amazon is launching the first no-cashier chain of supermarkets, highly reducing shopping time and, thus, making customer experience extremely satisfying. We could also mention Airbnb, Despegar, Expedia, etc. All digital proposals within people’s reach.
20 December 2017
New takeover regulation and additional documentation requirements for non-EU investors
4 December 2017
The Millennials
People born between 1984 and 1995 are known as The Generation Y, or “The Millennials”, being actually part of the active labour force. This generation values virtual places and objects as internet, smartphones or PlayStation, being part of their everyday life. Millennials (also known as the new Baby Boomers) are the children of the upbeat Baby Boomers and they grew up participating in family decisions, and they translate this autonomy under to their environment, whether it's work, educational or personal.
15 November 2017
Importance of Internal Control in Audits of Small and Medium Entities
Internal control is closely linked to the organization and administration of business entities, whatever their size or condition. In this sense, the organization consists of logically and coherently diagramming the transactional flows of the entity, based on the general layout, objectives and control parameters that will shape the structure of the company and on which the other component parts will depend (materials and humans).