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What’s the bare minimum number of dots needed to draw a star? The answer to this question raised by Dr. James Nitit Mah sheds light on a topic of growing importance: knowledge versus information. We will get to the answer later on. It is undeniable that we are in a golden age of information. Never before in human history have we had such easy access to information. The smartphone and the Internet has put virtually all information at the fingertips...

There is no doubt that there are huge numbers of people that are looking for work these days. This means that when you advertise a job for your business, you can expect a huge response from those looking for work or wanting to change jobs. However, it goes without saying that a large proportion of the applications you receive will be from people that are not qualified, experienced, or unsuitable for some other reason. Finding the right employees for your...

How many times in your life have you muttered the words ‘I think I want to start my own business...’? Almost all of us have said it, and if not, we’ve most definitely thought it. For those of us, who never actually went ahead with the plan, what was it stopping us? Did something stand in the way of our business ambitions? Or was it simply an underestimation of what it really takes to launch a successful venture? Financial comparison...

Options trading are a good way for any investor to manage risk. Basically, an option allows an investor to buy or sell shares from stock in a given contract at a predetermined price by a given date. Options allow the trader to guess the direction the price of a stock will go without buying. Instead, as an options trader, the investor can; Buy or sell shares at a given price for a specified period Sell the contract to another trader....

As business functionality and control are increasingly migrating to digital platforms, it's perhaps not surprising that transactional methodology and systems are increasingly tech-focused too. One of the phenomena this has supported is a surge in partnerships forged online, to provide peer to peer services. The option to bypass traditional transactions and buying patterns, has opened the door to a growing range of opportunities for people to sell or buy services and assets within a sharing economy. This is changing the...

Human behaviour in any organisation emphasizes its importance of human resources to that particular organization. It is the bloodstream of an organisation as every business field needs a structured manpower to run its day to day operations. The business organisation has to focus on it to grow to its desired level. There are several combinations of relationship between the Human Resources and the organisational business strategy but the ultimate and superior combination of it is to maximize the assets and...

Why Mergers and Acquisitions Fail Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) can be highly successful with excellent levels of return, but however attractive an M&A deal might look on paper, the reality can be a different story. Here, we explore the common reasons that an M&A deal might fail, to help you avoid the same issues. Over paying – It might seem obvious, but if you pay more than a company is worth to acquire it, whether to block a competitive bid...

The first quarter of 2018 has passed, and certain strategies have begun to show themselves as important trends that are driving companies towards success. As businesses begin to review their Q1 profits, as well as other important data sets, now is the time to implement these trends, so that the rest of 2018 can be even more successful. So here are the 4 biggest business trends that have emerged so far this year, and are driving businesses towards success. Going...

The shocking findings, from a survey of 2,000 UK adults, revealed 43 per cent are short of the cash they need to pay the bills an average of seven months each year.