Tag: Business

Dun & Bradstreet Corp has bought the privately held Dun & Bradstreet Australia Holdings Ltd in a deal worth $233 million ($AU).

Telstra’s NSW Business Women’s Awards finalists have been announced, showing the amazing things NSW business women are capable of the same day it was announced that the gender pay gap is widening in Australia.

Tiger Airways will abandon flights between Adelaide and Brisbane and Adelaide and the Gold Coast from November, citing poor passenger numbers on the routes.

Labor’s fiscal stimulus policy at the height of the global financial crisis will net the Federal Government an additional $16 billion in tax receipts from those who would have otherwise been unemployed.

It’s not a new question but it’s an important one to ask. Theodore Levitt wrote an article for Harvard Business Review in 1960 entitled “Marketing Myopia”, where he encouraged businesses to switch their focus from selling to meeting customer needs. He asked an important question to the railroad industry: What business are you really in? Railroads or transportation?

Every business wants to grow, but expanding a business too soon, or blindly, can have dire consequences. So before taking the leap, ask yourself how well do you know your existing business?

A great place to start developing a scoreboard and KPIs for your business is to go back the very basics. Start with working out if you actually have a sustainable business model that will bring you the type of prosperity and lifestyle you dreamed of when you started.

I was talking with a business owner last week and they asked me “what should I keep in mind when updating the systems and technology in our business?” It was a great question, so I thought I would share some ideas and thoughts I’ve collated from the wider MYOB team.

Trends begun in the mid-to-late nineties really became the dominant voice in their respective markets as more households went online.

Vodafone’s iPhone 4 plans for business have been confirmed, with Vodafone offering the iPhone 4 on its range of Single Business Cap plans starting at $29/month.