Financial Management Articles | Vistage Research Center https://www.vistage.com/research-center Resource for Business Leadership, Coaching, and CEOs Fri, 11 Nov 2022 19:58:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.3 Technology trends for 2023 and beyond https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221111-technology-trends-for-2023-and-beyond/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20221111-technology-trends-for-2023-and-beyond https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221111-technology-trends-for-2023-and-beyond/#respond Fri, 11 Nov 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=43589 Editor’s note: This article is part of an annual four-part series on trends impacting small and midsize businesses. In Part 1, we study technology trends for 2023. The combination of pandemic-induced economic crises, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, supply chain disruptions,...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221111-technology-trends-for-2023-and-beyond/feed/ 0 Jan. 13 webinar: Trends for 2023 and beyond https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221104-trends-for-2023-and-beyond/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20221104-trends-for-2023-and-beyond https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221104-trends-for-2023-and-beyond/#respond Fri, 04 Nov 2022 20:55:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=43570 Small and midsize businesses are facing heightened uncertainty heading into 2023. The war in Ukraine, high energy costs, inflation and a shifting job market offer a witch’s brew of threats and opportunities for SMBs. In this Vistage webinar, Joe Galvin...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221104-trends-for-2023-and-beyond/feed/ 0 Small business confidence dips over interest rate increases, recession concerns [WSJ/Vistage Oct 2022] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221102-small-business-confidence-dips-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20221102-small-business-confidence-dips-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221102-small-business-confidence-dips-wsj-survey/#respond Wed, 02 Nov 2022 21:27:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=43547 After rising for two months, the WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index declined in October to reach 77.7 While triple 7s are lucky when playing slot machines, this figure is hardly fortuitous in the context of a nearly 5% decline,...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221102-small-business-confidence-dips-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 UBS on ‘The New Paradigm’ https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/financial-management/20220921-ubs-new-paradigm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220921-ubs-new-paradigm https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/financial-management/20220921-ubs-new-paradigm/#respond Fri, 14 Oct 2022 08:10:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=43422 This webinar from UBS discusses the ongoing challenges that business owners are facing in light of record-high inflation, supply chain issues, changing workplace dynamics and the state of M&A. About the presenter James is the Head of the Business Owner...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/financial-management/20220921-ubs-new-paradigm/feed/ 0 Improvement in CEO confidence is ‘good-bad news’ [Q3 2022 Vistage CEO Confidence Index] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221005-ceo-confidence-improves-q3-2022-ceo-confidence-index/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20221005-ceo-confidence-improves-q3-2022-ceo-confidence-index https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221005-ceo-confidence-improves-q3-2022-ceo-confidence-index/#respond Wed, 05 Oct 2022 23:35:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=43457 The temperature in Phoenix might be “down” to 95 degrees — theoretically good news as it may be cooler than the 105-degree mark reached the day before — but that’s still really hot. That is the concept of “good-bad news.”...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221005-ceo-confidence-improves-q3-2022-ceo-confidence-index/feed/ 0 Small business confidence rises over improving profit expectations [WSJ/Vistage Sept 2022] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221003-small-business-confidence-rises-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20221003-small-business-confidence-rises-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221003-small-business-confidence-rises-wsj-survey/#respond Mon, 03 Oct 2022 19:27:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=43441 For the second month, the WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index rose, continuing the climb from the recent low reached just 2 months ago. Sentiment about the economy continued to improve among small businesses, though not at the same pace...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20221003-small-business-confidence-rises-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 3 decision-making factors that will impact your business for the rest of 2022 [New report] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220930-decision-making-factors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220930-decision-making-factors https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220930-decision-making-factors/#respond Fri, 30 Sep 2022 18:16:29 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=43435 Between surging inflation, supply-chain snags, hiring woes and recession fears, it’s no surprise that CEO confidence has been on the decline. Recently, the Vistage CEO Confidence Index fell to 69.0, one of the lowest Index readings recorded since the start...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220930-decision-making-factors/feed/ 0 Small business confidence posts largest gain in 18 months [WSJ/Vistage Aug 2022] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220907-small-business-confidence-posts-largest-gain-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220907-small-business-confidence-posts-largest-gain-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220907-small-business-confidence-posts-largest-gain-wsj-survey/#respond Wed, 07 Sep 2022 17:37:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=43369 While inflationary pressures persist, small businesses report that the supply chain is improving, and their hiring plans remain stable. All of these things lead to a more favorable view of the economy, which was evidenced by the improvement in small...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220907-small-business-confidence-posts-largest-gain-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 Should you really sell your company? https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/mergers-acquisitions/20220906-should-you-really-sell-your-company/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220906-should-you-really-sell-your-company https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/mergers-acquisitions/20220906-should-you-really-sell-your-company/#respond Tue, 06 Sep 2022 17:55:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=43357 In the business version of “Groundhog Day,” every day I watch as successful business owners sell their businesses for less than they are worth. It is time that entrepreneurs learn a dirty little M&A secret: Very few middle market sellers...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/mergers-acquisitions/20220906-should-you-really-sell-your-company/feed/ 0 Funding strategic acquisitions through private capital markets https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/capital-cash-management/20220815-funding-strategic-acquisitions-through-private-capital-markets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220815-funding-strategic-acquisitions-through-private-capital-markets https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/capital-cash-management/20220815-funding-strategic-acquisitions-through-private-capital-markets/#respond Mon, 15 Aug 2022 18:25:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=41510 Editor’s note: In this three-part series, we will focus on private capital markets as a funding option for growth and fueling long-term strategic planning. Then, we explore what private capital markets are and, later, how to build this kind of...

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