The SME banking and finance landscape today is highly digitized. Online banking services and mobile applications have been used by almost half of SMEs, and visits to ATMs and branches have decreased by 38%. This trend does set to continue as more customers prefer card payments and mobile banking. What can SMEs expect from these changes? Here are some key…
Companies prioritize employee retention since replacing employees, especially effective ones, takes time and money. Having brilliant workers leave your firm might pressure current employees who must take on more work until those jobs can be filled. Given this, it is critical to prioritize the retention of your top staff. Keeping your best employees these days is difficult. The workplace is…
In the erstwhile Industrial era of the 70-80s, organization size was a very important factor for growth. How large the company is made a huge difference to their fortunes and growth prospects. In the now Digital age, size has seized to remain that critical. Instead, agility has emerged as a key determinant of success. How fast an enterprise can learn…
India has about 60 million+ Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, including registered and unregistered ones. SMEs have contributed about 40% of total manufacturing and 34% of total exports to the Indian Economy. They have become crucial; to the country’s economic growth, leading to employment generation and entrepreneurial development. SMEs are heavily reliant on debts to fulfil their start-up needs, cash…
In the current economic climate, unlocking growth in micro, small and midsize enterprises is critical for the survival of businesses. Globalization has introduced many new regulations and policies that have a direct impact on the way companies do business. In addition, as India becomes more regulated, businesses are challenged with trying to comply with them. Simplifying business processes and systems…
Replacing an old phone, or car with a new one is always exciting. This is not the case in the life cycle of a business. Taking business to a new dimension is always difficult for SMEs in this competitive environment. It may sound uncertain, and risky however it is conceivable. An idea can help to commence a business but the…
Making decisions is a significant part of managing an SME. Customer payment is one decision-making scenario that frequently results in problems. When it comes to consumer payment, you must always choose carefully because it can make or break your firm. In addition to being necessary for business, giving credit to customers is also ethical. However, this is vulnerable to credit…
You must always stand out and shout or show your product in the busy business world. Your primary aim would be to search for a targeted audience or projected consumers how your business product or services would help the end-user, consumer or customer, making their lives more fun and accessible through what they are selling. The process in the world…
Change management isn’t just an exercise for big companies in the middle way of transition. Smaller businesses need to help and guide their employees through change. The businesses fail in the execution phase of the change management efforts as per the explanation from the team of senior managers. What is the reason behind the failure? What are the improvement steps…
Dr. E.V. Ramana Reddy, Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Karnataka, Commerce, and Industries, Department of Electronics, Information Technology, Biotechnology, Science & Technologyand Vimal Sagar Tiwari, Co-Founder and COO of CoinSwitch, inaugurated Building Future Cities 24-hour blockchain hackathon in Bengaluru on Friday. The hackathon aims to stimulate blockchain-based smart solutions to urban problems, and received over 1500 registrations. Over the…