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Strategy, risk and innovation

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Latest on strategy, risk and innovation

Read our latest features and articles on strategy, risk and innovation.
Cyber risk management – a board level responsibility
  • Article
  • 22 Sep 2023
Mitigo highlight why senior leaders must take responsibility for their cyber risk management to counter a growing threat.
Investors alarmed at UK net zero policy uncertainty
  • Article
  • 13 Sep 2023
The tone of recent policy announcements risks undermining progress of investment in green businesses and innovations, says the UK SIF open letter to Prime Minister.
Cryptoassets and the case for regulation
  • Article
  • 14 Jul 2023
Crypto regulation needs to focus on risk mitigation and developing trust in the market to encourage a virtuous cycle of adoption, investment and technological development that generates real value, argues Reuben Wales, Head of Financial Services at ICAEW.
Boards urged to collaborate with internal audit as interest rates rise
  • Article
  • 05 Jul 2023
The risk level posed by economic uncertainty is seen as high or very high by more than half of all businesses.
ICAEW urges clarity in AI regulatory consultation
  • Article
  • 29 Jun 2023
ICAEW’s consultation response supports the UK government’s ambition for flexible AI regulation, but warns clearer guidelines for effective implementation and compliance are needed.
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The future of public service delivery
  • Article
  • 03 Mar 2023
Digitalisation has the potential to transform public services, but a recent survey found the British public disappointed. We learn what local government can do to fast-track digital innovation for citizens.
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Real-time tax reporting: how soon and how safe?
  • Article
  • 03 Mar 2023
Technological innovation and digitalisation are revolutionising tax reporting. This could be of great benefit to business and the public but many genuine concerns remain; we take you through them.
Business planning in a time of uncertainty
  • Article
  • 24 Feb 2023
With financial and economic upheaval a regular fixture on the business landscape, and with uncertainty rife, how should businesses approach forward planning?
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Topics in depth

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Business mediation
Information and practical guidance on business dispute resolution.
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Innovation
Innovation is key to improving productivity and efficiency.
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Outsourcing
Find out more about outsourcing business processes.
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Planning
Clarify and understand your objectives.
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Restructuring and turnarounds
Resources to help your business through restructuring or insolvency interventions.
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Risk management
Resources to help you manage risk and carry out business continuity planning for your organisation.
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Steering your business through a recession
Resources to help you steer your business through difficult economic times.
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Strategy
Defining your company's approach to business.

Webinars and recordings

Risk management considerations for SMEs in challenging market conditions
  • Webinar
  • 14 Oct 2022
ICAEW Small and Micro Business Community webinar giving an in-depth overview of the SME market, the current economic conditions and challenges being faced and the specific risks SMEs are facing when starting up.
An introduction to machine learning
  • Webinar
  • 28 Sep 2021
This webinar explores simple examples of machine learning and the opportunities for applying machine learning in your business.
Building an innovative team
  • Webinar
  • 05 Jul 2021
This webinar from the Business and Management Faculty will explore what is meant by innovation, and the expectations from an innovative team.
Climate change and TCFD – The role of internal audit
  • Webinar
  • 02 Jul 2021
This webinar explores what TCFD means to organisations and how internal auditors must develop their skills to help their organisations adapt.
Managing bribery and corruption in a downturn
  • Webinar
  • 10 May 2021
This joint webinar from the Business and Management Faculty and Fraud Advisory Panel, will provide a timely update on the current risks to business and how to safeguard against them.
Business resilience
  • Webinar
  • 23 Apr 2021
This webinar from the Business and Management Faculty will explore business resilience and getting it right.
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Training courses

Our business environment and business performance courses cover topics including risk management for finance professionals, fraud and corruption risks, contractual risk, cyber risk, ESG risk and business strategy training.
Business environment
  • Course
Learn the key tools you need to effectively identify and reduce risk within your business.
Business performance
  • Course
Increase your strategic and commercial capability to generate robust business solutions.

eBooks

The ICAEW Library & Information Service provides full text access to a selection of key business and reference eBooks from leading publishers. eBooks are available to logged-in ICAEW members, ACA students and other entitled users. If you are unable to access an eBook, please see our Help and support advice or contact library@icaew.com.

Exclusive 101 marketing strategies for accounting, law, consulting, and professional services firms
  • eBook
  • 2004
  • Troy Waugh
  • John Wiley and Sons
A guide to marketing, selling and persuading.
Exclusive Accounting and finance for your small business
  • eBook
  • 2006
  • Steven M. Bragg | Edwin Burton
  • John Wiley and Sons
A guide to help small business owners through all of the key accounting and financial information required to operate a small business.
Exclusive Advances in accounting education: teaching and curriculum innovations
  • eBook
  • 2011
  • Anthony H. Catanach Jr., Dorothy Feldmann eds.
  • Emerald Group
Articles on teaching and curriculum innovations for faculty members interested in ways to improve their classroom instruction.
Exclusive Anyone can do it: building Coffee Republic from our kitchen table
  • eBook
  • 2004
  • Sahar Hashemi, Bobby Hashemi
  • Capstone
Takes the reader step by step through every aspect of starting and growing a business.
Exclusive Auditing for managers: the ultimate risk management tool
  • eBook
  • 2005
  • K. H. Spencer Pickett | Jennifer M. Pickett
  • Wiley
Guide to help managers and their teams set standards for self-auditing, risk management, compliance review, and formal disclosure reporting.
Exclusive Auditing the risk management process
  • eBook
  • 2005
  • K.H. Spencer Pickett
  • Wiley
Guide to auditing the risk management process, including developments in risk management which are relevant to auditors.
Terms of use

You are permitted to access, download, copy, or print out content from eBooks for your own research or study only, subject to the terms of use set by our suppliers and any restrictions imposed by individual publishers. Please see individual supplier pages for full terms of use.

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Business press

The ICAEW Library & Information Service provides access to leading business, finance and management journals. These journals are available to logged-in ICAEW members, ACA students and other entitled users subject to suppliers' terms of use.
Exclusive Innovation baskets: A new path to strategic innovation
  • Article
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • Christoph Loch, Stelios Kavadias, Haijian Si
Companies typically treat their innovation projects as a portfolio, aiming for a mix of projects that collectively meet their strategic objectives. The problem, say the authors, is that portfolio objectives have become standardized, and innovation projects are often only weakly related to a company’s distinctive strategy. Here they introduce a new tool to help leaders better align their innovation investments. Their strategic innovation tool kit has two elements: a strategy summary framework and an innovation basket.
Exclusive A company reinvents itself in sign of hope for Japan
  • Article
  • 24 Aug 2023
  • Winnie Hsu, Sano Hideyuki
The huge conglomerate Hitachi became a symbol of corporate Japan's slide toward mediocrity when it got into difficulties during the global financial crisis and posted the biggest loss ever by a Japanese manufacturer. Yet the company has since undergone a turnaround, revamping its strategy to focus on growth and making its board more international and independent.
Exclusive How generative AI can expand human innovation and creativity
  • Article
  • 01 Jul 2023
  • Tojin T.Eapen, Daniel J.Finkenstadt, Josh Folk, Lokesh Venkataswamy
Five ways in which generative AI can assist organisations by amplifying the creativity of employees to help them generate and identify innovative ideas - and build on the quality of raw ideas. The article is illustrated with images of potential product ideas created using prompts in Midjourney and Stable Diffusion, two popular AI text-to-image tools.
Exclusive The right tool for the right job
  • Article
  • 01 Jul 2023
  • Costas Markides, Anita McGahan
A review of the available innovation tools to develop ideas, nurture inspiration and creativity, and set innovation in motion. Tools covered include familiar concepts such as brainstorming and the Kano model, as well as lesser-mentioned tools, such as VUCA, innovation portfolio and transient advantage.
Exclusive Human creativity can be augmented by generative AI
  • Article
  • 01 Jul 2023
  • Tojin Eapen, Daniel J Finkenstadt etc
Article discusses how generative AI can promote divergent thinking, challenge expertise bias, assist in idea evaluation, support idea refinement, and facilitate collaboration among users
Exclusive Winning the innovation game in emerging markets
  • Article
  • 07 Jun 2023
  • Manuel Hensmans
This paper aims to provide advanced market managers in Europe, the USA or Japan with a long-term framework to prepare for and seize emerging market innovation opportunities. It is based on eight years of studying emerging market innovation opportunities, how to prepare for them and how to seize them.
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Online magazines

Some online journal titles are available only to logged-in ICAEW members, ACA students and other entitled users. To view the full range of titles available to you, please log in.
Audit & Risk
  • Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors
Magazine published six times a year by the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors. Includes news, opinion and feature articles on internal audit.
Business Insurance
  • Business Insurance Holdings, Inc.
American magazine for executives concerned about risk and its impact on their business, covering core issues such as property and casualty insurance.
Continuity Insurance and Risk
  • Perspective Publishing Limited
Magazine for risk management, business continuity and commercial insurance purchasers.
Strategic Risk
  • Newsquest Media Group
Risk management journal focused on Europe. Includes breaking news, comment and analysis.
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Articles and books in the ICAEW Library collection

The collection of the ICAEW Library & Information Service includes a range of articles, books and reports on strategy, risk and innovation. Use the links below to see what we have available to request in our Library catalogue (Libcat).
Operational risk management in financial services: a practical guide to establishing effective solutions
  • Library book
  • 2022
  • E.Pykhova
  • Kogan Page
This practical guide includes appendixes containing an operational risk champion role description, example operational risk event reporting template, ORA template and table of 50 key risk indicators.
Options, futures, and other derivatives
  • Library book
  • 2022
  • J.C.Hull
  • Pearson Education Limited
A modern look at the derivatives market. The 11th edition covers all the industry's hottest topics, regulations and trends, including the Black-Scholes-Merton formulas, overnight indexed swaps, hedging strategies using futures, and the valuation of commodity derivatives.
Risk and compliance: questions and answers
  • Library book
  • 2022
  • R.Atkinson
  • Law Society Publishing
Provides practical guidance on points that those tasked with risk and compliance in their firm or business need to consider, with 200 questions and answers. Sections cover anti-money laundering, financial crime and regulation and compliance: including SRA accounts rules and compliance questions for running a law firm.
Risk management update for accountants and tax advisers
  • Library book
  • 2021
  • K.Eckstein
  • LexisNexis
A Tolley's Tax Digest on getting risk management processes right. Covers: planning for the client retainer; how to get the retainer right; retainer creep; liability caps; consumers; disputes within clients; termination of the retainer; fee disputes; and common causes of claims & how to prevent them.
The family office: a comprehensive guide for advisers, practitioners, and students
  • Library book
  • 2021
  • Edward V.Marshall, W.I.Woodson
  • Columbia University Press
An essential read for anyone looking to understand the world of family offices. Woodson and Marshall provide a comprehensive overview of the various functions family offices can perform and how to set them up effectively.
The good governance guide to strategy
  • Library book
  • 2021
  • M.Wearden
  • CGI Publishing
This book looks in detail at strategic planning and management. It also zooms out to highlight the importance of environment, organisational culture and governance structures to a successful strategy. With in-depth analysis of the theory behind strategic development as well as lots of practical advice and tips, it aims to equip you with the knowledge and skills to take your strategic thinking to the next level.

To find out how you can borrow books from the Library please see our guide to borrowing books.

You can obtain copies of articles or extracts of books and reports through our document supply service.

External resources - Organisations

Association of Insurance and Risk Managers (AIRMIC)
  • Website
Members’ association supporting those responsible for risk management and insurance within their own companies.
European Business and Innovation Centre Network (EBN)
  • Website
The EBN's Business and Innovation Centres offer advice, mentoring, workspace, and networking opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses in environments designed to stimulate innovation.
Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP)
  • Website
Independent association of risk management practitioners and researchers. The news and resources section includes research, white papers, webcasts and a digital library (free site registration required for member only content).
Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE)
  • Website
Organisation aiming to advance research, education and policy in the field of small businesses and entrepreneurship in the UK.
The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA)
  • Website
Created in 1998 to support and promote talent, innovation and creativity. The website offers practical advice for innovation projects and opportunities for business funding.
The Risk Coalition
  • Website
An association of not-for-profit professional bodies and membership organisations committed to raising the standards of risk management in the UK.
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ICAEW accepts no responsibility for the content on any site to which a hypertext link from this site exists. The links are provided 'as is' with no warranty, express or implied, for the information provided within them. Please see the full copyright and disclaimer notice.

External resources - Guides and publications

EY/IIF Global bank risk management survey
  • Website
  • 2023
  • EY
Annual survey looking at how banks are addressing current threats. The 12th edition of the survey, with an accompanying highlights podcast, explores changes within how banking Chief Risk Officers (CROs) view risks, risk interconnection, developments in Cybersecurity and Geopolitics, and risk management in relation to Sustainable Finance, ESG and Climate Risk.
Global risk management survey - 12th edition
  • Website
  • 2021
  • Deloitte
Deloitte survey assessing the state of risk management in financial institutions around the world. The 12th edition was conducted during March to September 2020, with respondents answering questions about the most important trends and challenges for their institutions over the next two years.
Guidance: Raising the bar
  • Website
  • 2019
  • The Risk Coalition
Principles-based guidance for board risk committees and risk functions in the UK financial services sector from the Risk Coalition.
IFAC Governance & Risk Management Knowledge Gateway
  • Website
  • 2021
  • IFAC
The International Federation of Accountants maintain this gateway to discussions, resources and news on risk management and governance.
Managing risk and regulation
  • Website
  • 2021
  • PwC
Series of PwC Insights publications on risk and regulation, covering preparing for risks and opportunities in times of change and crisis.
The Global Risks Report 2023
  • Website
  • 2023
  • World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum publication that explores some of the most severe risks we may face over the next decade. The report's authors conclude that as we stand on the edge of a low-growth and low-cooperation era, tougher trade-offs risk eroding climate action, human development and future resilience.
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ICAEW accepts no responsibility for the content on any site to which a hypertext link from this site exists. The links are provided 'as is' with no warranty, express or implied, for the information provided within them. Please see the full copyright and disclaimer notice.

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