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Strategy, risk and innovation

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Read our latest features and articles on strategy, risk and innovation.
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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.
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?
Businesses must take action to weather geopolitical storms
  • Article
  • 23 Feb 2023
As the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine approaches, Chartered IIA is urging business leaders to prepare for further geopolitical incidents as global pressures rise.
Businesses still face perfect storm of economic pressures
  • Article
  • 13 Feb 2023
Higher interest rates, a shortage of loans and a slow-down in the property market are knocking confidence – but careful planning and risk management may see businesses through a difficult year.
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How businesses approach fraud risk: the audit committee view
  • Article
  • 27 Jan 2023
What are the key factors behind the emergence of fraud risks and how should organisations ensure their controls are fit for purpose? Two experienced audit committee chairs provide their thoughts.
How rocky is the road ahead for businesses?
  • Article
  • 26 Jan 2023
Bulging borrowing costs, balance sheet fluctuations and ongoing uncertainty call for caution, common sense and acute risk awareness in the year ahead, says insolvency and restructuring doyen Nick Hood.
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My membership journey: one year on
  • Article
  • 05 Dec 2022
A year after qualifying, new member Chris Chung is enjoying a varied and interesting role in treasury – and having more free time on his hands.
Natura: Brazil’s integrated reporting pioneers
  • Article
  • 02 Dec 2022
The Brazilian giant, the first publicly listed company to become a B Corp, has been pushing an integrated approach for 30 years. Having taken this further still, it was highly commended at this year’s Finance for the Future Awards.
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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

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.
Future proof your organisation - an internal audit approach to operational resilience
  • Webinar
  • 09 Mar 2021
This webinar explores how to develop an audit approach to deliver effective assurance as organisations progress their resilience journeys.
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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 Nurturing the UK's innovation ecosystem
  • Article
  • 07 Feb 2023
  • Sebastian Klovig Skelton
  • Computer Weekly
Andrew Roughan, CEO of technology innovation hub Plexal, discusses how tech startups collaborate with the UK government to transform public services, the barriers to entry, and how the process can be improved.
Exclusive Design thinking for innovation
  • Article
  • 01 Feb 2023
  • Kristine Brands
  • Strategic Finance
How management accountants can apply the 'design thinking' approach to innovation to achieve a competitive edge. According to IDEO's Tim Brown, this human-centred approach can be used to integrate people's needs, technology, and business success factors to achieve innovation.
Exclusive How CFOs can better manage: Strategy execution
  • Article
  • 01 Feb 2023
  • Seth Elliott
  • Strategic Finance
Best practices in strategy execution can help CFOs balance their traditional role of oversight and control with their emerging role as a catalyst for growth. Seth Elliott discusses using the objectives and key results (OKR) framework to track progress and organize goals.
Exclusive Innovation-driven culture
  • Article
  • 01 Jan 2023
  • Mark L.Frigo, Terry E.Groff, Hans Laessoe, Darren Snellgrove
  • Strategic Finance
Developing a culture that prioritizes innovation is the key to creating long-term sustainable value, say the authors. They use three companies as case studies - Reading Bakery Systems, Johnson & Johnson, and the LEGO Group.
Exclusive Expand your pricing strategy
  • Article
  • 01 Jan 2023
  • Rafi Mohammed
  • Harvard Business Review
Pricing consultant Rafi Mohammed recommends that companies should re-examine not just their prices but their pricing strategy - looking for different ways to charge customers. Looking at models used by other industries can offer inspiration for pricing innovations, such as offering to rent a product that's typically bought, or selling a service by the hour instead of by the day.
Exclusive AI and digital discrimination
  • Article
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • Arif Perdana, W Eric Lee
  • Strategic Finance
The article points out that management accountants and other financial professionals can minimize artificial intelligence (AI) discrimination by contributing to responsible AI practices and risk mitigation. Topics covered include the role of data in AI, examples of apparent biased automated decision-making system and the ethical challenges concerning biases in automated decision making. It also cites how to promote responsible AI practices and the importance of data governance and curation.
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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.
Strategy: an international perspective
  • Library book
  • 2020
  • B. De Wit
  • Cengage Learning EMEA
This book covers the many perspectives in the field of corporate strategy, navigating readers through contrasting viewpoints to encourage discussion and debate.

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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External resources - Guides and publications

EY/IIF Global bank risk management survey
  • Website
  • 2021
  • EY
Annual survey looking at how banks are addressing current threats. The 11th edition of the survey, with an accompanying highlights podcast, explores the top priorities - including climate change, credit risk, cybersecurity and the impact of technology - and what that means for risk management.
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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