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M&A in the manufacturing sector: Many small and family-run businesses on the market

Market uncertainties do not discourage transactions - Six out of ten manufacturing companies are specifically looking for acquisition options with AI…

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Horváth accelerates growth through strategic acquisition of interim-x, a placement platform for interim managers

Management consultancy Horváth becomes owner of Interim Excellence GmbH with retroactive effect as of January 1, 2024 - The digitalized business model…

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Horváth CFO Study 2024: More than a quarter of CFOs are pessimistic about economic development

Efficiency and quality benefits from automation and modern data technology often cannot be realized - Generative AI in finance departments is still at…

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Horváth-study: Personnel issues are flooding the management agenda - Management Board meetings are increasingly characterised by personnel-related discussions

List of urgent fields of action is getting longer and longer - Personnel issues already account for more than 40 per cent of Board meetings - Huge gap…

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Management consultancy Horváth again achieves double-digit turnover growth and expands management team

First half of the business year closed with double-digit growth in turnover - In addition to core business, People, AI and Sustainability business…

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Machinery and plant engineering: Investments continue to flow abroad - negative sales trend for 2024

Economic weakness, staff shortages, high energy costs and lack of political direction force companies to reorient themselves - Expansion takes place…

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Horváth Study: Construction industry does not expect recovery in 2024

Securing liquidity is becoming a core challenge - Hardly any scope for digitalization and sustainable innovations - Shortage of skilled workers is…

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Horváth Study Banks and Financial Service Providers: Financial sector expects further profit increases

Growth expected to weaken in 2024 - Staff shortages worsening – automation can remedy this situation and improve the quality of advice -…

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Horváth Study: Personnel costs to rise by 7.5 percent in 2023

Personnel problems are becoming a greater economic risk than material bottlenecks - Savings potential of artificial intelligence not to be…

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Horváth Study on the Automotive industry: Management forecasts positive business development -– despite continuing uncertainty

After 10.5 percent sales growth for the current year, only 6.5 percent growth expected for 2024 - Profitable growth and cost optimization as top…

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