How to tell a compelling digital transformation story that boosts your share price getty Digital startup companies achieve extraordinary valuations in part by knowing how to tell a compelling story, crafting an exciting vision of their future that sends investors and analysts scrambling to jump on board. Established companies embarked on their own digital journeys can capture some of that same magic by learning how to tell their transformation stories in more powerful ways. Step 1: Establish a shared language for digital transformation A major key to success is having a shared, common language for thinking and talking about digital transformation. Such a language can help people across your enterprise view digital transformation in a more strategic and comprehensive way, instead of fixating on individual technologies and tactical implementation issues. Also, a shared language can help people in different roles and silos collaborate more effectively when planning and executing your digital transformation effort. We recommend a digital transformation language built around five key imperatives: Experiences . Using digital technology to create better experiences for customers, employees, and other key stakeholders. Insights . Using digital technology to generate new, actionable insights and activities that create business value and improve competitiveness, […]

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Europe is quickening its step in a bid to catch up in the global race towards a digital future. Hartley Milner reports on the swathe of actions that could see the region take the lead in the transition while boosting trade opportunities at home and across international markets. The Path to the Digital Decade is a programme of ambitious targets and support initiatives devised by the European Union to make sure every member state is ready for the “challenges of an evolving and inter-connected world” by 2030. How the EU aims to get there is set out as a ‘digital compass’, each of its four points indicating a core strategy – promotion of digital skills, rollout of secure and sustainable digital infrastructures, the digital transformation of businesses and digitalisation of the public sector. The Union pledges to work towards these objectives without compromise on “transparency, security or fundamental digital rights and principles”. Additionally, each country will have to come up with a strategic roadmap of its own, showing how it will go about achieving the transition, including measures backed up by regulation and investment. “The Digital Decade is about making digital technology work for people and businesses,” said Margrethe […]

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Located north of the City of Pittsburgh, the Greater Cranberry region is experiencing a boom in development. Major housing projects are currently in the works, and leasing activity is picking up as employers look to secure space in an area where more and more of their employees are choosing to live. The Pittsburgh Business Times is bringing together a panel of real estate insiders and experts to provide their insights and perspectives on the future of this region at an in-person breakfast scheduled for Feb. 16 at the Pittsburgh Marriott North in Cranberry Woods. Moderated by Business Times Editor-in-Chief Jennifer Beahm, Corridors of Opportunity: Greater Cranberry will give attendees the chance to hear local experts talk about Cranberry and surrounding areas, a part of the region that is becoming more and more of a draw for homebuyers and developers alike. Panelists will include: Gregg Broujos, senior vice president of leasing, The Buncher Co. Nick Francic, managing director, JLL Dan Santoro, township manager, Cranberry Township Tracy Vitale, superintendent of schools, Seneca Valley School District For more details about the event or to register to attend, go to our Corridors of Opportunity: Greater Cranberry event webpage. Below, each panelist answered a […]

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Authors: Novia Xu and Nadya Daulay, CSIS The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is the manifestation of the European Union’s (EU) ambitions to lead in global climate policy and the reduction of carbon leakage. Though the design of CBAM is acclaimed as fully compliant with international trade regulations, concerns over its impacts persist, especially for developing countries like Indonesia. Indonesia provides an interesting example as bilateral trade between Indonesia and the EU has increased by approximately 15 per cent in the last decade, with a widening trade balance surplus for Indonesia. The ongoing negotiation for the Indonesia–EU Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IEU–CEPA) would also be Indonesia’s most comprehensive and ambitious one-on-one Free Trade Agreement. CBAM works as a mechanism to balance the carbon price paid for EU products covered by the EU Emissions Trading System and the price paid for imported commodities. Businesses that import certain products into the EU are required to buy CBAM certificates to cover the difference between the carbon price paid in the country of production and the price of carbon applied under the EU Emissions Trading System. The EU expects climate laggards that interact with the EU market will adopt stricter climate policies and […]

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Amendments to Alberta’s Business Corporations Act (ABCA), which came into force on May 31, 2022 (the ABCA Amendments), introduceda new ability for an Alberta corporation to include a corporate opportunity waiver in its articles or unanimous shareholder agreement, making Alberta the first jurisdiction in Canada to permit such waivers. The introduction of a corporate opportunity waiver is expected to, among other things, minimize litigation risk and improve deal-making speed for private equity and venture capital investors that are active in Alberta. The ABCA Amendments were summarized in the Osler Update titled " A bid to attract business: amendments to Alberta’s Business Corporations Act (osler.com) , published on June 16, 2022. This Osler Update expands on the corporate opportunity waiver with a focus on how this amendment could affect private equity and venture capital investors in Alberta and also how private equity and venture capital funds may think about corporate opportunity waivers in other Canadian jurisdictions. The corporate opportunity doctrine is a manifestation of the duty of loyalty, which has long been recognized by common law and enshrined in most corporate acts in Canada. The corporate opportunity doctrine precludes directors and officers from personally benefitting from, or usurping to another […]

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government will table its first budget at the end of February. Article content As Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government prepares to table its first budget at the end of this month, it faces a fundamental choice. Due largely to a record high windfall in resource revenues, the province will run a projected $12.3-billion surplus this fiscal year, with additional surpluses expected over the next two years. But Alberta’s history is quite clear. Spending these surpluses, as past governments have often done, will only lead the province back into deficits when resource revenues decline, as they inevitably will do. Instead of wasting this extraordinary opportunity and setting itself up for hard times down the road by spending these temporary revenue windfalls, the government should use the surpluses to improve Alberta’s finances and economy for the long-term. Article content A new essay series published by the Fraser Institute outlines three policy options for Alberta’s surpluses. Each avoids spending increases while establishing a path for Alberta’s improved long-term prosperity. Option one: University of Calgary economist Trevor Tombe recommends the government consider using the surpluses to eliminate the province’s debt. Why? Because the interest rate the government pays to […]

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Summary Seeking Alpha’s quant ratings system provides a valuable tool for analysis of thousands of stocks. Underlying metrics for momentum and revisions undercut Organogenesis’ strong Quant valuation and profitability metrics. Quant ratings alone need supplementation; the stories underlying particular stocks help to round out a decision of whether or not to invest. There are risks associated with healthcare microcaps in general and with Organogenesis specifically. txpeter/iStock via Getty Images This is my first look at Organogenesis (NASDAQ: ORGO ). It manufactures and sells surgical and sports medicine products to support the healing of musculoskeletal injuries and degenerative conditions. I have selected it as an interesting foil to use in evaluating Seeking Alpha’s rich quant ratings system ("Quant"). Initially I will explain how Quant works generally for healthcare stocks, then I will focus on its application in the case of Organogenesis. Lastly I will give an overview of Organogenesis’ substantive investment merits. Quant provides a dynamic tool crunching important metrics How it works Serious investors with time to spare who have not already done so can spend some interesting and instructive time learning Quant’s ins and outs. It is a tool rich with data. My particular field of interest is […]

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Campbell Soup Co. (NYSE: CPB) was among the U.S. large caps that bucked the bear market of 2022. With defensive names in favor, the soup and snacks maker was also one of few S&P 500 stocks that finished the year up at least 30%. But after reaching an intraday high of $57.78 shortly after Christmas, Campbell’s has retreated to around $50 . With investors clamoring for technology and consumer discretionary names this year, the market’s appetite for less risky staples has been less than hearty. For long-term investors, this is positive news for two reasons: 1) strong jobs data has the market re-considering the prospects for a more hawkish Fed and, therefore, the investment value of defensive companies like Campbell’s, and 2) the valuation on Campbell’s shares is looking mmm mmm good. How Did Campbell’s Soup Perform in 2022? As grocery store prices climbed higher, consumers were reluctant to shun Campbell’s brands in favor of cheaper alternatives. This helped drive 10% sales growth through the first three quarters of calendar 2022. The performance was capped off by 15% top-line growth in Q3, surprising Wall Street analysts and sending the stock to within $10 of its 2016 record high. During […]

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Investment management company Vulcan Value Partners recently released its fourth-quarter 2022 investor letter. A copy of the same can be downloaded here . The firm has five strategies, and all trailed their benchmark indexes in 2022. In the fourth quarter, the fund’s Large-Cap Composite returned 8.2% net of fees and expenses, the Small Cap Composite returned 11.2% net, Focus Composite returned 7.6% net, the Focus Plus composite returned 7.7%, and All Cap Composite returned 7.2% net. You can check the top 5 holdings of the fund to know its best picks in 2022. Vulcan Value Partners highlighted stocks like Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT ) in the Q4 2022 investor letter. Headquartered in North Chicago, Illinois, Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) is a healthcare products company. On February 8, 2023, Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT)stock closed at $110.20 per share. One-month return of Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT)was -1.04%, and its shares lost 13.74% of their value over the last 52 weeks. Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT)has a market capitalization of $192.141 billion. Vulcan Value Partners made the following comment about Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) in its Q4 2022 investor letter: “ Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) is one of the largest and most diversified health care companies in the world. […]

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Jennifer Carpenter, president and CEO, American Waterways Operators (AWO) says “Offshore wind has the potential to be the biggest new opportunity for the domestic maritime industry in a generation.” In an interview with AJOT, Carpenter said: “We need conversations and contracts with wind developers to build the vessels that are needed for this trade.” Collaboration is key: “I’ve said before … nobody is going to go out and build a vessel on spec. You can’t expect somebody to go out and do that and take a chance … AWO members are getting into this business building vessels, adapting vessels for this market. Others are chomping at the bit to do so. What we really need is to get wind developers and vessel owners together and talk turkey: What are the specs? What do you need? When do you need it?” She also warned against wind developers who might seek Jones Act waivers to bring foreign built vessels and foreign crews into U.S. waters to do offshore wind work: “There are not going to be Jones Act waivers for somebody who failed to plan and then discovered: ‘I need U.S. built. I need crew transfer vessels. I guess I need […]

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