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Guide for CFOs of high-growth SMEs on using the potential of the finance function
Report examining the finance function of high-growth businesses and how this has evolved, providing practical guidance to high potential businesses on how to harness the full potential of the finance function.

Innovation, intangibles and integrated reporting: a pilot study of Malaysian SMEs
This report presents the results of a pilot project, which tests the relevance of the Malaysian National Corporate Innovation Index to SMEs.

Governance for all: the implementation challenge for SMEs
This report aims to encourage understanding of what corporate governance means for SMEs.

Ending late payment
ACCA's review of the widespread problem of late payment, a life-threatening challenge for many businesses globally, has been published in a series of three reports.

Access to finance for SMEs in Cyprus: an update from ACCA
This paper presents new analytical and theoretical work performed by ACCA and proposes possible avenues for further research.

A new breed of adviser for the modern-day enterprise
This discussion paper presents views and recommendations on the growing implications, for both the finance profession and aspiring entrepreneurs, of the changing business landscape.

The state of business finance
This set of three reports describe ACCA’s ambitious global investigation into the state of business finance.

Back in the game: global SME performance review 2013/14
This report reviews the performance of SMEs around the world during 2013/14. It is the second ACCA–IMA global SME performance review and compares SME performance with findings from the first review.

ACCA and the Enterprise Research Centre
ACCA is proud to sit on the ERC’s Stakeholder Advisory Board, chaired by Lucy Armstrong, alongside some of the UK’s leading business associations.

Building the finance function in growing businesses
This discussion paper presents views and recommendations on how to build the finance function to support growth in SMEs.

ACCA research into e-invoicing adoption
ACCA's research reviews the extent and the drivers of e-invoicing adoption among UK SMEs.
ACCA video briefings...

Financing futures: a quick overview
Manos Schizas discusses the Financing Futures project – a groundbreaking study of how small businesses might be financed in the far future.

Financing futures: a quick overview
Manos Schizas discusses the Financing Futures project – a groundbreaking study of how small businesses might be financed in the far future.

IFRS for SMEs
On this video Richard Martin and Paul Cooper discuss the changes which are being proposed by the IASB and ACCA’s views on those proposals.

Bribery and what it means for business
In this video, John Burbidge-King, the CEO of the consultancy Interchange, discusses how dedicated risk-management systems can help businesses to protect themselves against bribery risk.

Zombie companies: just a bad dream?
Q3 of 2013 saw the first signs of a recovery in the UK, and with it a debate about the existence and prospects of so-called ‘zombie’ companies.

In safe hands: the future of financial services
Gill Ringland from SAMI Consulting discusses the findings of a scenario analysis project carried out by her firm and the Long Finance Forum of Futurists (L3F).
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