Business development

Familiarity with the Capability Maturity Model empowers companies to proactively prepare for audits by equipping them with knowledge about specific audit challenges associated with each level.

To scale an accounting practice, you have to rethink the way you offer your services.

Ed Mendlowitz has reached a landmark in his weekly articles for Accounting Today.

Make good use of down time for those that truly do not have a full load of work for all of their staff during the summer.

Becoming the go-to firm in a niche can give you a significant competitive advantage and pricing freedom.

Here's how the Tesla founder's advice can provide lessons for CPAs.

Did you spend your time on significant initiatives that will move your firm forward — or did you keep focusing on the low-hanging fruit that's easy to reach?

When properly tuned and integrated, these are powerful engines that can accelerate and drive an accounting firm's journey from survive to transform to thrive.

The Association for Accounting Marketing presented a group of individuals and firms with its annual awards.

Will your firm's post-tax season meetings promote frank and open discussions, or will groupthink and conformity dominate?

A recent study says that when faced with the choice to either imitate or differentiate from a competitor who recently adopted new technology, the choice comes down to the customer.

Researchers can't point to a single unique factor for why some companies excel at innovation and others do not, indicating there are many paths a business can take.

By closely collaborating with chief revenue officers and optimizing automation technologies, today's finance leaders can help their organizations thrive.

Sensitivity analysis allows companies to predict the possible outcomes of various scenarios using a mathematical model.

Finance executives are increasingly relying on the concept of "continuous improvement" as a way to navigate today's uncertain economy.

The vast majority of firms that undertake a complete digital transformation achieve substantial increases across multiple key performance indicators.

Many of you feel like you've been getting punched in the mouth regularly with endless deadlines, fee compression, staffing shortages, succession challenges and technology issues. But it doesn't have to be this way.

An important factor in building and maintaining a profitable business is using an accurate budget.

The traditional firm model revolves around tax, audit, accounting, advisory and financial services, and it's been that way since the 19th century.

Long-term growth should be dealt with as an essential part of leadership of an accounting practice.