War, oil, inflation – and the impact for banks
zeb.market.flash #55, Q1 2026: The escalation in the Middle East and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz triggered a massive energy and inflation shock in the first quarter of 2026.
Time gain analysis: how can actual time allocation in the back office be made transparent?
The zeb.time gain analysis focuses on a streamlined, anonymized activity survey and an analysis of actual time allocation. Practical insights illustrate how transparency in workflows and bottlenecks is created and how this can lead to actionable improvements in credit processes, organizational structure and leadership culture
Replacing gut feeling with data – determining peer groups in the European financial sector
How is the structural similarity of banks represented mathematically?
How should regional banks conceive working time in order to combine flexibility and productivity?
Working time has become a decisive competitive factor for success. If you want to attract talent, retain top performers and work efficiently at the same time, you need a systematic working time concept. In practice, the focus is often too strongly on rigid case-by-case solutions. Instead, companies need guidelines that combine customer benefits, employees’ needs and profitability.
How can life cycle solutions lead to a decisive competitive advantage?
Today more than ever, industrial clients are faced with the challenge of adapting their business models to changing market conditions. Traditional product sales often no longer suffice to retain customers in the long term or to ensure sustainable growth.
Leadership 4.0 – what modern leadership really needs nowadays
In this article, we show what Leadership 4.0 is all about, why traditional leadership models are reaching their limits and how modern leadership can succeed in practice: through clarity, courage and a new understanding of leadership roles.
