{"id":16423,"date":"2026-09-08T07:15:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T07:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/?p=16423"},"modified":"2026-09-08T07:15:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T07:15:06","slug":"horvath-cxo-priorities-study-2026-cee-romania-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/?p=16423","title":{"rendered":"Horv\u00e1th CxO Priorities Study 2026 | CEE &#038; Romania Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following the release of the Romania Report of our\u00a0<strong>7th Annual Horv\u00e1th CxO Priorities Study 2026<\/strong>, entitled\u00a0<strong>\u201cRethink Competitiveness in the New Economic Reality\u201d<\/strong>, Horvath announces the issuing of the\u00a0<strong>CEE Report<\/strong>, offering a broader perspective on the priorities, challenges and growth ambitions shaping executive agendas across Central and Eastern Europe.<br>\u00a0<br>Together, the two reports provide a unique opportunity to benchmark Romanian executive priorities against regional trends and identify the factors that will define competitiveness in the years ahead.<br>\u00a0<br>The\u00a0<strong>CEE findings<\/strong>\u00a0reveal several important trends:<br>\u00a0<em>\ue113<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u2022<\/td><td><strong>AI &amp; Digital Transformation<\/strong>&nbsp;remains the number one strategic priority across Central and Eastern Europe<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u2022<\/td><td><strong>Cost and profitability improvement<\/strong>&nbsp;continues to dominate executive agendas as companies seek to strengthen performance in an increasingly competitive environment<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u2022<\/td><td><strong>People-related topics<\/strong>&nbsp;rank significantly higher in CEE than in the global benchmark, underscoring the growing importance of talent, skills and leadership capabilities<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u2022<\/td><td><strong>Revenue growth<\/strong>&nbsp;is expected to outpace workforce growth, highlighting a strong focus on productivity, automation and scalable business models<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u2022<\/td><td><strong>CEE is entering a new era of competitiveness<\/strong>, where capabilities, productivity and automation matter more than traditional low-cost advantages<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>links to reports: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/success.horvath-partners.com\/goto.php?l=tvp3y7.1fq6hhr,u=09bdf49fb3294f479584a5360d924c8c,n=a7m9m.2h11k9a,art_id=a7m9n.gt4jb0\">7th Annual Horv\u00e1th CxO Priorities Study \u2013 Romania Report<\/a><br>\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/success.horvath-partners.com\/goto.php?l=tvp3y8.bbnloe,u=09bdf49fb3294f479584a5360d924c8c,n=a7m9m.2h11k9a,art_id=a7m9n.gt4jb0\">7th Annual Horv\u00e1th CxO Priorities Study \u2013 CEE Report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the release of the Romania Report of our\u00a07th Annual Horv\u00e1th CxO Priorities Study 2026, entitled\u00a0\u201cRethink Competitiveness in the New Economic Reality\u201d, Horvath announces the issuing of the\u00a0CEE Report, offering a broader perspective on the priorities, challenges and growth ambitions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,19,18,6,3],"tags":[596],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16423"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16426,"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16423\/revisions\/16426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}