Over the next 12 months, leaders expect to make investments in technology (65 percent, compared to 63 percent in 2020 survey), human capital (49 percent/43 percent in 2020 survey), and cybersecurity (44 percent/30 percent in 2020 survey). To a lesser degree, they will invest in training (30 percent), process efficiencies (26 percent), real estate (15 percent), and mergers and acquisitions (9 percent), according to EisnerAmper's executive survey.
Other findings include:
A majority (53 percent) do not intend to downsize office space over the next year (48 percent in 2020 survey). A total of 10 percent plan to increase office size (3 percent in 2020 survey). One quarter are undecided (29 percent in 2020 survey). Only 12 percent will downsize partially or completely (20 percent in 2020 survey).
Of those that recently downsized office space, 11 percent reinvested those savings into technology. A modest 7 percent was scattered among: employee ben
