Constraints on Business Expansion Due to Personnel Shortages and Talent Outflows
First written in FY2022. 8 of 12 entries say "Materialised", first in FY2024-Q3. Latest entry: 2026-09-11.
Linkers moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2024, 1 year before the typical company in this theme (2025).
1 other company's latest entry also says "Materialised".
- FY2026-H1MaterialisedAnnual report
「Through measures including the transition to a co-representative structure, the company is working to decentralize authority, strengthen checks and balances, and establish a management structure that does not depend on any particular individual.」
The resignation of the founder and former Representative Director and President actually occurred, bringing to the fore the risk of an abrupt change in the management structure and the departure of key personnel. - FY2025-H1MaterialisedAnnual report
「Since the previous fiscal year, we have been working to establish an independent sales structure for OI研究所. However, sales activities proved more difficult than expected due to delays in hiring sales staff and increasingly complex operations, among other factors, resulting in 107 Linkers Research studies.」
Delayed recruitment of sales personnel and increasingly cumbersome operations actually made sales activities more difficult, with the constraint on business expansion reflected in a research assignment count of 107. - FY2024MaterialisedAnnual report
「In the research services business, the company changed from its existing structure to one in which the division conducts its own sales activities at the beginning of the period, in anticipation of a spin-off aimed at independent expansion in the future. However, because the delayed recruitment of sales personnel made sales activities more difficult than expected, the number of research assignments conducted by Linkers Research fell sharply to 298, compared with 535 in the same period of the previous year.」
The delayed recruitment of sales personnel actually manifested itself in difficult sales activities and a substantial decline in the number of research assignments, with the risk of securing personnel constraining business expansion. - FY2024-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「The delayed recruitment of sales personnel made sales activities more difficult than expected, making it difficult to win orders for the number of projects initially planned.」
The delayed recruitment of personnel actually manifested itself in difficult sales activities and difficulty winning orders for planned projects, bringing the risk of constraints on business expansion to the fore. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「However, if, despite plans to increase headcount in preparation for future business expansion, the company is unable to secure and develop sufficient numbers of the talented personnel it requires when needed, or if employee turnover progresses, its business operations and expansion into additional business areas may be hindered.」
The company continues to recognize the risk that securing, developing and retaining personnel may constrain business expansion. - FY2022First statedAnnual report
「If the company is unable to secure and develop sufficient numbers of the talented personnel it requires when needed, or if employee turnover progresses, its business operations and expansion into additional business areas may be hindered, potentially affecting its operating results and financial condition.」
Securing, developing and retaining the personnel required for business expansion is identified as a key risk.