Pay Dirt
As the SEC shines a light on executive compensation, will companies clean up their acts or find new ways to hide excess?
Content: Article | Author: Don Durfee | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Finance
Lowering the Bar
How market beta can make hurdle rates look artificially low.
Content: Article | Author: Don Durfee | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Economics, Finance
Try Before You Buy
Companies are using alliances to take the risk out of acquisitions.
Content: Article | Author: Don Durfee | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Strategy
Buyer Beware
More companies than ever have experience with outsourcing. So why are deals still failing?
Content: Article | Author: Don Durfee | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Outsourcing / BPO
Spreadsheet Hell
CFOs are interested in the many new technologies being pitched to them, but are they really trapped in spreadsheet hell?
Content: Article | Author: Don Durfee | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Finance, IT / Technology / E-Business
Offshoring by the Numbers
Results of CFO Magazine’s survey of 275 finance executives at a broad range of companies.
Content: Article | Authors: Don Durfee, Kate O’Sullivan | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Outsourcing / BPO
Online pricing: Finding what works on the web
The goal of this paper is to explain some of the changes under way in online pricing and consider the implications for companies selling over the Internet. It will examine three areas:
– Pricing in multiple channels
– Global pricing
– Dynamic pricing
Content: Article | Author: Don Durfee | Source: The Economist | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Pricing
The e-business czar: What does it take to manage an e-business transformation?
Who should companies put in charge of their e-business operations? The answer, according to this special report by the EIU ebusiness forum, depends on where e-business sits in the corporate structure. Diplomacy is key if the company is attempting to integrate e-business into all operations; autocracy is feasible if the organisation has created a separate unit for e-business. Whatever the powers of the position, however, … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Don Durfee | Source: The Economist | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Strategy