The Tax Man vs. Hedonists
“A new company called Liquid Engines Inc. can’t do much about death, but corporate taxes are another matter.
At a time when technology start-ups are rare and technological innovation even rarer, this Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company plans to launch an entire suite of products designed to help companies manage financial performance. The first product, out later this month, is tax-planning software that can, Liquid Engines claims, fully … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: John Verity | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Finance, IT / Technology / E-Business
Goodwill to All Pieces
Are companies properly valuing and assigning acquired intangibles to business units?
Content: Article | Author: Tim Reason | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Accounting, Finance
Purchasing Card Program Use
Dissecting the Decline
A “share-weighting” analysis gives a better read on the market’s vital signs than major market indices.
Content: Article | Author: Craig Israelsen, Ph.D. | Source: Financial Planning | Subjects: Economics, Finance | Industry: Investment Banking
Pigging Out?
Special retirement plans for top executives are becoming a target for other stakeholders.
Content: Article | Author: Ronald Fink | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Finance
Asset-Based Financing Gains Ground
CFOs in search of working capital are borrowing on assets — and discovering that doing so can offer more flexibility than bank financing.
Content: Article | Author: Joanne Sammer | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subject: Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking
How Audits Must Change
Auditors face more pressure to find fraud.
Content: Article | Author: Kris Frieswick | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Accounting, Finance
The Case Against Budgeting
New survey data reveals problems in budgeting, planning and forecasting and ideas to strengthen those processes. Early movers are gaining competitive advantage.
Content: Article | Author: Eric Krell | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subjects: Finance, IT / Technology / E-Business
Outside Upside: Finding Focus through Finance Outsourcing
What should companies be considering as they move towards outsourcing finance and accounting (F&A) activities? How can they achieve their strategic goals and maximize the benefits, while defusing the risks?
Accenture’s report, “Outside Upside: Finding Focus through Finance Outsourcing,” written in cooperation with the Economist Intelligence Unit, addresses these issues. Based on an online survey and one-to-one interviews with senior executives, the study yields rich … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Sources: Accenture, The Economist | Subjects: Finance, Outsourcing / BPO
Will Real Options Take Root?
Why companies have been slow to adopt the valuation technique.
Content: Article | Author: Edward Teach | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Finance, Management
The ABB Edge
Still far from mainstream, activity-based budgeting augments, rather than replacing, existing budgeting processes.
Content: Article | Author: Tad Leahy | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subjects: Finance, Management
The Value of Control
U.S. corporate scandals such as Enron and Tyco have highlighted the fact that insiders enjoy benefits above and beyond those of the average shareholder-the so-called “private benefits of control.” How widespread are these benefits? What effects do they have on the development of a country’s securities market? Furthermore, how can such benefits be curbed? New research indicates that in spite of the recent corporate scandals … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Luigi Zingales | Source: Capital Ideas | Subjects: Economics, Finance | Industry: Investment Banking
ESOPs: Split Personality
An ESOP is a retirement plan. No, it’s an ownership investment. Wait – it’s neither one.
Content: Article | Author: Kris Frieswick | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Finance
Turning Managers Into Forecasters
Bringing managers into the forecasting process can dramatically improve performance management. But success depends on the quality of your software and on close collaboration between finance and line managers.
Content: Article | Author: Tad Leahy | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subjects: Finance, Management
The Balanced Scorecard Meets BPM
Should the Balanced Scorecard be a guiding force in business performance management? Some say it’s too much effort — but the results can be stellar.
Content: Article | Author: Tad Leahy | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subjects: Finance, Management
Corporate Barter Barometer Rises
Asset-Based Financing in the U.S.
Natural Performers
Companies are increasingly relying on natural hedges to juggle currency risks.
Content: Article | Author: Ronald Fink | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Finance
BPO Takes Off
Business process outsourcing is reshaping companies in fundamental ways — and raising new, complex questions that transcend cost savings.
Content: Article | Author: Fay Hansen | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subjects: Finance, Outsourcing / BPO