Relocation – by the Numbers
The Total Cost of IT Outsourcing
Offshore outsourcing of IT services can save companies 30 percent or more on labor costs, but that’s not the whole story.
Content: Article | Author: Eric Krell | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Outsourcing / BPO
Shrinking Options
F&A Outsourcing Accelerates
How BPM Strengthens The Supply Chain
Innovative applications of business performance management software can improve the supply chain by getting reliable information to the right locations quickly.
Content: Article | Author: Tad Leahy | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Operations
Clone Rangers
What makes your top performers so productive? If you knew, you could hire more people like them. Traditional measures can’t unlock the mysteries, because they don’t reflect human nature and job experience, but some companies are coming closer to answering this question.
Content: Article | Author: Carol Orsag Madigan | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior
U.S. Oil Demand and Prices
Best Practices Bring Down Payroll Costs
Setting Your Sites on Global Data
Current global economic data is available to anyone, anytime. But there are millions of pages on the Web, so finding the best data to further business decisions can be daunting. Here are some sites that offer high-value information and some guidelines for searching.
Content: Article | Author: Fay Hansen | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subjects: Economics, Reference / Search
The Costliest Places To Run a Business
Performance Management’s Growing Pains
Stock Buybacks Speak Volumes
With many stocks trading well below their 12-month highs, finance executives are on the spot. Do they support their “undervalued” stock with an aggressive buyback? Or do they hang on to their cash in case the market is right?
Editor’s Note: this article was written in 2001 and is therefore somewhat topical, but it does provide a good look at a lot of the issues … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Richard H. Gamble | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subject: Finance
Orchestrating a Comeback
Companies keep sending employees overseas and losing them shortly after their return. This brain drain carries a high price tag – and it’s often avoidable.
Content: Article | Author: Carol Orsag Madigan | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subjects: Human Resources, Management
Baby Boomers’ New Leaf Means New Business Strategies
To protect their competitive position in the marketplace, companies need to incorporate future indicators of boomer spending into marketing projections, rather than focus on historical data.
Content: Article | Author: Shari Caudron | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subject: Marketing / Sales
The Top 10 Consolidation and Reporting Pitfalls and How To Avoid Them
Buying technology that supports and improves processes, and showing people how to use that technology, should improve consolidation and reporting. Why then do companies keep making the same mistakes?
Content: Article | Author: Tad Leahy | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subjects: Accounting, Finance
The Perils of Shareholder Lawsuits
More and more companies are being attacked by shareholders in class-action lawsuits that cost an arm and a leg.
Content: Article | Author: Richard H. Gamble | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Legal
401(k) Report Card
Benchmarking’s Top 10
U.S. M&A Deals
Deflecting Check Fraud
Despite increased security and new technologies that combat bad checks, companies are getting hammered with losses.
Content: Article | Author: Samuel Greengard | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subject: Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking