The Six Cardinal Rules of Resume Writing
Experts say put a little more vitae into your curriculum vitae.
Content: Article | Author: Wendy Enelow | Sources: CareerJournal (WSJ), CFO Publishing | Subject: Career
Art of the Auction
Soliciting bids is an effective way to sell a business — but review your strategy first.
Content: Article | Author: Edward Teach | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Finance
You’re Getting Jobbed by Your Search Firm
Employors have grown increasingly dependent on search firms to fill managerial posts. But not all search firms are up to the task.
Content: Article | Author: Marie Leone | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Human Resources
The Case Against Cases
Enron’s popularity as a business-school “success story” raises tough questions about how case studies are prepared.
Content: Article | Author: Roy Harris | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Case Related, MBA Related
CFO.com Executive Education Buyer’s Guide
While many CFOs already hold MBAs, a growing number are enrolling in executive education programs. The usual goals: to round out skill sets, bone up on specific subjects, or expand career horizons. We’ve profiled a handful of programs aimed at finance managers, on subjects that range from Sarbanes-Oxley compliance to mergers and acquisitions, from measuring business performance to alternative risk transfer, from social responsibility to … [ Read more ]
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Executive Programs
Options-Pricing In, CAPM Out?
Some experts contend that Options-Pricing models give a better view of cost of capital.
Editor’s Note: discusses CAPM and a competing methodology developed by Pacifica Strategic Advisors dubbed the Market-derived Capital Pricing Model (MCPM) for setting hurdle rates.
Content: Article | Author: Ronald Fink | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Finance
Edifice Complex
When contemplating an acquisition, don’t overlook real-estate issues.
Content: Article | Author: Jennifer Caplan | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Finance
Better Options
Disillusioned investors are demanding stronger links between executive pay and long-term performance.
Editor’s Note: for a related, though more topical piece, see
The CEO Trap
Content: Article | Author: Kris Frieswick | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Finance
Tim Reason
This is the crux of the fair-value debate: each side agrees both qualities are important, but fair-value advocates emphasize relevance, while historical-cost advocates place greater weight on reliability.
Content: Quotation | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Accounting, Finance
Robert H. Herz
Accounting has historically not defined income as change in wealth, or change in net worth or value. It has defined it by thousands and thousands of conventions that measure allocations of historical costs.
…if accounting prompts strange behavior solely because of the accounting, that’s not a good answer.
Content: Quotation | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Accounting, Finance
What Goes Around
Customer financing seemed like a smart move when times were good. Now, it’s wreaking havoc on corporate balance sheets.
Content: Article | Author: Ronald Fink | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Finance
Separate but Liable
Companies have walled off valuable assets in subsidiaries for decades. Are those walls starting to crack?
Content: Article | Author: Kris Frieswick | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Finance, Legal
The Holes in Black-Scholes
Valuing stock-option grants with Black-Scholes may cause some confusion on the income statement.
Content: Article | Author: Tim Reason | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Accounting, Finance
PLM software and services market
The Ballooning Asbestos Crisis
Firms Going Private
Questions of Value
Is fair-value accounting the best way to measure a company? The debate heats up.
Content: Article | Author: Tim Reason | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Accounting, Finance
Guess Again
Baruch Lev want companies to come clean on missed estimates.
Content: Article | Author: Kris Frieswick | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Accounting, Finance
Cost of Perks Piling Up
CFO Magazine
Discounted cash flow (DCF) techniques such as NPV and internal rate of return (IRR) work well with traditional capital budgeting problems, such as replacement decisions or alternative production methods. Where they fall down is on strategic investments, such as evaluation of new product lines or investment in R&D.
Content: Quotation | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Finance