MBA Still Worth Something
A new survey finds that, even in a down economy, MBAs hold their value.
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Stephen Taub | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
Other People’s Money
To encourage fund managers to act solely in the interests of shareholders, activists want their proxy votes disclosed.
Content: Article | Author: Ronald Fink | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking
Employees Uncertain About How Their Jobs Tie In To Corporate Objectives
The Keys to Team-Building
Poor team players? Here’s how to get employees to play well with others using the “GRIP” model.
Content: Article | Author: Douglas Richardson | Sources: CareerJournal (WSJ), CFO Publishing | Subject: Management
Survey: Finance Department Pay Up 8%
Exchange Shopping
European stock exchanges may be aggressively marketing to foreign firms. But U.S. companies need a good business reason to list overseas.
Content: Article | Author: Alix Nyberg Stuart | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Finance, International
No More Mr. Nice Guy
A new CFO survey suggests why new rules for auditors may be a wise idea.
Content: Article | Author: Andrew Osterland | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Accounting, Finance
Pay for Nonperformance?
Executive compensation practices won’t change until accounting rules for options are fixed.
Content: Article | Author: Andrew Osterland | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Finance
Working on the Chain
With profits down and perils up, companies are focusing on supply-chain management.
Content: Article | Author: Edward Teach | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Operations
Survey: 17% of CFOs Have Been Pressured
As nervous investors flee from companies with even a hint of murky accounting, the pressure is on CFOs to rein in pro forma reporting, renounce off-balance-sheet maneuvers, and disclose more information. But a new survey on financial reporting by CFO Magazine suggests that many finance execs are unwilling to change their ways, even in the wake of Enron and WorldCom.
Content: Article | Author: Ronald Fink | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Accounting, Finance
Buybacks or Giveaways?
A raft of companies have recently announced plans to repurchase their stock. This may not be such a hot idea.
Content: Article | Author: Jennifer Caplan | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Finance
Better Than the Alternatives
Compared with the previous peak of global capital, the amount of money flowing to poorer countries today is already small. Maurice Obstfeld and Alan Taylor, two economists, point out that less-developed countries’ share of total global debt is at an all-time low. In 1900, these countries accounted for 33% of the total; in the 1990s, the figure was down to 11%. In 1913, the countries … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Matthew Bishop | Sources: CFO Publishing, The Economist | Subjects: Finance, International | Industry: Finance / Banking
We Can Work It Out: The 2002 Working Capital Survey
The 2002 Working Capital Survey (sixth annual conducted jointly with REL Consultancy Group) reveals ways to reduce working capital without punishing customers or suppliers. But the alternatives aren’t totally pain-free.
Editor’s Note: I find the 2002 Working Capital Survey Charts (last page) a very useful benchmark/CI tool.
Content: Article | Author: Tim Reason | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Competitive Intelligence, Finance
Think of a Number
Accountancy used to be boring. If only it still were.
Content: Article | Author: Matthew Bishop | Sources: CFO Publishing, The Economist | Subjects: Accounting, Finance
Supply Chain Management (SCM) Market
Erik Brynjolfsson
For the past 15 years, Erik Brynjolfsson, the George and Sandi Schussel Professor of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management, has been studying the economic impact of corporate IT investment and, more recently, the strategic drivers behind E-business. Co-director of the Center for eBusiness@MIT, co-editor of the Ecommerce Research Forum, and co-editor of Strategies For e-Business Success (Jossey-Bass, 2001).
Content: Thought Leader | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Management
First, Who’s On?
Hackers and viruses make for good copy, but the most significant threat may come from within.
Content: Article | Author: Scott Leibs | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business
Bubble Trouble – And What Policymakers Should Do About It
Article takes a look at “efficient markets” and “behavioural finance” theories and examines their relevance to financial market bubbles.
Content: Article | Author: Matthew Bishop | Sources: CFO Publishing, The Economist | Subjects: Economics, Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking
The Regulator Who Isn’t There
Does a global financial system need a global regulator?
Content: Article | Author: Matthew Bishop | Sources: CFO Publishing, The Economist | Subjects: Economics, Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking
Crisis? What Crisis?
The financial system has coped remarkably well with a horrendous couple of years.
Content: Article | Author: Matthew Bishop | Sources: CFO Publishing, The Economist | Subjects: Finance, Industry Specific | Industry: Finance / Banking