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
Corporations and the Environment
Can companies still afford to be green?
Chief financial officers and their finance teams must make wise use of their companies’ time, money, and other resources in response to the growing needs of investors, employees, regulators, government agencies, and other stakeholders. With all that’s going on in the world, what is the role of environmental concerns within the corporation? Should that role be different, and if … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)
Dude, Where’s My Printer?
RFID technology may well revolutionize how companies track their products.
Editor’s Note: this article is a bit topical, but I found its discussion of the pitfalls of RFID useful (and usually ignored in similar articles)
Content: Article | Author: John Goff | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business
PIPE Activity 2000-2004
Who’s the Boss?
Shareholder activists want more say in how American companies are run.
Content: Article | Author: John Goff | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Corporate Governance
Casting to Type
More companies are using personality tests to assess job candidates and develop new hires.
Content: Article | Author: Kris Frieswick | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Human Resources
The ABC’s of ERP
To maximize the return on this massive software investment, plenty of planning is needed, even if you’ve been using ERP for years.
Content: Article | Author: Doug Bartholomew | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business
Too Much Cash
Companies are awash in cash. When will they finally start spending it?
Editor’s Note: includes the 2004 Cash Management tables, a cash management scorecard that shows the companies in 37 industries with the least and most excess cash per sales.
Content: Article | Author: Ronald Fink | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Finance, Industry Specific
2004 CFO Compensation Survey
With stock options tainted, pay packages grow more diverse — and smaller.
Content: Career Information | Author: Tim Reason | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Benefits / Comp.
Volatility: An Eerie Calm
The fact that implied — ie, expected — volatility in financial markets is so low should give investors everywhere pause for thought.
Editor’s Note: though topical, this article introduces an interesting and useful concept many will be unfamiliar with…
Content: Article | Sources: CFO Publishing, The Economist | Subjects: Economics, Finance
Fertile Ground in Executive Education
When executives hear the word “environment,” they tend to think “burden,” but one executive-education program hopes to prove that sustainable business is a growth area where they “can use finance as a tool to add value.”
Content: Prospective MBA Content | Author: Lisa Yoon | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Executive Programs, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
The Reality of Real-Time Reporting
New, superfast 8-K rules under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act could spawn problems with mergers, loan covenants, and share prices. Needed: a solid risk-management plan.
Editor’s Note: a topical and US-centric article, but one that raises interesting questions about the implications of more timely and full disclosure…
Content: Article | Author: David M. Katz | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Finance
When Do Companies Outgrow Their Spreadsheets?
There comes a time at every smaller, growing company when managers perceive a need for more sophisticated software tools than spreadsheet-dependent planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
Content: Article | Authors: Russ Banham, Sam Knox | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Finance, IT / Technology / E-Business | Industry: Information Technology
But Can You Teach It?
No form of education is more commercialised than management education. But are business schools teaching the right things?
Content: Article | Sources: CFO Publishing, The Economist | Subject: MBA Related
The $33 Billion Phone Bill
Businesses are spending more on cellular services than ever before. Are they getting slammed?
Content: Article | Author: Karen Bannan | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Finance, IT / Technology / E-Business
The New Networks
Letting Down Your Guard
With takeover defenses being increasingly dismantled, will a rise in hostile acquisitions be the result?
Content: Article | Author: Lori Calabro | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Finance
Making It Work
How to avoid some common offshoring blunders — and what to do when you can’t.
Content: Article | Author: Roy Harris | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: International, Outsourcing / BPO
William Mcdonough
Former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and current chairman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB).
Content: Thought Leader | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Accounting, Management
Acquired Tastes
Being CFO on the target end of a deal brings challenges — like having to coach “redundant” staffers.
Content: Article | Author: Kris Frieswick | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Finance