New Carrots, Old Yardsticks?
Cash is back in incentive compensation, but companies are struggling to set the right performance targets.
Content: Article | Author: Ronald Fink | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Management
The Lunatic You Work For
If the corporation were a person, would that person be a psychopath?
Content: Article | Sources: CFO Publishing, The Economist | Subject: Miscellaneous
U.S. Business Spending on Wireless
CEO Pay Components
Where Are All the Europeans?
U.S. Leasing Industry – IT Hardware
Avoiding Decision Traps
Cognitive biases and mental shortcuts can lead managers into costly errors of judgment.
Content: Article | Author: Edward Teach | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Organizational Behavior
The Backlash
The only thing that will make the furor over offshoring worse is hiding from it.
Content: Article | Author: Kris Frieswick | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Outsourcing / BPO
Euro Clash
Removing tariffs is easy. Breaking down social barriers to trade is hard.
Content: Article | Author: Tim Reason | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: International, Trade | Industry: International Trade
Is Finance Strategically Challenged?
So, Why Be Public?
Many observers have offered potential solutions. Some seek to address the issue of agency directly. Other prescriptions, including those embedded in the recently passed Sarbanes-Oxley bill, seek to increase transparency in financial reporting and strengthen the supervision of executives by boards. Although most of these provisions have merit, they raise more fundamental and often unasked questions: Can we solve the agency problem definitively and, if … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Joseph Fuller | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Finance, Miscellaneous
The View from the East
India’s upstart IT-services firms face their own challenges from their giant rivals in the West.
Content: Article | Author: Justin Wood | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: International – Asia, Outsourcing / BPO
Offshoring by the Numbers
Results of CFO Magazine’s survey of 275 finance executives at a broad range of companies.
Content: Article | Authors: Don Durfee, Kate O’Sullivan | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Outsourcing / BPO
The Great Divide
Or, what your CIO would really like to say to you if only the job market were better.
Content: Article | Author: Laton McCartney | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Finance, IT / Technology / E-Business
Less Ado about Options
An alternative to the Black-Scholes valuation model (the binomial method) could dampen the controversy over expensing employee stock options.
Content: Article | Author: Craig Schneider | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Accounting, Finance
Worldwide IT Spending
Best Practice Doesn’t Equal Best Strategy
Best practice doesn’t always equal best strategy. Best-practice benchmarking, rightly viewed as one of the most important tools for improving operational efficiency, can be a double-edged sword. Managers must guard against transforming what is a purely process-related technique into the overriding goal of strategic decision making. When industry competitors begin to herd around a single strategy, declining margins are bound to follow.
Content: Article | Sources: CFO Publishing, McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Best Practices, Strategy
A Fine Balance
Certified accountants are back in vogue, but don’t forget the MBA. Skills and experience in both accounting and finance are best for a full career.
Content: Article | Author: Cesar Bacani | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Finance, MBA Related
Teleworker Market (U.S.)
Everything in Moderation: The 10th Annual Cost Management Survey
According to CFO Magazine’s latest survey, companies have been diligently pruning overhead, leaving them primed to capitalize on an economic recovery.
Editor’s Note: The actual text of the article is of limited and topical value, but the reason I have posted this is for the useful CI info found in the industry tables, which list average cost management index (CMI) values for a variety of … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Lori Calabro | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Competitive Intelligence, Industry Specific