Good to Rate
The rating agencies are under review for their failure to downgrade Enron more promptly. The only trouble is, proposed reforms might make things worse.
See related NYU STERNbusiness article by Lawrence J. White, “The Bond-Rating Game” at:
Content: Article | Author: Tim Reason | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Finance, Industry Specific | Industry: Finance / Banking
VoIP, IP Phone Revenues Worldwide
The Credit-Derivatives Market
Who Rules Accounting?
An interesting look at the dynamics involved between Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), Congress and the SEC, including some historical background on battles, notably the ongoing one concerning expensing stock options.
Content: Article | Author: Craig Schneider | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Accounting, Finance
Out with the Old, Somehow
Think buying new computers is complicated? Try getting rid of the old ones.
Content: Article | Author: Norm Alster | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Miscellaneous
BI: Everything Must Go
Corporate managers often feel boxed in by their own supply chains. Business-intelligence software may open them up to new possibilities.
Content: Article | Author: Russ Banham | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Operations | Industry: Software
MVPs of MVA
Which companies created the most wealth for shareholders last year? Read on.
Editor’s Note: though the rankings are topical, the description of MVA and EVA (very high-level, no nuts and bolts) is of use for those ignorant of these concepts.
Content: Article | Author: Stephen Taub | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Finance, Management
The Tax Man vs. Hedonists
“A new company called Liquid Engines Inc. can’t do much about death, but corporate taxes are another matter.
At a time when technology start-ups are rare and technological innovation even rarer, this Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company plans to launch an entire suite of products designed to help companies manage financial performance. The first product, out later this month, is tax-planning software that can, Liquid Engines claims, fully … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: John Verity | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Finance, IT / Technology / E-Business
Paul Hodgson
Often, performance-based plans are a measure not of an executive’s ability to reach a specific goal, but his ability to negotiate favorable, easily attainable goals with his superiors or the board.
Content: Quotation | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Compensation, Corporate Governance
Goodwill to All Pieces
Are companies properly valuing and assigning acquired intangibles to business units?
Content: Article | Author: Tim Reason | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Accounting, Finance
New generation of human resources automation transforms HR
E-HR wants to transform human resources from a lowly cost centre into a strategic, mission-critical part of the business. What makes E-HR a potentially huge leap forward is the way in which the web allows companies to offer self-service HR applications.
Content: Article | Sources: CFO Publishing, The Economist | Subjects: Human Resources, IT / Technology / E-Business
Pigging Out?
Special retirement plans for top executives are becoming a target for other stakeholders.
Content: Article | Author: Ronald Fink | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Finance
How Audits Must Change
Auditors face more pressure to find fraud.
Content: Article | Author: Kris Frieswick | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Accounting, Finance
Will Real Options Take Root?
Why companies have been slow to adopt the valuation technique.
Content: Article | Author: Edward Teach | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Finance, Management
You’ve Got a Great Employer
How do you know if you’re working for the right company? Here are ten markers that all point to the same thing: a great workplace for finance managers.
Editor’s Note: though written about finance managers, most markers identified apply not just to the finance world
Content: Article | Author: Lisa Yoon | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Human Resources, Management
ESOPs: Split Personality
An ESOP is a retirement plan. No, it’s an ownership investment. Wait – it’s neither one.
Content: Article | Author: Kris Frieswick | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Finance
Natural Performers
Companies are increasingly relying on natural hedges to juggle currency risks.
Content: Article | Author: Ronald Fink | Source: CFO Publishing | Subject: Finance
Doubly Blessed?
Integrating Hewlett-Packard and Compaq may have been the easy part. Can HP now beat Dell and IBM at their own game?
Content: Case Study | Author: Roy Harris | Source: CFO Publishing | Industry: Personal Computer
JV On The Rocks
Without plenty of attention and TLC, a joint venture may well run aground.
Content: Article | Author: Roy Harris | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Management, Strategy