Vol. 19 No. 7, October 2003
Index
- Report card on Sarbanes-Oxley: one year later.
- From the editor.
- HR seen critical to efficiency: PwC.
- Quick 'cash-outs' fall from favor: survey.
- Better technology, better information.
- Boards undergoing substantial changes.
- Computer disposal raises legal issues.
- Correction.
- Sarbanes-Oxley: not fading away.
- Cash management.
- Financial analytics.
- Telecom management.
- Accounting software.
- Document management.
- Planning/budgeting.
- Changes since Sarbanes-Oxley: Financial Executive/Deloitte & Touche survey.
- IFRS: turning confusion to competitive advantage.
- SARS a wake-up call for business? While public health or bio-terrorism threat management is beyond the scope of most business leaders, this should not be an excuse for inactivity. A crisis management consultant argues that taking proactive steps can better prepare companies for survival.
- Communicating with stakeholders in a crisis : it's not enough to formulate a plan for survival when a crisis comes. A company needs to communicate often, and effectively, about how it is executing that plan.
- Evaluating internal controls and auditor independence under Sarbanes-Oxley.
- Consolidation buffets BI market.
- Is technology delivering on its productivity promise? James Champy, business technology and productivity expert and a founder of the reengineering movement, offers his unique perspectives about the reality of productivity improvement enabled by technology.
- Energy the currency of personal productivity: after working with world-class sports athletes, Jim Loehr has turned his focus to "corporate athletes," saying he's changed his thinking about who is the quintessential example of toughness and grace under pressure.
- Latest board challenge recruiting CFOs: more and more companies are interested in outside CFOs as directors, often for audit committees. But landing them can be hard, and board service often requires new skills from CFOs themselves.
- Even private company boards of directors are changing.
- Strategies for sharing and protecting sensitive information: the emergence of secure-collaboration technology carries the promise that organizations can share sensitive information without worrying about theft and misuse.
- The advent of a BPO-enabled M&A economy.
- EIPP's expanding global capabilities: electronic invoice presentment and payment (EIPP) hasn't yet had the impact that some have predicted, but new technologies and programs may make a compelling case for it.
- Aligning costs with revenues: at a time when revenues are unpredictable, closing the gap between operational planning and budgeting is imperative, and companies simply have to become more agile at aligning controllable costs with revenues.
- Be wary of 'tying' arrangements.
- Ask FERF (financial executives research foundation) about ... budgeting software.
- Private companies despair over SFAS 150.
- FEI launches new Member Value Program (MVP).
- FEI reorganizes staff to better serve members (people).
- FERF releases guide to employing XBRL.
- Upcoming conferences.
- Government relations/advocacy, technical committees.
- ADC Telecommunications Inc.
- Airnet Systems Inc.
- American Management Systems Inc.
- Boston Beer Co.
- Coca-Cola Co.
- Intervoice Inc.
- Jeff Cornish.
- Knight Ridder.
- Rag Shops Inc.
- Rochester City School.
- Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority.
- Trico Marine Services Inc.
- Tropical Sportswear International Corp.
- U.S. Trust Corp.
- Steven H. Eklund.