Vol. 19 No. 9, December 2003
Index
- Unburdening American business: the urgent need for tort reform.
- From the editor.
- CPA group turns up the heat on peers.
- New governance rules coming to exchanges.
- In quotes.
- Study faults bank risk management.
- Tack on another "C" in security function.
- Gartner sees challenge in handling complexity.
- Large-company CFO pay slumped in 2002.
- Fraud prevention.
- Regulatory compliance.
- Wireless technology.
- Billing software.
- Enterprise management.
- Fleet management.
- Quick Hits: 10 Key Surgical Strike Actions to Improve Business Performance.
- The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth.
- Value Leadership: the 7 Principles that Drive Corporate Value in Any Economy.
- Sarbanes-Oxley compliance subject of NY discussion.
- Strategy must drive 'Value' in IFRS financial statements.
- Fraud: what starts small can snowball: most episodes of financial fraud start as "tweaks" or "adjustments." Experts say that most often, its the culture that is to blame, and as the schemes deepen, individual reservations are simply overwhelmed.
- Assessing the future of work: Dick Samson, a researcher and thinker about the changing demographics of the workplace, talks about automation's long-term threat to employment and what steps could be taken now to address it.
- CFOs and IT: finding the right place.
- Jefferson Wells International.
- Critical crossroads for retiree health benefits.
- Finding the sweetest spot: feeding America's sweet tooth is big business. Here's a look into the $24 billion industry with three financial executives of popular-brand companies.
- SFAS 150's unintended Alchemy: turning positive into negative.
- Making sensible investments in security.
- Network security: as the worms turn.
- Internet security: you don't get what you pay for.
- Tactical issues & best practice solutions in budgeting: in an ideal world, forecasting and budgeting processes and systems become embedded at the operational level and become normal management tools; technology now makes that possible.
- How people issues can shape bankruptcy.
- Giving cash management a technology boost.
- Arbitration can slash legal costs.
- The new competitive edge--salaries are now second to healthcare.
- Ask FERF (financial executives research foundation) about ... IT security.
- Mutual funds--the next big thing.
- Advocacy.
- Awards.
- Meet the staff conferences.
- Andrew Corp.
- Cable and Wireless plc.
- Charles H. Noski.
- Media Solution Services.
- New York Independent System Operator.
- RSM McGladrey Business Services.
- Scientific-Atlantic Inc., Atlanta.
- Stephen M. Lacy.
- Stuart R. Benton, CPA (Boston Chapter), was appointed Chairman of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Business and Industry Executive Committee (BIEC).
- Tatum CFO Partners LLP.
- Todd Kobus.