Vol. 21 No. 2, March 2005
Index
- Integrity, conscience and service.
- From the editor.
- Computer security: software patches more vulnerable to hackers.
- Economic outlook: manufacturing CFOs souring on sector.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers.
- Healthcare: schemes tackle rise in prescription costs.
- In quotes.
- Marsh research.
- pensions; CFOs: pension woes take toll on financials.
- Top Five Total Rewards Priorities for 2005.
- Venture capital: semiconductor firm adds second fund.
- Coaching That Counts: Harnessing the Power of Leadership Coaching to Deliver Strategic Value.
- Predictable Surprises: The Disasters You Should Have Seen Coming and How to Prevent Them.
- The New Rules of Engagement: Life-Work Balance and Employee Commitment.
- Deloitte CEO: regulation will strengthen reporting, confidence.
- IFRS: a turning point.
- Assessing growth opportunities: are you financial or strategic?
- Seizing control of SG & A: any benchmarking of selling, general and administrative expenses can be tricky, and companies treat such expenses in very different ways. Taking a holistic approach and observing certain caveats can help bring such expenses in line.
- The job of the audit committee: getting directors on the same page; FEI's former CEO, who chairs two audit committees, outlines a framework for determining the panel's responsibilities and carrying them out.
- Accommodating would-be whistleblowers: Sarbanes-Oxley's Section 301 requires companies to establish effective procedures for handling whistleblower complaints. Attorneys, consultants and others talk about just how companies can best do that.
- Privacy issues: getting noticed; Privacy has become a bottom-line business issue, and companies around the globe are seeing value in ramping up compliance efforts to enhance their marketing, brand and image.
- How today's weak dollar can help deal-making: exchange ratios are very favorable for U.S. businesses looking to buy overseas, and new tax law will minimize the tax impact of repatriated earnings. Two attorneys outline the pros--and potential cons--of different deal strategies.
- How you can benefit by predicting change: senior managers who learn how to spot signals of disruptive change will have much greater insight into the potential and perils of emerging technologies, and will improve their ability to make the right strategic decisions. Useful tools, now available, can help managers sense future events.
- Undoing the past: implications of earnings restatements; The number of earnings statement restatements has risen sharply, and a Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF) study sheds light on some of the consequences to companies and their executives.
- XBRL: a technology whose time is now; The question isn't whether XBRL is going to happen, but how quickly, where first and with how much collaboration. Even with big U.S. players behind it, fewer than 5 percent of U.S. public companies are now using XBRL--but this could soon change.
- Wish you were here with us! Cities, states and other government entities are busily promoting themselves as providers of top-notch infrastructure, labor, tax and job incentives and more. Companies interested in saving money are in a great position to reap some of the rewards.
- Low rates = tough challenge: treasurers and cash managers still feel frustrated by the low yields on short-term instruments, but research and comments from industry experts suggest that few are ready to ramp up their risk to boost returns. Indeed, many face policies that mandate conservative investments.
- The glass is half full, but that's debatable*.
- The impact of electronification on the income statement.
- BPM solutions.
- Budgeting/planning.
- Internal controls.
- Robert Half International.
- Security software.
- Telecommunications.
- Ask FERF about ... international standard-setting organizations.
- Technical committee profile: Global Oversight Committee (GOC).
- Crossword.
- Strategic partners; welcome: Parson Consulting and Acorn Systems.
- Buyers guide.
- 10 characteristics of dynamic leaders.
- Names in the news.
- Maxine Pollack.