Vol. 23 No. 10, December 2007
Index
- Internal controls: where we've been, and where we need to go.
- Editor's page.
- Match the name and business.
- Suits against companies trending down, research shows.
- Directors committing more time and effort.
- Investment rising, especially in North America.
- In quotes.
- Steps to manage overall tax risk.
- What PE firms look for in private companies.
- A Class with Drucker: The Lost Lessons of the World's Greatest Management Teacher.
- Global Edge: Using the Opacity Index to Manage the Risks of Cross-Border Business.
- The Voice of Authority: 10 Communication Strategies Every Leader Needs to Know.
- An 'accounting revolution' is brewing in China.
- Accounting exec: 'improve Chinese accounting ranks'.
- Selling your business? Consider an ESOP.
- Take charge of managing your banking relationships.
- Want to cut litigation costs? Get executives involved: effectively defending against a lawsuit requires preparation and participation by senior executives, especially in an era in which huge sums may be at stake over routine items like emails.
- Going after the bad apples: forensic accountant Paul Regan cut his teeth in a fraud case against Howard Hughes, and he's become a leader in a specialized area, mostly attempting to recover money for shareholders.
- It's 2012: do you know where the talent is? Financial executives who can rethink the workforce in terms of the geography of talent, as well as the geography of cost, will be in the best position to make informed decisions.
- Dealing with dangers abroad: as companies "go global," and particularly when setting up in emerging markets, it's critical to have clear processes and responsibilities for risk management.
- Integrated Finance Organizations outperform others: effective integration of information across the enterprise was found to be a key differentiator for financially successful companies in a recent study by IBM, The Wharton School and the Economist Intelligence Unit.
- How CFOs should tackle information management: while businesses rely on the IT department and CIO and CTO for things technological, the CFO should be involved in key decisions associated with creating an IM strategy.
- Compliance costs halt savings gains.
- Are fairness opinions a good thing? The issuance of fairness opinions on the value of mergers is fairly common practice, but a survey of FEI members finds varying thoughts about their worth.
- A little refinement goes a long way: new thinking and new tools can refine the budgeting and forecasting process to make it more productive and more insightful.
- Compassoft.
- OpenPages®.
- Avotus Corp.
- FiREapps.
- Tax reform: battle lines being drawn.
- FEI Atlanta event.
- FEI celebrates 2007 Hall of Fame inductees.
- Conference schedule.
- COSO meeting.
- COSO meets at FEI N.J. headquarters.
- Bonnie Rhodes.
- Chapter focus: Oklahoma City.
- Laurie Savage.
- Crossword.
- Names in the news.
- Arthur Neis.