Vol. 27 No. 10, December 2011
Index
- The quicksand of global economics.
- The US crisis du jour.
- CFOs upbeat on economy despite obstacles.
- Growth of women on boards, in C-Suttes a 'trot'.
- In quotes.
- Iran sanctions impact US business.
- Fuse: Making Sense of the Cogenerational Workplace.
- Many global cos. unprepared for lease accounting changes.
- How 'mandatory' is mandatory auditor rotation?
- Euro-Crisis governance: politicians or technocrats?
- The next 80 years.
- Employee benefits: taking a long-term view: dealing with rising costs, companies can continue to offer medical benefits, while managing the financial tradeoffs and implications for cost-saving strategies that haven't been fully utilized, in conjunction with using long-term panning.
- Paving the way to FP&A progress: despite widespread talk of frozen development budgets, many CFOs and controllers have been beefing up their financial planning and analysis capabilities. But obstacles still block their path.
- Finding conducive business environments.
- It was a very (you fill-in-the-blank) year.
- Cracking the classification conundrum: Overseas independent contractor or de facto employee? That's the often difficult choice many multinational employers have to make in determining whether to bring new workers onboard or rely on outside contractors from afar.
- RCOD responsibility for subordinates has its cost: the once obscure "responsible corporate officer doctrine" holds that executives can be held liable for subordinates' misconduct if they have authority to correct or prevent them and fall to do so. Here are implications of RCOD and steps for dealing with a potential indictment.
- The state of capital budget planning: a new study reveals how companies are managing their processes and dealing with the challenges and risks, as well as identifying ways to streamline and automate the process.
- Managing through disruption: banks confronted by disruptive forces are reshaping operations to better serve their customers. Seven strategies that can help banks reinvent their business model and manage the transformation of their industry are strategies that can be adopted by other industries as well.
- In search of 'principled' performance: over the past decade, corporate governance has gained the attention of Capitol Hill, Wall Street and Main Street. To facilitate corporate governance, the implementation of key supporting processes is necessary, specifically organizational governance, risk management and compliance.
- Be an early move: an "early mover" strategy has the advantage of time, allowing options for decision-making to create enterprise value. Failing to attain such a status can lead to lagging performance and prove fatal to an organization.
- Can mark Carney kick-start the Financial Stability Board?
- Do you know who your successor will be?
- The cloud: bringing permanent changes to business.
- Scaling an unstable mountain of cash.
- FEI honors three at 6th hall of fame.
- Tax programs top FEIC agenda.
- Balance sheet: Since his early days in Illinois, Mike Kenny has learned that sometimes you have to go to Hawaii to meet the girl next door, and that taking yourself too seriously doesn't really work, in life or in business.