Vol. 20 No. 2, March 2004
Index
- Fair value accounting: fair for whom?
- From the editor.
- Europe split over governance rules.
- Spitzer, others fault mutual fund moves.
- Hackett: companies stint on technology.
- Performance measures go beyond financials.
- In quotes.
- Options pool keeps shrinking: survey.
- TIAA-CREF looks for signs of improvement.
- Global Transaction Services.
- Info Group.
- Movaris Inc.
- 170 Systems Inc., a provider of document management and business process management software for Global 1000 enterprises, has signed partnership agreements with BOSS Corp. and Nascent Systems.
- IT Governance Institute (ITGI).
- Double-Digit Growth: How Great Companies Achieve It--No Matter What.
- The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels.
- The Future of Competition: Co-Creating Unique Value with Customers.
- The future of corporate reporting: from the top (continued).
- Differential problems & possibilities accounting: the concept of big and little GAAP has been discussed for more than 20 years. Now, on the brink of international convergence, many argue its time has finally come.
- IPO market set to awaken: rebounding capital markets and pent-up demand after several very lean years have set the stage for what could be a significant surge in new-offering activity.
- Independent directors are a good thing: a financial advisory firm CEO argues that smart companies are treating Sarbanes-Oxley requirements as an investment in good governance--and that independent directors, rather than curbing risk and initiative, are at the core of a new dialogue with investors.
- Changes will bring woman oards: research shows that geography and industry account for considerable discrepancies in the prevalence of women directors, as does company size. But trends are favorable for more women joining corporate boards.
- Telemarketing curbs not a boon to all: the recent federal "do not call" regulations have been cheered by millions of consumers, but they have hurt the telemarketing industry and challenged many traditional businesses that rely on the phone to bring in revenue.
- How strategy maps frame an organization's objectives: in an excerpt from their new book, two noted authors on corporate management outline how organizations can mobilize and sustain their intangible assets for value-creating internal processes.
- Whither the stock option? While stock options lose more luster as executive motivators, compensation committees face challenges, including selecting other forms of stock incentives.
- F & A outsourcing: what buyers are saying; Original research from an FEI member questionnaire details current views about outsourcing finance functions--including what most would and would not outsource.
- Beyond BI: benefiting from corporate performance management solutions; There's a trend towards developing company-wide solutions as businesses learn that integrated, business analysis applications can significantly improve operations. In this environment, CPM is fast becoming an established function.
- Detecting fraud: will the new rules help? Sarbanes-Oxley compliance is raising questions about the relationship between internal and external auditors and increased audit costs, Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF) finds.
- Maximizing the value of a co-sourcing relationship: for middle-market companies, getting the answers to a few key questions can go a long way toward ensuring a fruitful relationship.
- Hyperion helps LendingTree: plan for growth; A conversation with Keith B. Hall.
- Leading-edge technology trends.
- Decision support: key for material-events reporting.
- The treasurer and FX risk management: as owner of the process to effectively manage FX risk, the treasurer must build an interdisciplinary approach that cuts across all the firm's organizational silos.
- Ask FERF (financial executives research foundation) about ... Sarbanes-Oxley Implementation Guidance.
- Bush's budget woes.
- Creating corporate value.
- FEI and DFCG to host conference in Paris.
- FEI re-launches Job Center.
- IBM Consulting, RCG join ranks of partners.
- Member Value Program (MVP).
- IT/Web services.
- New Web address for Financial Executive.
- Andrew Masetti.
- Cherie Rice.
- D. John Abbot.
- D. Mark Leland.
- Donald J. Cole.
- Jeff Rigg.
- Jim Whalen.
- Joe Cooper.
- John R. Eickhoff.
- Linda Nelson.
- Michael Dixon.
- Michael P. Cangemi.
- Susan Redman.
- Upcoming conferences.
- Charles Atwood.