Vol. 27 No. 4, May 2011
Index
- Chapter spotlight: the 'financial executives experience:' FEI Dallas Chapter gives back to the community.
- Trustee spotlight: Bryan Roub.
- FEI's 82nd Summit: my views.
- Will economic hope 'spring' eternal?
- Financial executives burdened by outmoded IT systems.
- In quotes.
- Making new technology more relevant to businesses.
- 'Homegrown' CEOs perform best, survey.
- As One: Individual Action, Collective Power.
- Clutch: Why Some People Excel Under Pressure and Others Don't.
- Unionization & employee engagement.
- Governmental sustainability: can GASB help?
- How executives perceive convergence.
- The office.
- Obama and Ryan present two different directions on debt, deficit reform.
- 80 years and counting: the changing role of financial management.
- Using economic data to the best advantage: weary from the economic struggles of the past few years, financial leaders need to change their mindset. Turning down the noise and getting to the heart of why the economy is changing will enable them to identify the real challenges their companies face.
- Treasury visibility requires: hindsight insight foresight: the recent financial crisis has elevated the role of treasurers in organizations, particularly those relying more on new technology tools with the ability to provide better information to help mitigate risk and avoid future crises.
- What would Peter Drucker do? Peter Drucker--arguably the most influential management thinker of the last century--was widely known for teaching that the best leaders ask the right questions. Following in his footsteps, two chief financial officers discuss how they apply Drucker's techniques to solving their current business issues.
- The age of transparency: the Internet, social networking and blogging are making the world a radically more transparent place for businesses.--Recognized authorities on digital strategy Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams urge companies to rethink what information should be made available and to develop a more systemic and integrated approach to corporate transparency.
- A manufacturing rebirth in the USA? With U.S. manufacturing jobs on the rise, the industry is ripe for a revival as companies favor producing products and components high in complexity at home.
- De-risking through dynamic asset allocation: though defined benefit pension plan sponsors cannot control the market, they can temper their fund's exposure to it. The first step: understanding how bad "bad" can be and taking appropriate action.
- Can costs be controlled? Health care costs for businesses are rising despite efforts at reform, and the tide isn't likely subside anytime soon. In the meantime, there are specific steps companies can take to control cost increases and create a framework for future savings.
- Mitigating five stubborn compliance issues: those who fight fires understand that dousing the visible blaze doesn't necessarily mean the situation is under control. That also holds for financial executives, who can face their own hidden "fires" in trying to keep businesses compliant.
- Indirect tax can drive costs for shared service centers: executives are increasingly looking to SSCs for tasks as diverse as customer service, property management and human resources. And, though the reasons may vary, one key consideration is often absent from the discussion: indirect tax.
- 2011 technology issues for financial executives.
- Using cash pooling to optimize resources.
- Exit planning: preparing today with tomorrow in mind.
- The consistent inconsistency.
- FEI committees: COT weighs in on Dodd-Frank.
- Balance sheet.