- Da Bears, or the Colts?: Bull, or Bear Market?
Sick and tired of all the "blah, blah, blah" about this year's Super Bowl? [more]
- Getting Transfer Pricing Right
Setting your sights on global growth? [more]
- CEOs More Positive Than Ever on Growth Prospects
PricewaterhouseCoopers' 10th Annual Global CEO Survey reveals that CEOs' confidence in capital gains is at an unprecedented high. [more]
- Are Star Performers Worth the Big Bucks? In a Word, Yes ...
There's a strong correlation between companies' success at attracting and retaining top talent and their ability to generate higher return on investment and increase shareholder value, according to research by Hewitt Associates. [more]
- Best Practices in Contract Management
Fifty-six percent of companies' annual revenue, on average, is governed by contracts, according to an Aberdeen Group survey of 189 enterprises across a wide range of industries -- and survey respondents expect that proportion to rise to 68 percent in 2 years. [more]
- Great Employers Reward Investors Too
If your company treats -- and pays -- its employees better than most, it's likely that your shareholders are also doing very well. [more]
- Six Sigma's Black Belts Lose A Round to MVT
Looking for a set of process tools to increase efficiency, cut costs and improve your organization's performance? [more]
- Does It Pay To Be Nice?
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has emerged as an important consideration for investors and companies alike, and companies' charitable giving is a key component -- but does corporate philanthropy boost the bottom line? [more]
- BPM Moves Into Operations
If you're confused about what BPM 2.0 really means, don't roll your eyes just yet. [more]
- Breaking Down Barriers to Growth
Global growth will slow in 2007 as ongoing political crises rattle consumers and capital markets and economic imbalances push up prices and cut into trade. [more]
- Accounting Needs to Change With the Times
Entwining statutory and management accounting is a common holdover from the "old days" of paper-based accounting and rigid IT processes, and Ventana Research warns that smart companies need to divide these disciplines into parallel processes for optimal efficiency. [more]
- Inflation Scare Over (For Now)
With the energy price surge behind us and a stable Consumer Price Index (CPI), most economists are saying that key inflation measures should be within the Fed's comfort zone in the coming year. [more]
- A Best-Case Scenario for Pandemic Planning
National and global agencies say that the occurrence of a human pandemic influenza is a matter of "when" rather than "if," likely to disrupt organizations on a much longer and more widespread basis than a Category 5 hurricane, a terrorist attack or most other kinds of natural or man-made disasters. [more]
- Finding the ROI in Wellness Programs
Corporate wellness programs can help businesses control health-care spending -- but not unless they understand what they're getting for their money. [more]
- Strategies for Financial Supply Chain Optimization
A new Aberdeen Group Benchmark Report, "New Strategies for Financial Supply Chain Optimization: Rethinking Financial Practices with Your Suppliers to Maximize Bottom Line Performance," finds that best-in-class buying organizations achieve significant benefits from optimizing their financial supply chain with the help of supply chain finance innovations. [more]
- Structuring Global Banking Relationships
Did you know that in Brazil, most of the paperwork required to open a corporate bank account must be in Portuguese? [more]
- Finance Must Play a Role in Sales and Operations Planning
New research shows that companies that regularly merge financial forecasts with sales and operational plans (S&OP) report the largest gains in revenue, margins, inventory turns and customer satisfaction. [more]
- Consumer Markets Companies Investing in Emerging Markets
KPMG's Global Transaction Services Consumer Markets group has released a new white paper that highlights a study of more than 77 global consumer markets companies' executives who have made investments in emerging markets -- chiefly China, India and Brazil -- to slash operating costs, reach large numbers of new consumers, and achieve impressive GDP growth rates. [more]
- Information Governance: The Link to Better Enterprise Performance
Aligning corporate governance, risk management and compliance programs is the critical connection to enhancing business performance -- and getting the right IT assets in place to support these mutually dependant elements remains one of the greatest challenges for business leaders today. [more]
- Outsourcing F&A Pays Off, Says Hackett Group
Sending finance and accounting jobs overseas could potentially save Fortune 500 companies millions of dollars a year, according to Hackett Group research released yesterday. [more]
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