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July 2011	Growing Shared Services Value: Four Perspectives for CFOs For CFOs responsible for cost savings, here is a framework for understanding the benefits of shared services, which calls upon the CFO to play four distinct roles within the enterprise.
June 2011	Business Continuity – More Than Just a Plan Is Required Information technology is no longer just a back-office function, staffed by computer geeks speaking their own language. IT keeps a company open for business, and if not careful, it can also close the business down — for good.
May 2011	To Outsource, or Not to Outsource? Hard Data Simplifies the Decision Deciding whether to outsource a key business function is complex, but it’s easier when the prospective client knows it can monitor the service provider’s performance in near real time and with mathematical precision.
May 2011	New Technologies Key to Business Continuity Strategy Traditional crisis management strategies have proven insufficient and now forward-looking companies are utilizing new technologies to ensure the safety of their people and assets as well as the on-going viability and competitive advantage of the company.
March 2011	Driving M&A Successes The increased pace of merger and acquisition activity late in 2010 – including some huge deals – suggests that 2011 will be an active year
December 2010	Why U.S. Business Needs a Reliable Research Incentive Uncertainty surrounding the research and development tax credit continues as Congress failed to weigh in on its continuation.
September 2010	IPO Success Begins with Readiness Preparation Though IPO activity is not yet robust, there are signs that markets are quickening and this, the first of a three-part series, outlines the keys to beginning the journey and working with venture-capital partners.
July 2009	Preparation Between Storms Survived the current turmoil? Then, it’s time to be making preparations for the upturn – by considering strategy, risk and talent.
March 2009	Action Items for Distressed Companies As custodian of their firms’ financial welfare, CFOs have an especially difficult role in troubled economic times. Here are eight key action items that should be undertaken at distressed firms now.
September 2008	Economic Pressures Driving Innovation During the economic downturn, it’s time to focus on the business basics, starting with your customers. Here are tips to mitigate the downside.
May 2008	Five Actions CFOs Should Take Now to Address an Economic Downturn Just cost-cutting doesn’t work, so this spend- and supply- management consultant offers five tips for belt-tightening during the current uncertain economic environment that will keep your company lean, efficiently and intelligently
January 2008	In a Tighter M&A Market, Identify Deal Characteristics That Bring Success There’s new research to offer some interesting findings that may help explain why some deals work better than others.
September 2007	M&A a New Game as Big Players Raise the Bar The new dynamics of the M&A market in both the U.K. and the U.S. are challenging even the most effective acquisition teams – and require a quicker pace and more sophistication.
January 2007	Getting a Real Handle on Profitability: `Margin Only´ Is Not Enough What does is take to drive profitability higher? Michael Rothschild, CEO of Maxager Technology, thinks too many managers at manufacturing companies focus too tightly on margins and return on assets.
January 2003	Making Sales Organizations More Cost-Effective in Lean Times Ted Briggs, national head of the sales and marketing practice at Sibson Consulting, talks about effective targeting and competing in a tough environment to FE Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Marshall.
June 2002	Tech Wreck Revisited CFOs of Technology, Telecom and Media Companies Provide Insights.Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Marshall spoke with principals at Cap Gemini/Ernst & Young and Ernst & Young on survey findings.
March 2002	Integrating Practices with Principles Author of current best-seller Good to Great talks with Financial Executive's Managing Editor Ellen M. Heffes about integrating practices with principles to form sustainable companies.
March 2002	Cut Costs By Reducing Employee Turnover Jude Rich of Sibson Consulting provides a four-step process to reduce high turnover costs.
February 2002	Surviving in Silicon Valley Xtime, a software firm near San Francisco, has managed to hang on as scores of other nearby tech firms have collapsed. Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Marshall spoke with the CFO and several key executives.
January 2002	Crisis Looming? Consider a Turnaround Expert Turnaround professional Howard Brod Brownstein explains what experts in his profession do, when they're most effective and some of the actions they typically take when a company is in dire straits.
January 2002	EVA® : CFO Opinions - the Hawthorne Effect? Results of a study exploring CFO opinions and realities of EVA®'s role in enhancing an organization's relative market performance.
August 2001	Cutting Costs Without Slicing the Bottom Line The sluggish economy offers opportunities to elicit significant cost savings in four key business expense areas outlined in this contributed article by Viktor Rzeteljski, partner in charge of KPMG's Assurance-Based Advisory Services practice.
July 2001	AAR Interview Companies are beginning to use the U.S. Army's battlefield learning tool to better manage high-risk projects. A consultant involved in teaching corporations about these techniques spoke recently with FE about them.