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July 2011	Creating an Effective Financial Crisis Plan Faced with an impending crisis, a company needs to have in place a concise, effective crisis plan. Before assembling the plan, it’s important to make sure the company is actually in a financial crisis.
April 2010	Navigating a Financial Restructuring Faced with overwhelming interest payments, impending principal payments or restrictive covenants created in a prior operating environment, many companies are in need of debt refinancing or restructuring
January 2010	Building a Better Chart of Accounts To some, a discussion on the chart of accounts (COA) might be akin to watching paint dry. But finance and accounting professionals understand that the chart is arguably the foundation of the finance function.
December 2009	Transfer Pricing Trends Around the World During this recession, results from a recent Ernst & Young recent survey on transfer pricing trends shows that company’s practices are being scrutinized in jurisdictions around the globe.
November 2009	M&A In Troubled Times: Cash is King The recent financial crisis has created unexpected strategic opportunities for mergers and acquisitions for companies with strong cash positions that are prepared to act – and quickly – since this opening could close as signs of a recovering economy become more evident.
October 2009	Continuous Auditing/Monitoring A Key Business Ally Continuous audit, continuous monitoring is a powerful ally for businesses executives seeking to effectively measure change, reduce institutional stress.
September 2009	A Look at Current Earnings Guidance Practices Challenging times can present opportunities for companies to reexamine existing policies and practices to consider whether a change or improvements are necessary.
July 2009	Rights Offerings: Right for Right Now When it comes to raising capital, rights offerings have had a steady presence, but never enjoyed “rock-star” status. In the last year, however, that appears to have changed.
January 2009	Thriving in a Recession Focusing on accounts receivable and payable can increase the odds of getting ahead of the competition while riding out the current economic storm.
December 2008	The Role of Finance in Achieving M&A Results Senior finance executives wear four key hats during the deal-making process -- catalyst, strategist, operator and steward -- and each one has important bearing on the M&A lifecycle.
March 2008	Private Equity Lessons Any Company Can Apply To outsiders, private equity may look like an exotic industry. But its players follow a basic set of disciplines that other senior executives can employ for similar results.
January 2007	Investor Relations: A Secret Weapon for Small-Cap Companies Investor relations is a challenge for many smaller companies, but it can be a fruitful way to gain recognition and get access to capital, says a private equity consultant. Investor relations is a challenge for many smaller companies, but it can be a fruitful way to gain recognition and get access to capital, says a private equity consultant.
May 2005	Internal Portfolio Management: Managing Investments in Internal Support Functions A specialist explains how the familiar concept 'portfolio management,' is now being used in a new context.
November 2004	Crafting an Effective Buy-Sell or Corporate Loan Agreement Knowing what constitutes 'default' when crafting a buy-sell agreement will help make sure your agreement does what it is supposed to do - protect the business.
May 2004	Eliminating Cash to Improve the Bottom Line Using corporate purchasing cards for managing business expenses will help improve cash flow, control and productivity.
November 2003	CFOs: Beware the Dreaded 'Make-Whole' The chair of the Leveraged Capital Group of a national law firm offers advice to private companies who have or may want to place debt with insurance company lenders.
May 2003	The CFO and Core Earnings: A Proactive Remedy Recent developments could impact a company's financial reporting as well as its impact on customers, suppliers, strategic partners and financial analysts. In this Financial Executive Online Exclusives, two professors and consultants discuss an approach to use.
September 2002	P-Cards Now Available Offer a Host of Procurement Benefits for Mid-sized Companies The benefits of P-cards - widely used by major corporations - are now being offered to small and mid-sized companies.
August 2001	Real Options: Move Over NPV Evaluating a critical business decision? Tom Copeland says the traditional net present value approach is flawed and that a new method, real options, is gaining ground over NPV.
April 2001	Preparing for Unhappy Shareholders Earnings woes and a slowing economy are raising concerns of restive shareholders. Robert Uhl, a Deloitte & Touche partner, talks about what companies can do to prepare for shareholder meetings with FE Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Marshall.
March 2001	Rise of Options Triggers Dilution Worries Carol Bowie, IRRC's director of corporate governance services speaks with FE's Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Marshall on options, dilution and existing and pending rules applicable to companies issuing options.
January 2001	Bucking the Losing Dot-Com Trend The economic slowdown - no problem for this New Economy dot-com operating like an old economy company. GoCo-op's CFO Jack Rybicki speaks with managing editor Ellen M. Heffes.
January 2001	Where is Venture Capitalism Headed? With the "white-hot" VC market of 1999 gone, where is the VC industry headed? Edwin Goodman of New York's Milestone Venture Partners speaks with editor in chief Jeffrey Marshall.
January 2001	Venture Envisions Revolution in Work Environments An Online Exclusive from Financial Executive Magazine.