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cover story
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Is Environmental Sustainability
Profitable? |
"[D]irect links between sustainability
and profitability are usually tenuous -- both in the minds of many
business leaders and in convincing data proving the case. Among the
latter, one 2003 Morgan Stanley study asserted that 'sustainability
leaders' outperformed laggards financially over a four-year period,
while a Swiss-based Bank Sarasin study in 2002 showed that
environmentally responsible policies had a positive impact on
shareholder value. The cause and effect may simply be that well-run
companies also take pains to be good corporate citizens."
Read more.
Bain
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flash file
(hot topics in today's business news)
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career development |
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Predict New CFO Success in 100 Days |
"The first 100 days in the job are a
good predictor of whether a finance chief's tenure will be longer
than average -- or shorter."
Read more.
BusinessFinance
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Attributes of an Ideal CFO |
"A solid grounding in finance and
accounting never gets old for future finance chiefs. But these days,
those hoping to become CFOs also need a dollop of charm and a global
perspective."
Read more.
CFO
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economy |
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CPA Execs Bearish on the Economy |
Fifty-nine percent of CPAs are
"pessimistic or very pessimistic about the economic outlook for the
US over the next 12 months."
Read more.
AICPA
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forecasting |
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Fix Your Forecasting Problems
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"Companies still struggle with
earnings and sales projections, but determined action can yield big
improvements in the forecasting process."
Read more.
BusinessFinance
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nonprofits |
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Nonprofit Recession Survival Guide |
"Five lessons that previous
recessions have taught us (include): Don't fake it...Remember the
customer...Keep large investments in check...Analyze revenue
patterns...Get active."
Read more.
CFO
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risk
management |
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Align, Don't Integrate, Risk & Finance |
"[B]ig gains can be achieved by
aligning risk and finance," But integrating the two "misses the
fundamental differences between them and the complementary roles
that both play."
Read more.
PwC
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bonus: tax
stimulus |
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Will Tax Package Benefit Your Company? |
Incentives "include a special
50-percent depreciation allowance for 2008 purchases and an increase
in the small business expensing limitation for tax years beginning
in 2008."
Read more.
IRS
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professional development
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