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CFO February 1, 2012 Marielle Segarra |
Forging Ahead: How to Get Innovation Right Be willing to endure some growing pains, says an innovation guru. |
CFO April 1, 2008 Kate O'Sullivan |
Business Outlook Survey CFOs are retrenching as the United States enters what could be a lengthy recession. |
CFO February 1, 2008 Roy Harris |
Are We Strategic Yet? Early in a CFO's tenure, the things that matter most often get the least attention. |
CFO September 1, 2009 Kate O'Sullivan |
Advise and Shine Your office door may be closed for a good reason, but there are many better reasons to open it -- and walk through it. |
CFO June 1, 2008 Scott Leibs |
Microsoft's Chris Liddell Chris Liddell talks about Microsoft's future in the face of uncertainty, and how his unusual education and professional background have been assets that help him understand how the software giant works. |
CFO May 8, 2006 Don Durfee |
What's the Boss Worth? CFOs weigh in on executive compensation. |
CFO January 1, 2006 Kate O'Sullivan |
CFO Confidential At many companies the CFO is a trusted confidant of the CEO, a valuable sounding board for all kinds of issues. But when CFOs themselves need advice, whom do they call? |
Fast Company December 2004 Carleen Hawn |
Lessons on Innovation From Microsoft There are plenty of internal reasons why Microsoft's record of innovation is so lackluster. But the company's failure also points to three much bigger lessons about innovation. |
CFO March 1, 2011 Sarah Johnson |
On the Inside, Looking Out As CFOs gear up for growth, they are seeking targets that can help their companies innovate. |
CFO April 1, 2006 Joseph McCafferty |
Business Outlook Survey Although still worried about the cost of fuel and health care, finance executives are encouraged, if not ecstatic, about the future of the economy. |
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2013 Richie Etwaru |
Innovation Calls Across the C-suite: Lessons From Wall Street The lifeblood of the life sciences industry is continuous innovation; it is not a business that can survive by standing still. |
CFO May 1, 2009 Kate O'Sullivan |
Good Sports CFOs have to build teams and play on them. It isn't easy. |
CFO April 1, 2006 Kate O'Sullivan |
Calming the Waters What happens when the CEO and CFO just don't get along? And what should CFOs do when they find themselves locking horns with their boss? |
CFO October 1, 2006 Joseph McCafferty |
Business Outlook Survey U.S. CFOs see trouble ahead. |
CFO August 1, 2012 Kate O'Sullivan |
Muddling Through CFOs continue to hire but are less optimistic, according to the latest Duke/CFO Business Outlook Survey. |
CFO March 1, 2007 Joseph McCafferty |
For CFOs, Few Gold Watches The average tenure of big-company finance chiefs is less than five years, according to a recent study. |
BusinessWeek April 15, 2010 James P. Andrew |
What Executives Make of Innovation The head of the global innovation practice at Boston Consulting Group dives more deeply into the findings from this year's survey taken to compile the ranking of the most innovative companies. |
CFO Alix Nyberg |
CFOs in the Sales Process After a season of slumping revenues, many CFOs are being called upon to reassure potential customers of their companies' financial health. Often, their mission is to convince customers the company will be alive and well a year from now... |
The Motley Fool July 23, 2004 |
The Mysterious CFO You'll hear about many CFOs as you read financial articles, but what exactly do CFOs do besides make occasional brief appearances? |
CFO March 1, 2005 Julia Homer |
Time and Change Today's CFOs no longer labor in obscurity, but the notoriety of the few has increased the pressure on the rest. |
CFO May 1, 2005 Kris Frieswick |
What Does Your CEO Really Know? How much do chief executives know about company finances? We asked more than 300 CFOs to rate their boss's finance IQ. |
CFO March 1, 2008 Kate O'Sullivan |
As the World Churns Some of Corporate America's biggest names parted ways with their CFOs in the past year. |
CFO December 1, 2010 Russ Banham |
Strategic Inquisitions We ask CFOs what it takes to become a true partner in setting company strategy. |
CFO April 1, 2003 Lori Calabro |
Grooming a Replacement Many CFOs are comfortable with identifying a potential replacement, but few see the need to name that person in advance. |
CFO January 10, 2007 Joseph McCafferty |
Business Outlook Survey CFOs are feeling better about the prospects for the U.S. economy in 2007. |
CFO September 1, 2009 Alix Stuart |
Hard Lessons One year after the Wall Street meltdown, CFOs say business will never be the same. |
CFO November 1, 2009 Kate O'Sullivan |
After the Storm What impact will the recession have on your career prospects? |
IndustryWeek October 20, 2010 |
Innovation Nation? Manufacturers are more involved than other industries in innovation, but engagement is hardly widespread. |
CFO November 1, 2007 Kate O'Sullivan |
Who's Next? Succession planning should be a critical exercise in finance. Too bad so many companies avoid it. |
Inc. June 2008 Jane Berentson |
Editor's Letter Innovation often begins with a clever entrepreneur who manages not only to conceive a great idea but also to finance it, employ people to improve it, build a company around it - and, eventually, see it to glorious and profitable fruition. |
HBS Working Knowledge December 5, 2005 Govindarajan & Trimble |
Not All Innovations Are Equal Innovative strategies alone -- without changes to either the underlying technologies or the products and services sold to customers -- drive the success of many companies. But now, the long-term survival of a company depends on strategic innovation more than ever before. |
CFO September 1, 2008 Kate O'Sullivan |
Roiled by Oil Concern over the cost of crude shoots to the top of CFOs' worry list. |
Bank Technology News July 2011 Howard Rubin |
IT Austerity Is A Mistake With the intensity of technology in banking, it should be clear that the innovation "engine" of the sector must have continued funding and is the ultimate competitive focus. |
CFO December 1, 2008 Kate Plourd |
Bad News Bearers Why CFOs should learn the fine art of delivering inconvenient truths. |
CIO August 29, 2011 |
Finding the Right Road to Successful Innovation You don't have to be famous, or a CEO, to be a successful innovator. But to lead others in creating something new, you need a clear idea of what you're trying to do. |
Fast Company July 2001 Polly Labarre & Alan Webber |
Fast Talk: The Innovation Conversation Start with a conversation. Bring together 10 forward-looking business leaders -- visionaries in technology, video games, retail, hospitality, finance, and design. Add pressure and limit time to 90 minutes. What do you get? Instant Innovation! |
CRM January 2010 David Myron |
A New Decade Brings New Ideas Organizations must position themselves in a way that promotes innovation. |
CFO April 1, 2007 Joseph McCafferty |
Business Outlook Survey With renewed confidence in the economy, companies report that they are investing in their businesses -- ramping up hiring plans and increasing projections for capital spending. |
Entrepreneur December 2008 Chris Penttila |
Know Your Return on Innovation Endless ideas and prototypes don't mean anything if they're sitting on shelves. Get your innovations out there, and then get tracking. |
CIO November 15, 2005 Michael Schrage |
Innovation Alchemy One of the most important things CIOs can create is the right mix of healthy environment and reliable process in order to foster innovation. |
CFO July 1, 2007 Kate O'Sullivan |
Business Outlook Survey Finance executives entered the summer doldrums early this year as their optimism about the U.S. economy approached a five-year low. |
CFO May 1, 2008 Kate O'Sullivan |
Top 10 Concerns of CFOs CFOs don't lack for worries as the credit markets continue to create uncertainty. |
BusinessWeek September 17, 2009 |
Regulating Financial Innovation: Three Views Economists and policymakers are divided over the right way to regulate innovative consumer financial products. Here are the three main perspectives. |
CFO January 1, 2009 Kate O'Sullivan |
From Bad to Worst CFO optimism sinks to an all-time low as companies foresee a dismal year ahead. |
CIO March 25, 2011 Joe Eng |
Make IT Innovation Everyone's Job How JetBlue's CIO instills a culture of innovation throughout his IT organization. |
CFO July 1, 2006 Don Durfee |
Say Yes to Dr. No? New research suggests that CFOs are an essential counterweight to optimistic CEOs. |
BusinessWeek April 10, 2006 Jena McGregor |
Dawn Of The Idea Czar A thirst for internal growth across Corporate America has made innovation a critical management mandate. As a result, the initials "CIO" have increasingly begun to refer not to chief information officers but to yet another C-suite label, the chief innovation officer. |
IndustryWeek October 1, 2007 Jill Jusko |
Innovation Grade: Improvement Needed One would think that U.S. manufacturing firms were zeroed in on improving their innovation efforts. But, new research suggests that their efforts are struggling. |
Bank Technology News June 2010 John Pyrovolakis |
Innovators: A Call to Action The Innovation Accelerator wishes to leverage great and innovative technologies developed in our nation's research universities and federal research labs on the strength of federal funding to empower our nation's banking industry. |
CFO April 1, 2009 Kate O'Sullivan |
Happy New Year? A recent survey shows that most CFOs say the outlook remains bleak until 2010. |