Interviewer Steve Player speaks to legendary costing professor Dr. Charles Horngren of Stanford University, whose market-leading textbook, Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (first issued in 1962 and now in its 13th edition from Prentice Hall), has been used to train more CFOs and other finance executives than any other.
Anand Sanwal, managing director of advisory firm Brilliont, explains the steps required to adopt a well-defined process and cost optimization methodology, he calls “PaCO.”
Whether they're structuring deals to conserve cash, reduce operating costs, or liquidate a business, CFOs have real estate at the front of their minds.
William Fuessler, global leader, financial management, IBM Global Business Services, discusses some of the best practices that can advance both BPM and risk management initiatives.
Cost increases will be stiff again next year, consumer-driven health-care plans are having minimal effect, and the cost-shifting strategy is played out. What's next?
The Senate may soon vote on a pay discrimination bill, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, that allows victims of pay discrimination to bring charges when they have enough information to support their suspicion rather than requiring a victim to file a suit within 180 days of the occurrence.
Most business book authors don't stray far from the herd, but the author of newly released The Gridlock Economy (Basic Books: July 15, 2008) is not among them.
