Steve Lis, National Service Line Leader, Business Performance Services, KPMG LLP, shares some insights on cost-cutting optimization from a recent article he authored for Business Finance.
Too many business performance management (BPM) software initiatives run aground because of poorly defined initial objectives, according to Sanjay Sehgal, principal in Archstone Consulting's CFO advisory services practice and leader of the firm's business intelligence group. Sehgal talked with Business Finance to explain how companies can take their BPM vision from hazy to holistic.
A new report from DolmatConnell & Partners reflects on the collapse of Bear Stearns and its impact on future executive compensation design. One of the essay's key points is an eye-opener: "The Bear Stearns compensation program appears to have been designed appropriately and responsibly, incorporating many best practices."
CFOs grappling with financial issues brought on by the current recession are also being tested in the area of leadership capabilities -- ensuring that employees maintain performance standards in a time of uncertainty.
Steven Skalak, a PwC advisory partner, shares some insights and best practices on fighting fraud from a recent article he co-authored for Business Finance.
Compliance expert Eric Krell speaks about how the tactical precision with which key risk and compliance decisions were made allowed internal audit at DRS Technologies to blossom.
Committee chairs are being paid significantly more than their colleagues on the board, according to the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) report on 2007-2008 director pay. But the report doesn't answer what readers really want to see: what, exactly, is the median board member compensation?
A new Protiviti survey finds that many FORTUNE 1000 companies and large not-for-profits continue to “strive” to define their fraud prevention, deterrence, and detection strategies.
The threats that can destroy a company's good name -- and, as often as not, the company along with it -- are multitude. A new report offers a methodology for tackling this nexus of seemingly intractable risk.
