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Mentoring Made Easy: As succession planning in the finance function has taken on increased importance due to reduced staffs in many organizations, mentorship has become a hot issue. [more]
Bold Moves for Big Wins: The New York Times Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. [more]
EU Lures Green Investment: With a mandate to increase renewable energy use throughout Europe by 2020, the European Union is gaining popularity over the United States for investors in the green sector. [more]
The Strategic Value of OpEx: According to Anand Sanwal, vice president of corporate portfolio management and strategic business analysis at American Express, companies are "stuck in a time warp" when it comes to managing operating expenses (OpEx). [more]
Integrating Financial, Sales, and Operations Planning: Even though companies are interested in sales and operations planning (S&OP), and looking to integrate S&OP technologies into their financial planning processes, many are still mired in spreadsheets and unsure of how S&OP will connect to current systems. [more]
Asian Players Muscle In On Global M&A: The world's merger-and-acquisition marketplace is heading for a sea change as new contenders from emerging economies step up their purchases of established firms. [more]
Meeting Social Goals and Stakeholder Expectations: If you believe strongly that businesses have a responsibility to be good citizens, you've got a lot of company. [more]
Engaging Employees Through Social Media: Companies can boost employee communication through social media, according to Watson Wyatt Worldwide. [more]
How CEO Compensation Stoked the Subprime Flames: Poorly designed "incentive" pay packages that encouraged CEOs to off-load risk onto shareholders were a precipitating factor in the subprime crisis. [more]
Companies Reduce Travel Budgets as Economy Worsens: Employees are staying closer to home as companies’ travel budgets shrink. [more]
The Itch To Merge Now: Could it be -- an M&A boom in the midst of recession fears and a struggling economy? [more]
Insurers Not Warming to Climate Risk: As environmental advocacy groups take global warming issues to the courts and demands for climate-risk disclosures escalate, companies need to integrate potential liabilities into their risk management programs. [more]
IBM Charts a Course for Cognos: Big Blue has announced an overarching strategy for its recent business intelligence acquisition, along with new integrated products, including solutions aimed at verticals such as banking, health care, and government. [more]
Can Global M&A Stage a Comeback?: The global mergers and acquisitions market stumbled badly at the end of last year as credit markets went into subprime shock worldwide. [more]
The Lure of Africa: Africa's economy is growing at 5 percent to 6 percent a year, despite the perceived risks of investing in this emerging market. [more]
SEC and Emerging Markets' Regulators Join Forces: Brazil, China, South Africa, and South Korea attended the first Emerging Markets Conclave, hosted by the SEC, to collaborate on the growing securities markets' challenges. [more]
M&A Potential Faces Cold Feet: While investment bankers hype up M&A possibilities, the current credit crunch and recession woes inhibit companies from taking the plunge. [more]
Credit Crunch? What Credit Crunch?: If we're in a credit crisis, it's an odd one, since plenty of low-cost funds are readily available thanks to recent interest rate cuts. [more]
A Whole New Offshore World: As the economy slows, more and more companies will be turning to services globalization to provide the rapid SG&A savings they need. [more]
Joint Venture Revival: The combination of a weak economy and eager businesses is likely to increase joint venture (JV) activity in 2008, according to KPMG International. [more]