August 2008
Middle-market customers do tend to resist the hassle of forming new banking relationships. But banks that offer them the right products at the right time can change their minds.
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July 2008
Some Asian companies are better at executing capital projects than are rivals elsewhere. What lessons can others learn from them?
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July 2008
The division structure can mask big differences in the performance of smaller units. A finer-grained approach can better show where value comes from.
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July 2008
Traditional methods of analyzing total returns to shareholders are flawed. There’s a better way.
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April 2008
Executives spend too much time talking with investors who don’t matter. Here’s how to identify those who do.
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March 2008
Historic trends suggest earnings may fall more than most executives
expect. Companies should prepare for steeper declines and take steps to
strengthen their positions when times improve.
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March 2008
There are a few critical tasks that all finance chiefs must tackle in their first hundred days.
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March 2008
Picking up the pace of M&A requires big changes in a company’s processes and organization—even if the deals are smaller.
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January 2008
Regulators may worry when Arab investors acquire stakes in Western companies, yet vast reserves of petrodollars have kept down interest rates and buoyed financial assets. What’s the broader effect of the surge in petrodollars?
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December 2007
Reports of the demise of the M&A boom may be greatly exaggerated. But to keep
it going, companies must work even harder to ensure that deals create value.
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December 2007
By focusing on talent development, new roles for finance, and creative benchmarks, CFOs can deliver a competitive advantage to their companies.
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September 2007
Investors reward high-performing companies that shift their strategic focus prudently, even if that means lower returns or slower growth.
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July 2007
Reforms that attracted little attention in the Western world mark a major step forward in the modernization of China’s capital markets.
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July 2007
Companies that stick to valuation basics can capture any value that would make them attractive for takeover bids.
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April 2007
Companies aren't getting the most out of their offshoring programs. Key design changes would help.
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April 2007
As investors demand that companies actively manage their business portfolios, executives must increasingly balance investment opportunities against the capital that's available to finance them.
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