Articles from Financial Executive (June 1, 2005)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
Aligning the IT organization to boost financials: a well-managed IT organization can be a valuable partner in addressing change and managing risk enterprise-wide. Aligning this awareness with the primary profit drivers involves managing IT as a professional services organization.	Lutchen, Mark D.		2479
Anxiety over IFRS called 'overdone'.	Heffes, Ellen M.	Brief Article	167
Ask FERF about ... credit rating agencies.	de Mesa Graziano, Cheryl		775
Benchmarking strategy vital to business performance.	Angell, Thomas		785
Buyers guide.		Buyers Guide	849
Can the cycle be exploited to save costs? A real estate broker offers advice about what companies could be doing now to position themselves to maximize the savings from the current real estate cycle--before it's too late.	Ricca, Frank		1838
Cash flow software.			338
CFRI conference set for Nov. 17-18.			152
Companies sensing a big chill with auditors: the outside auditor-corporate client relationship has changed considerably in the advent of Sarbanes-Oxley and the PCAOB rules. Stricter standards and an insistence on independence have created uncertainty and some friction.	Millman, Gregory J.		2261
Compliance.		Brief Article	276
Computer security: networks face new email-related threats.	Heffes, Ellen M.		321
Corporate reporting.			334
Crossword.	Mellor, Myles		332
Electronic payments.		Brief Article	256
Equity: Why Employee Ownership Is Good for Business.	Marshall, Jeffrey	Book Review	248
Ernst & Young.		Brief Article	32
FEI online CPE center debuts for members only.		Brief Article	267
FERF release two key reports.		Brief Article	253
Financial reporting: companies still lack key reporting data.	Heffes, Ellen M.	Brief Article	180
Financing: asset securitization done for software.	Marshall, Jeffrey; Heffes, Ellen M.		401
Fred Holladay.	Heffes, Ellen M.		694
From the editor.	Marshall, Jeffrey		542
Get into the value habit: knowing what makes your company valuable is important, but it's not enough. Getting from "knowing" to "doing" requires real change. Here are eight behaviors that have helped organizations bridge the "knowing-doing" gap.	Wortman, Brent		1168
Give treasury a bigger stake in merger integration: treasury departments are often brought in at the end of the merger process for tactical reasons. But early participation by treasury carries a number of important benefits, as does elevating its role in the overall merger practice.	Baldoni, Robert J.		1184
Greenspan's Fraud: How Two Decades of His Policies Have Undermined the Global Economy.	Marshall, Jeffrey	Book Review	322
Human resources: 'paid time off' area seen ripe for savings.	Heffes, Ellen M.	Brief Article	295
In quotes.			23
Internal control weaknesses in April highlight leases.	Heffes, Ellen M.	Illustration	305
Is accounting education relevant? Many are questioning the quality--not to mention the quantity--of accounting graduates and their abilities to handle the onslaught of complex transactions and technical regulations. Are the schools--and the students--preparing for accounting in the "real world?".	Karr, Susan Schott		2009
Key findings about innovation.	Heffes, Ellen M.	Brief Article	117
KPMG.		Brief Article	25
Litigation: company stock plans more prone to suits.	Heffes, Ellen M.		337
M & A: how to put money in the bank; Fifth Third Bancorp CFO Mark Graf talks about the Ohio-based regional bank's highly successful merger strategy and the process it has in place to assure that the deals work.	Sweeney, Paul		2169
Managing e-business risk to mitigate loss: along with the speed and convenience of e-business come new risks, such as identity theft and cyberextortion. Technology has increased the amount of confidential information at risk, and can exacerbate financial and reputational loss.	Foster, Peter C.		1899
Missing the boat: when is it too late to start hedging?	Okochi, Jiro		891
Names in the news.			432
Outsourcing; Study: many firms question benefits.	Heffes, Ellen M.		570
Parson Consulting.			34
Radio frequency identification.		Brief Article	33
SEC extends dates for stock option compliance.	Heffes, Ellen M.		320
SEC to publicly release comment letters, responses.	Heffes, Ellen M.	Brief Article	129
Section 404 compliance and 'tone at the top'.	Cunningham, Colleen		760
The neglected art of strategic pricing: too often, senior executives don't view pricing as a key responsibility. That leaves the decisions to lower-ranking managers who don't see the bigger picture, with the result that pricing loses potential effectiveness.	Hammerstein, Matt		2127
U.S. FPIs urged not to slack off 404 implementation.	Heffes, Ellen M.	Brief Article	196
Unified communications: where the world is heading; The convergence of network appliances with employees' electronic devices is helping businesses lower communication costs while improving knowledge-worker productivity and customer service.	Shetty, Mahesh		1836
Web security.			302
Why Some Companies Emerge Stronger and Better from a Crisis: 7 Essential Lessons for Surviving Disaster.	Marshall, Jeffrey	Book Review	222