Articles from Financial Executive (September 1, 2005)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
Accounting: trends affecting next generation of accountants.	Heffes, Ellen M.		513
Acorn Systems.		Brief Article	32
Ask FERF about ... Internal Control over Financial Reporting.	Orenstein, Edith		709
Benefits: participant contribution timing needs scrutiny.	Heffes, Ellen M.	Brief Article	236
Big Accounting changes likely with release of ED on Business Combinations.	Heffes, Ellen M.		2315
Buyers guide.		Buyers Guide	875
C-suites gaining another member: increasingly, larger companies are naming a chief risk officer to oversee complex risk management strategies. Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF) looks at this evolving role and who is filling it.	Aggarwal, Raj		1785
CFOs positioned to drive BI integration: two major CFO challenges--improving performance management and improving access to information--can be achieved through seven keys for creating value that link initiatives enterprisewide.	Brown, Valerie A.		2041
Compensation: investors troubled by corporate policies.	Heffes, Ellen M.		426
Compliance.		Brief Article	242
Compliance; Poll: most won't find 404 burdens easing.	Heffes, Ellen M.		440
Considering leading practices: a panel of experts explores current practices in executive compensation.	Sweeney, Daniel J.		772
Correction.		Correction Notice	45
CrossWord.	Mellor, Myles		296
Current financial reporting issues: the must-attend event for preparers of corporate financial statements.		Calendar	2192
Executive compensation best practices.	Heffes, Ellen M.	Brief Article	99
Expensing stock options: the rule is final; Or is it? Most companies following new accounting rules since June 15 have begun to expense stock options. But others--including private and smaller public companies--insist the struggle to reject or modify the accounting is not over.	Cheney, Glenn		2096
Fei national: about FEI's technical committees.			1585
Fei staff news: Suskavcevic named to association post.		Brief Article	79
Filling the GAP: doing "reverse mergers" into shell companies has become a major avenue for private companies seeking new capital, but established practices like PIPEs and mezzanine financing have their share of the action, too.	Sweeney, Paul	Cover Story	3350
Foreign tax strategies can be boon to multinationals: opportunities abound for multinational companies to take advantage of low-tax foreign jurisdictions to structure tax-advantaged programs. A number of countries provide major incentives to locate within their borders.	Andreoli, Brian		2048
From the editor.	Marshall, Jeffrey	Editorial	550
George Boyadjis.	Heffes, Ellen M.		647
In quotes.			43
In the Line of Fire: How to Handle Tough Questions ... When it Counts.	Marshall, Jeffrey	Brief Article	202
Kurt Ramin to lead IASC XBRL efforts.	Heffes, Ellen M.	Brief Article	134
Linking real estate and strategy to realize gains: a real estate advisor argues that most companies tend to manage real estate as a cost center and fail to recognize the importance of bringing together corporate strategy and the use of property assets.	Visocky, Derek		1506
Made in China: What Western Managers Can Learn from Trailblazing Chinese Entrepreneurs.	Marshall, Jeffrey	Book Review	283
Marsh.			32
Names in the news.			422
Optimizing shareholder value with an effective harvest strategy.	Seagroves, J. Fentress., Jr.		799
Parson Consulting.			33
Performance management: enabling smarter business; BPM solutions involve a closed-loop planning process that synchronizes modeling, measurement, adaptation and results-driven re-modeling. While understanding this concept is easy, its effective application can be more challenging.	Malone, Thomas M.		2263
Policy management.		Brief Article	247
PricewaterhouseCoopers.			30
Risk management.			319
SEC Chairman Cox: SEC role remains as Investor Advocate.	Heffes, Ellen M.	Brief Article	166
Stormy weather ahead for government contractors.	Lewis, Robert E., Jr.		804
Strategic partners: Hyperion and IBM to join forces.		Brief Article	152
Tax software.			555
The American Jobs Creation Act.		Brief Article	40
The Forgotten Half of Change: Achieving Greater Creativity Through Changes in Perception.	Marshall, Jeffrey	Book Review	306
The top ten mistakes in risk management.	Teuten, Peter C.		754
Using technology to trim revenue and receivables leakage: progressive companies are using a combination of order-to-invoice quality and collections automation technologies to arrest this growing source of profit erosion.	Srivastava, Sanjay		1249
Venture capital forecast: hot with a chance of storms; The venture capital market has come back strongly from its lows in 2001, but concerns linger over funding of startups, exit strategies for companies reluctant to go public and a surfeit of cash for generating realistic returns.	Millman, Gregory J.		2401
Whistleblowing: group forms panel to define standards.	Heffes, Ellen M.		343
You've frozen your pension plan: now, the work really begins; Freezing a defined-benefit pension plan is not a 'done deal.' Rather, it requires a prompt and urgent top-to-bottom re-evaluation that includes asset allocation and investment strategy, making active engagement by corporate financial executives critical.	DeMairo, John		1885
Your career: presentation advice for boardroom success.	Gilbert, Rick		539