Articles from Financial Executive (January 1, 2006)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Accounts Payable.		Brief Article	168
Ask FERF about ... sources of information on XBRL.	Sinnett, William M.		704
Automated systems can work for small companies, too: all the focus on sophisticated BPM systems with dashboards and scorecards has some smaller organizations concerned about costs and the ability to handle complexity. But new, simpler systems can allow them to cost-effectively move beyond spreadsheets for managing the business.	Scherpenseel, Chris		1977
Born into darkness: FEI in the 1930s; Financial Executives International (FEI) was born against a backdrop of deep economic troubles. The organization was launched to help financial executives set the professional and ethical tone for their peers for decades to come.	Cheney, Glenn Alan		2509
Building Better Boards: A Blueprint for Effective Governance.	Marshall, Jeffrey	Brief Article	296
Buyers guide.		Buyers Guide	853
Cash flow forecasting: do it better and save.	Parkinson, Kenneth L.		716
CFRI examines 'year two' issues for section 404.	Marshall, Jeffrey		717
Communication: employee communication linked to performance.	Heffes, Ellen M.	Brief Article	227
Compensation: nonprofits also urged to heed IRS scrutiny.	Heffes, Ellen M.	Brief Article	259
Crossword.	Mellor, Myles		301
Data security; Surveys: data losses spur consumer flight.	Heffes, Ellen M.		510
Deborah Wilson.	Heffes, Ellen M.		703
Directors: SEC Commissioner sees more diversity.	Heffes, Ellen M.	Brief Article	202
FEI CEO's 2006 Top 10 Financial Reporting Challenges.	Heffes, Ellen M.		1337
FERF Award recipient.	Marshall, Jeffrey	Brief Article	81
Financial statements are trying to do too much.	Cunningham, Colleen		803
From red to black: rebuilding wounded companies; When faced with declines or disasters, a struggling company can cease operations or it can choose to fight, and in the process, turn the business around. Two experts share lessons learned from turnaround situations.	Newcomb, Terry		2101
From the editor.	Marshall, Jeffrey		548
Governance and compliance: driving IT priorities; Recent regulatory and marketplace pressures are bringing corporate leaders to a new appreciation of just how critical IT is--not only for running operations, but for carrying out their fundamental leadership responsibilities.	Dittmar, Lee		2223
Internal audit can deliver more value: IA groups have the potential to shape Sarbanes-Oxley compliance into a sustainable process and to position their companies to better leverage the significant investment already made in those compliance efforts.	Rose, Michael P.		1947
It security.			584
Multisourcing: Moving Beyond Outsourcing to Achieve Growth and Agility.	Marshall, Jeffrey	Brief Article	260
Names in the news.			472
New Orleans keeps its tradition going.		Brief Article	151
PCAOB, SEC name Acting Chairs; SEC departures.	Heffes, Ellen M.	Brief Article	287
Pensions: automatic enrollment in 401(k)s pushed.	Marshall, Jeffrey		359
People: former CFO turns to mystery writing.	Marshall, Jeffrey		535
Stephen Covey on managing yourself and others: the celebrated self-help guru talks about developing habits that will help you keep focused, foster interdependency among colleagues and understand the principles of self-management in the Knowledge Economy.	Heffes, Ellen M.		2597
Struggling to get attention: in the past few years, smaller public companies have found rough going when it comes to getting analyst coverage and the investor attention that goes with it. Hiring an outside specialist to handle IR is a route many should probably consider.	Holliday, Karen Kahler		1861
Tax reform proposal finds a host of critics.	Prysock, Mark		802
The Eye for Innovation: Recognizing Possibilities and Managing the Creative Enterprise.	Marshall, Jeffrey	Brief Article	239
Venture merchant banking: financing 'sales' vs. 'assets'.	Ingrassia, Joseph		732
When accounting practices go under the microscope: once a financial investigation has begun, it's time for an all-hands-on-deck alert. Time is precious, and help from a broad-based forensic team--lawyers, accountants and other specialized professionals--can be highly valuable.	Hochberg, Neal A.		1717
Which comes first ... managing risk or strategy-setting? Both! Effectively integrating risk management with the strategy-setting process enables management to focus on achieving its expected return while controlling its accepted risk exposure.	DeLoach, Jim		2926
XBRL: a 'revolution' in corporate reporting? Touted by the SEC chairman as the next revolution in corporate reporting, FERF spoke with three early-adopter companies to find out why they favor this new format.	Sinnett, William M.		1837