No. 2014, February - February 2014
Index
- A word from the president: 'CGMA designation holders are already guiding 91 of the Fortune 100'.
- A word from the president: 'each organisation has a duty to tackle all forms of corruption'.
- A word from the president: 'integrated reporting has cropped up in conversations everywhere I've been'.
- A word from the president: 'the finance function has a key role in developing truly sustainable cities'.
- A word from the president: the SME sector is an economic powerhouse in many countries'.
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- I worked on ... costing a new car model.
- I worked on ... improving the flow of financial information to the factory floor.
- I worked on ... providing safe, clean and affordable lighting in Zambia.
- I worked on ... shaping European securities legislation.
- I worked on: launching an ethical fashion label.
- I worked on: raising a city's standards of financial management.
- 'Pressured finance teams should focus on adding value'.
- Data control study uncovers 'serial malpractice' in EU.
- Dixons Retail to merge with Carphone Warehouse.
- Employers' HR failings spark war for accounting talent.
- Nobel economist casts doubt on crisis-prevention plans.
- Project to help businesses calculate true value of talent.
- Barclays to shed more than 10% of workforce.
- Big data, big claim.
- CIMA to partner global aluminium producer.
- Confidence rises.
- CPD video guide.
- European banking authority warns finance industry off virtual currencies.
- Financial managers can play key role in utilising big data, says CGMA report.
- Firms urged to 'woo web shoppers.
- Hot potato This issue's dilemma.
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- Hot potato: this issue's dilemma.
- Hot potato: this issue's dilemma.
- Institute highlights the reputational risks lurking in firms' value chains.
- Russian CFOs call for finance to play leading role in innovation.
- Study of large-cap firms links small boards to big shareholder returns.
- Study stresses importance of the 'five Rs' of corporate resilience.
- Unemployment to stay high in developed world.
- Businesses face emerging threat of cyber-extortion.
- CFOs experience surge in positivity.
- Firms urged to protect their data 'crown jewels'.
- Gateway opens for accountants.
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- Institute goes paperless with exams in 2015.
- IR expert points out holistic threat.
- Islamic finance award for CIMA.
- IT outages could cost $1m an hour.
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- Supply-chain accounting study.
- US dominates list of largest firms.
- And justice for all: mark Edwards on why his online law firm decided to offer its services on a free-trial basis.
- First step on the escalator.
- Less IPO, more IPA: James Watt, co-founder of independent brewery BrewDog, explains the thinking behind his firm's crowdfunding programme, Equity for Punks.
- Sales sans frontieres: richard Wilding, chair in supply-chain risk management at cranfield school of management, offers some guidance for retailers using the web to make inroads into foreign markets.
- The hothouse effect: Jim Duffy, chief executive optimist at Glasgow-based social enterprise Entrepreneurial Spark, explains how business incubators can help new ventures to flourish.
- Virtuous circle: Joanna Shields, chair of Tech City UK, on how her organisation is nurturing the cluster of high-tech firms around London's Old Street roundabout.
- A blind eye to the warning signs: andrew smithers, author of the road to recovery, on what needs to be done to avoid another financial crash.
- Aura examination: why businesses must use their digital intelligence: the authors of code halos on how firms can extract the maximum value from the online data at their disposal.
- ID-ology: why your workplace persona is worth working on: the author of showing up offers guidance on how to unlock your better self and improve your performance.
- The high roller's rollercoaster ride: big win, big loss and big win again: the author of Billions to Bust - and Back on what it's like to receive, relinquish and regain a king's ransom.
- The others of invention: why R&D should start in the C-suite: the authors of innovation governance on the benefits of giving the creative process more strategic direction.
- Transformers: why prime movers don't disguise a thing.
- Twitterati.
- Twitterati: What business leaders have been tweeting recently about strategy, risk and innovation tit.
- Twitterati: what business leaders have been tweeting recently about strategy, risk and innovation.
- Twitterati: what business leaders have been tweeting recently about strategy, risk and innovation.
- TWITTERATI: what business leaders have been tweeting recently about strategy, risk and innovation.
- Twitterati: What business leaders have been tweeting recently about strategy, risk and innovation.
- Thinking: after 22 years of refinement, the balanced scorecard must continue its development.
- Thinking: contrary to popular belief, creativity can thrive under the appropriate level of control.
- Thinking: how can the financial services industry improve its approach to risk management?
- Thinking: how much money would it take to persuade you to trade away your ethical beliefs?
- Thinking: is there one single perfect indicator that a firm can use to measure its performance?
- Thinking: why more research is required to investigate value creation in management accounting.
- Opinion.
- Opinion: Brazil is facing economic problems and the risk of another upsurge in social unrest, writes Eric Camara. There's more than sporting pride riding on the World Cup it's about to host.
- Opinion: having alienated western interests with its anti-gay stance, Uganda has had no such trouble attracting funds from China with the lure of new found oil riches. Diana Taremwa reports.
- Opinion: Indonesia's incoming premier, Joko Widodo, is a breath of fresh air, writes Ben Bland. can he blow away the corruption that has hindered socioeconomic progress for years?
- Opinion: The loss of stakeholder trust is a hidden cost that's been eating away at the value of many firms, writes Anthony Hilton--and this process began long before the financial crisis.
- Led by finance: Greg Scanlon ACMA, CGMA, senior manager with Pfizer's finance portfolio management and optimisation group, reports on how he led a project to extend the pharmaceutical giant's financial shared-services model into emerging markets.
- Led by finance: nash lakha AGMA, CGMA, chairman of dairy company parmalat canada, was CFO when a giant fraud was detected at its italian parent. He describes how the subsidiary survived--and prospered--as a separate entity.
- Led by finance: Ramanuj Kankani, head of Solvay Business Services, India, played a central role in the installation of SAP systems at two of the chemical group's Indian sites. He explains how the project's attention to detail ensured a successful outcome.
- Led by finance: Ranjan de Silva, group director of shared services at AMW, a Sri Lankan auto sales and servicing specialist, explains his part in implementing kaizen working practices in order to improve customer service and secure a competitive advantage.
- Led by finance: roshan liyanage ACMA CGMA, divisional manager, treasury, at Sri Lankan fashion company MAS active, describes how the finance function transformed in line with the group's adoption of the lean enterprise principle.
- Led by finance: Val Zha Yinqun ACMA, CGMA is finance operation director at WuXi AppTec, a pharma, biotech and medical device outsourcing company. he explains how his team has transformed in order to support the firm's management and business units more effectively.
- The insider view: Dubai: Financial Management examines how business is conducted in cities around the world, with local experts acting as guides.