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Breaking Free from Budgets Exasperated by budgets that hamstring creativity, a growing number of companies are tossing off financial constraints -- and still holding the line on spending.   |
CFO
June 1, 2006
Don Durfee |
Alternative Budgeting Companies are still looking for better ways to set performance targets. |
CFO
September 1, 2012
Russ Banham |
Freed from the Budget Many companies see budgeting as a time-consuming exercise of limited value. Some are resorting to a radical fix: getting rid of the budget. |
CFO
June 1, 2004
Ronald Fink |
New Carrots, Old Yardsticks? Cash is back in incentive compensation for executives, but companies are struggling to set the right performance targets. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 13, 2006 |
Use a Rolling Forecast to Spot Trends An excerpt from Jeremy Hope's new book, Reinventing the CFO, on the concept of the rolling forecast as a flexible and meaningful supplement or alternative to traditional business measures. |
CFO
June 1, 2010
Kate O'Sullivan |
From Adversity, Better Budgets Tempted to abandon budgeting altogether, companies have instead taken it to a new level. |
Bank Systems & Technology
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Maria Bruno-Britz |
Charting a Course for the Future Since technology is such a huge cost center at financial institutions, one would think that senior executives would pay especially close attention to how that money is used. This, however, has not always been the case. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 9, 2006
Martha Lagace |
What Really Drives Your Strategy? While companies might have an intended strategy, the strategy that actually emerges can be very different. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 3, 2005
Lauren Keller Johnson |
Why Budget Games Don't Add Up Budgeting games won't ever disappear completely. But by familiarizing yourself with some of the more common and destructive forms, as well as applying strong countermeasures, you can minimize the damage not only to your company but also to everyone in it. |
CFO
May 1, 2011
Russ Banham |
Let It Roll Why more companies are abandoning budgets in favor of rolling forecasts. |
CFO
January 10, 2007
Don Durfee |
The Last Mile Why is it still so hard to engage line managers in budgeting? It is noted that when line managers have a hand in planning, budgets get better. That appears to be especially true when managers actually key their own numbers into the system. |
CFO
December 1, 2007
Kate O'Sullivan |
Budgeting: Bring It On After wrestling with tech implementations and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, CFOs are finally ready to address the budgeting process. |
CFO
June 30, 2005
Tim Reason |
Budgeting in the Real World More companies are writing budgets that reflect strategy and reduce frustration. |
U.S. Banker
April 2008
Chris Bledsoe |
Funds-Transfer Pricing? Just Say No. Is funds-transfer pricing worthwhile? |
Pharmaceutical Executive
July 1, 2012
William Looney |
Today's Mission Critical: Making Sense of Spending on Clinical Trials Mastery of the clinical trial process has become essential to positioning new therapies for leadership in an increasingly crowded and lengthy race to registration. |
CFO
December 1, 2002
Tim Reason |
Partial Clearing Budgeting software isn't the key to corporate finance reform, but it can help CFOs manage expectations in a sinking economy. |
The Motley Fool
December 23, 2005 |
Bother With Budgeting It's true that most of us would rather poke ourselves in the eye than sit down and plan a budget, but it's not so painful, and it can save you bundles. |
CFO
February 1, 2007
Joseph McCafferty |
Planning for the Best A focus on budgeting signals better performance than a focus on controls. |
