Recently added articles from Strategic Finance:
The strategic planning process.(BOOKS)
Dec 01, 2009; ... Imagine that you are attending your annual planning retreat and are getting ready to depart for vacation when you get pulled into one more "important" meeting. At this meeting, you're notified that the existing owner has sold the business, and the new owner is looking to you to create a ...
RFID: wireless innovations in inventory monitoring and accounting.(TECHNOLOGY)
Dec 01, 2009; ... A soldier falls injured behind enemy lines and can't be located, his life hanging in the balance. A newborn is abducted from a hospital--her parents, law enforcement, and medical personnel are searching frantically for her. A traveler's suitcase, containing family heirlooms, goes missing ...
Accounting for financial instruments: post-crisis changes, Part 1.(FINANCIAL REPORTING)(Editorial)
Dec 01, 2009; ... In the wake of the global financial crisis, the IASB and the FASB are overhauling their accounting standards for financial instruments. The global financial crisis made us realize that our global financial system had become more vulnerable over time as certain business practices ...
Haier is higher: a Chinese company's Roadmap to success via its reengineering system.(FAR GRANT)
Dec 01, 2009; ... China-based Haier provided more than 60,000 refrigerators, air conditioners, washing machines, and water heaters for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. This type of success was out of reach in 1984 because the company was nearly bankrupt. But Haier's restructuring effort has taken it ...
Corporate disclosure of credit rating agency relationships.(GOVERNMENT)
Dec 01, 2009; ... Don't look now, but the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) wants to require a whole new set of corporate disclosures having to do with credit ratings on corporate debt. The SEC proposed this broad initiative on October 19, and not only has there been very little discussion, but the ...