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featured Corporate Finance article, How inflation can destroy shareholder value

FEBRUARY 2010

How inflation can destroy shareholder value

If inflation rises again, companies will have to do more than just match it to keep up—they’ll have to beat it.

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  • featured Corporate Finance article, Valuing social responsibility programs

    JULY 2009 Premium

    Valuing social responsibility programs

    Most companies see corporate social responsibility programs as a way to fulfill the contract between business and society. But do they create financial value?

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  • featured Governance article,

    JUNE 2009

    Government ownership: Why this time it should work

    There are good reasons to believe that government intervention today will be far less damaging than past experience would indicate.

  • featured Corporate Finance article, Ten questions for CFOs

    MAY 2009

    What next? Ten questions for CFOs

    As companies shift their attention from fighting the crisis to getting the most from the recovery, CFOs must keep them focused.

  • featured Corporate Finance article, budget volatile economy

    MAY 2009 Premium

    Just-in-time budgeting for a volatile economy

    A volatile economy makes traditional budgets obsolete before they’re even completed. Here’s how companies can adapt more quickly.

  • featured Corporate Finance article, timing strategic moves

    APRIL 2009 Premium

    The crisis: Timing strategic moves

    Timing is key as companies weigh whether to make strategic investments now or wait for clear signs of recovery. Scenario analysis can expose the risks of moving too quickly or slowly.

  • featured Corporate Finance article, future private equity

    APRIL 2009 Premium

    The future of private equity

    These funds face a credit-constrained world; they must adapt to thrive.

  • featured Corporate Finance article, reducing risk manufacturing

    APRIL 2009 Premium

    Reducing risk in your manufacturing footprint

    Flexibility within and among locations can help companies respond to changing conditions.

  • featured Corporate Finance article, CFO role downturn

    FEBRUARY 2009 Premium

    The CFO’s role in navigating the downturn

    Companies—and their CFOs—may have to adapt more radically to the downturn than they now expect.

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  • featured Corporate Finance article, Opening up to investors

    JANUARY 2009 Premium

    Opening up to investors

    Executives need to embrace transparency if they want to help investors make investment decisions. But what should be disclosed?

Featured Articles
  • featured Risk article, Risk Seeing around the corners

    OCTOBER 2009 Premium

    Risk: Seeing around the corners

    Risk-assessment processes typically expose only the most direct threats facing a company and neglect indirect ones that can have an equal or greater impact.

  • featured Marketing article, Mastering sales force integration in merger

    OCTOBER 2009 Premium

    Mastering sales force integration in a merger

    Companies can seize the opportunity in mergers by involving employees and customers in the integration process, retaining critical staff, generating momentum by quickly winning key accounts, and serving the right customers in the right way.

  • featured Economic Studies article, new financial power brokers Crisis update

    SEPTEMBER 2009 Premium

    The new financial power brokers: Crisis update

    Although their paths are diverging, all will remain powerful forces in the global economy.

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