Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Over the past 30 years, most companies have added new C-level roles in response to changing business environments. The chief financial officer (CFO) role rose to prominence in the mid -1980’s as pressures for value management and more transparent investor relations gained traction. Six top-team tasks.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Information Technology Metrics CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

The Wall Street Journal reported this week that chief financial officers are getting chucked off their companies' boards right and left as part of the push for more independent directors. Corporate governance is all about balancing diverse, sometimes conflicting priorities and interests.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Banking Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2011

This is the key finding of the Current Trends in Estimating and Applying the Cost of Capital research released this week by the Association for Financial Professionals, a trade group of 16,000 corporate treasury and finance practitioners. The vast majority of companies do practice some form of cost of capital estimations.

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Cost of Capital CAPM Cost Discounted Cash Flow 12