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Tips for Working With Professional Construction Accounting Firms

Strategy Driven

Construction companies need reliable financial reporting to track expenses, recognize revenue, and manage cash flow. The right accounting firm will understand the unique challenges of construction accounting. Additionally, construction accounting is project-centric. This is known as job costing.

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Do Lawyers Make Better CEOs Than MBAs?

Harvard Business Review

After all, there’s a subtle difference in how these two disciplines train people to understand and manage risks: Legal training focuses on the downside of particular actions, while business training may emphasize the upsides for shareholder value from risk taking. First, we looked at the matching between firm types and CEOs.

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