Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2013

Unfortunately, there''s a trend afoot to have CIOs report to the CFO , which relegates the position to a purely cost-centric, tactical role. At most corporations, infrastructure consumes anywhere from two-thirds to three quarters of the technology budget, leaving little over for integration, intelligence and innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

She made a presentation to the VP of Public Relations, the CFO, and the president of the company to get the extra support. It's traditional to evaluate people using customer responses in customer service jobs, but people in finance, human resources, or information technology can use this approach.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2013

For example, a divisional controller may report directly to the CFO and on a dotted line to the VP of the division; which ensures that the controller knows what the "internal customer" (the VP) needs as well as what the direct boss (the CFO) wants.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

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. Information & technology Leadership' Over the past 30 years, most companies have added new C-level roles in response to changing business environments.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2011

Doing this right will allow the CFO to keep the store as an asset on the balance sheet, not a liability — a move shareholders would surely reward. Steven Skinner, is Vice President, Retail Practice, Cognizant Business Consulting.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Gene Morphis, former CFO of CVS and David's Bridal suggests: "There is an interesting intersection between risk management and innovation that emerges in the CMO-CIO interface." Below are four suggestions for building this power partnership in your company. Find Common Ground.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2012

But if you're a CFO, you'll have to decide whether you like consistent or variable expenditures. The reward for this potentially painful transition to operating expense is that the business gains flexibility and the ability to buy the services they need when they need them.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Every CEO, CMO, CFO, and business unit leader should ask themselves these questions: If I decided to launch a hedge fund based solely on the data our business generates, what kind of financial opportunities immediately suggest themselves?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

If you or I were the CFO of a manufacturing company, and we were in a board meeting, and the board asked, “What is your manufacture and capacity utilization?” Even technology, information technology, you know, they’ve invested in treating that as a tier-one asset. Think about that, Angelia.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2013

Research from Dr. Rajiv Banker and colleagues at Temple University''s Fox School of Business found that organizations with cost leadership strategies and CIOs who report to the CFO have higher performance than peers with CIOs who report to the CEO. Why Can''t a CIO Be More Like a CFO? Reinventing Corporate IT An HBR Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

People who have earned these belts drive projects with clear financial targets set at the top organization, with progress monitored by the CFO. Most missionaries of the BPM religion come from a heritage in information technology. Six Sigma zealots argue that if you train enough people, you get a cultural transformation.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

Peter Currie , our CFO, and I were doing it, and I said, “All right, one last question.” Information & technology Internet Strategy' It was our last show and we were in a big hurry to get the plane. We were at the Savoy Hotel, and the ballroom was full of all these British investment bankers, and we give our normal pitch.

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