Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

Commentators and researchers have focused on the crucial role of the CEO in leading effective corporate action to promote high performance, high integrity , and sound risk management. This critical alliance needs and deserves much greater analysis and application.

CFO 8

CFO Chief Financial Officer Compliance Due Diligence 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2013

Surprisingly, many people say it was "how to have the IT risk conversation.". As one CFO told me, the phrase "IT Risk" contains two dirty words. The word risk makes him feel uncomfortable. Not a good way to feel ready for a productive dialogue. Difficult conversations IT management Risk management'

Agility 8

Agility How To Incentives CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

After a few tepid responses, Walter, the CFO, threw out a grenade headline: Company tries desperately to hang on to aging cash cows and antiquated ways of doing business in the flawed hope that they can maintain the status quo forever. I didn’t think the meeting was very productive. Risk management Strategy'

COO 8

COO Short-term CFO Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

And as an HBS white paper points out, even some of today’s most mainstream executives — from the CTO to even the CFO — were once just new positions created to deal with “significant opportunities and risks emerging from technological or social disruptions.” In other words, they need to use less stuff.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2012

The risks and penalties are real. Just ask Gene Morphis, ex-CFO of clothing retailer Francesca's. Archiving leaders include Arkovi , Smarsh , and Global Relay , whose products enable searching stored communications by keywords, date, and other variables across different social networks.

Compliance 15

Compliance Media Compliance Officer Policies 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2013

Later that afternoon Annabel Howard, Beacon''s CFO and Henry''s boss, leaned back in her chair. "I''m Think about it from a risk management perspective, Annabel. Telling customers that your product lets them change their identity by the hour." But when it comes to cars, ''sharing'' is just a fancy word for ''rental''.

Case Study 8

Case Study Brand How To Beyer 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2016

This is not surprising: Growing regulation, increased investor focus on governance issues, and scary new categories of corporate risk (e.g. If your strategy relies heavily on aggressive M&A, for example, do you really want a CFO who doesn’t command a salary higher than the norm?

Benchmarking 10

Benchmarking Company Short-term Long-term 10