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The CIO Paradox: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Robertson enterprise architecture Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution Future of the CIO Role Futurist versus Archivist Harvard Business Review Press How to become a CIO "for all seasons" IT and Business Paradox Jeanne W.

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Before You Link Pay to Customer Feedback: Five Essentials

Harvard Business Review

Your CFO and finance team can take a leadership role here. Two of the teams devoted time each week to reviewing their feedback in groups, and sharing tips to improve their performance. But before you make such a move, help yourself avoid the pitfalls and risks described in my earlier post by meeting five preconditions: 1.

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The C-Suite Needs a Chief Entrepreneur

Harvard Business Review

You produce growth engines with calculated bets, not “wild-ass gambles.” You do not work for the CEO, or alongside the CTO, CIO, and CFO. Look at the list below and see if any of this connects with you: You’re passionate about building businesses. ” You believe anything is possible. You persevere.

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Case Study: A Short-Seller Crashes the Party

Harvard Business Review

Editor’s Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Densmor, Terranola’s CFO, saw those words on Twitter about one minute after Hughes had uttered them. As CFO, A.J. Investors adored the Terranola story. Confident words.

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The Economically Out-of-Date Nation-State

Harvard Business Review

Financial Times journalist Wolf once extolled the successes of globalized markets and painted dissenters who worried about the risk to national fortunes as wild-eyed radicals. What CFO could survive informing the board that he neglected to use international tax havens because, gosh, somebody has to help out America's deficit?

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Where Have All the Process Owners Gone?

Harvard Business Review

The wishes of a functional head such as CFO, CMO, or company President won out over a Process Owner of Order-to-Cash. They also built a process governance structure that was an organizational overlay on their functional and product structures. These companies kept top-management attention on critical processes and KPIs. from 2004 to 2007.

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The Conversation We Should Be Having About Corporate Taxes

Harvard Business Review

When I’m talking to corporate CEOs, CFOs, and board members, I don’t see the major multinationals planning to bring that cash back to the United States. I was with the CFO of Apple the other day, and they’ve got $140 billion of cash trapped overseas. Like what kind of entities? A small tax on those pass-through entities can help a lot.