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Can Your C-Suite Handle Big Data?

Harvard Business Review

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. Today, as the power of data and analytics profoundly alters the business landscape, companies once again may need more top-management muscle.

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Why Sit on All that Cash? Firms Uncertain on Cost of Capital

Harvard Business Review

AFP conducted the Cost of Capital Survey in October 2010 and received answers from 309 chief financial officers, treasurers, vice presidents-finance, and assistant treasurers. Their answers revealed that calculating the cost of capital today is an art, not a science.