Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2018

In a recent HBR article , we claimed that modern digital companies such as Uber, Facebook, and Alphabet play an increasingly important role in the economy, but their financial statements fail to capture company’s main value drivers. Based on these insights, we now propose a new blueprint for financial reporting of digital companies.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2015

Last month, Patrick Pichette, Google’s 52-year-old chief financial officer, announced that he was retiring to spend more time with his family. It may seem impossible to say no to an awkwardly scheduled meeting or business trip, a high-profile project, or an urgent weekend email. Be willing to experiment.

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Career Chief Financial Officer Cooper Resistance 8

Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 13, 2011

My boss, the Chief Financial Officer, set lofty goals. I saw no way the project could end well. Ultimately, I was called into the CFO’s office and asked for my resignation. I should have resigned the moment the CFO insisted on the project. Always have a backup : I knew the project would fail.

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CFO Chief Financial Officer Learning-by-Doing Technology 185

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2018

We replicated our analysis for the Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) of each bank and other members of the top management team, but we did not find a relationship between their cultural heritage and firm performance. This confirmed the role of the CEO as the most important decision-maker in a bank.

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Banking Sample Hofstede Chief Financial Officer 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

So founder and CEO Tom Stemberg hired John Wilson as head of strategy and chief financial officer. The existing management team had not addressed a range of issues, including required changes to store sizes, the product range, and which geographies the company focused on. ” Wilson was exactly what the business needed.

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Strategy Chief Financial Officer Short-term Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2017

I know Atul Gawande has talked about having primary care physicians act as a sort of project manager in adult medicine. All of those have a financial plus side to them, but more importantly, the top doctors and researchers are attracted to that kind of atmosphere. I knew I had to get a top chief financial officer.

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CEO System Innovation Chief Financial Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. The company was owned by management, venture capitalists, and SoftBank.

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Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Soon, the list of topics grows more serious, and turns to work: My plate is completely full, but my boss just asked me to start a new project. The Big Four are: The Chief Executive Officer: your inner Dreamer. The Chief Financial Officer: your inner Thinker. The Chief Operating Officer: your inner Warrior.

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Chief Financial Officer Chief Operating Officer Chief Executive Officer Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

One of the headhunter-experts I talked to for that project was Ann Carlsen , a recruiter in telecommunications and technology based in Boulder, Colorado. The organizational "geography" also matters — chief marketing officer versus chief financial officer. She was bracingly blunt.

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COO Chief Financial Officer Telecommunications Technology 14

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

While having individuals that are employed full-time is important, you should also consider what options there are for outsourcing some people for certain projects. For instance, you can outsource a chief financial officer that can offer advice to the company on how to best improve their profitability.

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Company Chief Financial Officer How To Outsourcing 57

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2011

Many are deeply uncertain about which initiatives they should fund — and one root of this indecision is a general lack of confidence in the cost of capital projections they are using to make the call. More than one-third of organizations forecast explicit cash flows for the first 10 years of a project. What's holding them back?

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