Capitalizing on Economic Value Added - EVA is a measurement tool designed to strengthen companies' return on capital investments. A study of best practices in EVA reveals that the metric can help reduce capital costs and improve gross revenues.
Publisher: Businessfinancemag.com     Author: Tad Leahy   

CFOs & Audit Committees: Mutual Expectations - With audit committees under enhanced scrutiny, Mark Terrell and Scott Reed of KPMG's Audit Committee Institute describe what CFOs can expect and what to do to ensure financial reporting is in synch with the new regulations.
Publisher: Financial Executive Online Edition     Author: Mark C. Terrell and Scott A. Reed   

Confronting Earnings Management - How IT tools can be gainfully deployed by auditors to fishout earnings management practices by enterprises.
Publisher: IT Audit Forum of Institute of Internal Auditors     Author: SArva Srinivas   

Depreciation Matters - Calculating depreciation of assets should be simple, but the IRS casts a foreboding shadow that obscures the picture. Some basic guidelines can help to balance economic and tax considerations.
Publisher: Businessfinancemag.com     Author: Frank Downes   

Expanding the Mission of Internal Audit - Best-of-class companies are taking the audit beyond statutory reporting requirements to add new value to the finance function. In fact, operational audits can save companies millions.
Publisher: Businessfinancemag.com.     Author: Ivy McLemore   

Forensic Accountants: A Different Mindset - Combining the skills of the accountant and the private detective means understanding not only the numbers, but also human nature.
Publisher: PricewaterhouseCoopers     Author: Robert Lindquist   

Gaining Strategic alignment: Making Scorecards work - When linked to its strategy, a company’s measurement system can be used as an organizational alignment tool. The balanced scorecard is particularly effective.
Publisher: Management Accounting Quarterly     Author: William Fonvielle and Lawrence P. Carr   

Get a Grip on Assets - Few companies know the true cost of their assets - from property, plant and equipment to intellectual capital. Some don’t even know what they own or where major assets are located. Here are suggestions that can help stop the insanity.
Publisher: Businessfinancemag.com     Author: Samuel Greengard   

High-Velocity Benchmarking - Benchmarking initiatives, which once took months, are now moving more quickly to keep up with the dot-com world. Web-based benchmarking data abounds, but the big hurdle remains speedy implementation of results.
Publisher: Businessfinancemag.com     Author: Tad Leahy   

In the Audit Committee Hot Seat - After Enron, directors everywhere - particulary members of the audit committee - are squarely in the crosshairs of shareholder wrath.
Publisher: Corporate Board Member     Author: Sandra Ackermann, MaryJane Auer, and Julie Connelly