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finance and performance management

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Commercial Governance Ratings in Question
The Find: Governance advisory firms claim they can predict the future performance of a public company by analyzing public data, but new research claims the value of their ratings is dubious at best. ...
Tags: Correlation, Performance Management, Financial Accounting, Investment, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, Jessica Stillman, Corporate Law, Performance, Corporate Governance
Blog posts 2008-07-08
Are Your Tax Dollars Going to Green Washing?
The Find: The environmental performance of companies participating in voluntary environmental programs is 7.7 percent worse than companies that don't participate; if participating companies self-monitor their performance is 24 percent worse. The Source: A new study of more than 30,000 firms from researchers at George Mason University....
Tags: Human Resources, Finance, Financial Planning, Performance Management, Free Trade, Taxes, Jessica Stillman, Workforce Management
Blog posts 2008-04-14
Good Governance Is Good For the Bottom Line
The Find: Companies with excellent corporate governance records report 18 percent higher stock returns than those with poor records. The Source: A new report from the Association of British Insurers The Takeaway: Researchers at ABI studied over 600 public companies in the...
Tags: Workforce Management, Finance, Human Resources, Corporate Law, Business Operations, Investment, Performance Management, Jessica Stillman, Stock, Corporate Governance, Governance
Blog posts 2008-04-09
MarketBusting
The Idea in Brief You can't outperform rivals if you compete the same way they do. To be king of the jungle, not copycat, you must spur substantial new growth--quickly, profitably, and safely. ...
Tags: General Electric Co., Ian C. MacMillan, Rita Gunther McGrath, Competition, Strategy, In Brief, Asset, Harvard Business Review, Capital Structures, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Operational Planning, Mortgages, Performance Management, Asset Management, American Home Mortgage Holdings, Service, Quanta, Business, Customer, Quanta Computer Inc.
Articles 2008-01-04
Cognos Launches Virtual Finance Forum To Share Best Practices for Performance Management
Inaugural Online Conference and Expo for Senior Finance Executives
Tags: best practice, Cognos Inc., finance, performance, performance management
Research articles 2007-06-11
Teradata Customers Recognized for Best Practices Leadership in Finance and Operational Performance Management in 2007
Ventana Research Evaluates Company Case Studies, Names Finalists and Winners
Tags: finance, performance management, Teradata
Research articles 2007-11-06
Teradata Customer BNSF Railway Recognized for Leadership in Finance and Performance Management
DAYTON, Ohio -- Centralized Data Warehouse Approach to Forecasting and Planning Accelerates Access to Detailed Information and Business Performance Insight
Tags: finance, leadership, performance, performance management, Teradata
Research articles 2006-08-01
Leading Customers Use Cognos Performance Management to Drive Increased Visibility and Control in the Office of Finance
- Cognos Controller and Planning give companies better corporate reporting; faster, secure consolidation capabilities; planning, budgeting and forecasting flexibility -
Tags: Cognos Inc., finance, Microsoft Office, performance management
Research articles 2007-10-31
Experian Offers Scoring Seminar for Credit and Finance Professionals; Course Presents Advanced Portfolio Performance Management Applications
Business Editors
Tags: Experian, finance, performance, performance management
Research articles 2001-03-16
Cognos Extends Its Performance Management Offering for the Office of Finance with a Sharp Focus on Compliance
- Cognos 8 Controller version 8.2 improves the quality, efficiency and control of the close, consolidate and report process -
Tags: Cognos Inc., compliance, finance, Microsoft Office, performance, performance management, Sharp Corp.
Research articles 2007-05-15
Business Objects to Host Finance Community at Insight Performance Management Conference
Business Objects Performance Management User Conference to Spotlight Industry Best Practices, Innovative Products, and Customer Success
Tags: Business Objects, finance, performance management
Research articles 2007-02-14
Intraday Technical Trading In The Foreign Exchange Market
This paper examines the out-of-sample performance of intraday technical trading strategies selected using two methodologies, a genetic program, and an optimized linear forecasting model. When realistic transaction costs and trading hours are taken into account, one finds no evidence of excess returns to the trading rules derived with either methodology....
Tags: Foreign-exchange, Federal Reserve Bank Of St. Louis, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Sales Force Management, Performance Management, Finance, Sales, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2001-01-10
Mediation As Theater And Negotiation As Performance Art
Most conflicts are about circumstances or situations that happened in the past—a doctor's errant treatment, a spouse's thoughtless behavior, an automobile accident, or a hostile work place. The event sparks feelings that the mediation is about a present reality—the dramatic recreation of the conflict -- not about what actually took...
Tags: HR.com, Performance, Mediation, Theater, Negotiation, Policies And Procedures, Productivity, Free Trade, Performance Management, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources, Finance
White papers 2002-05-10
Nuclear Management Company
This nuclear industry start-up is not only effectively optimizing operational performance in its member plants but is running enterprise-class applications to increase performance throughout the company. NMC customers benefit from cooperative activities that increase efficiency and help sustain reliability levels and competitive energy costs in the Midwest region. NMC s...
Tags: Performance, Payroll, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Back-office, Performance Management, Operational Accounting, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance
Case studies 2002-01-01
The Performance Management Horse Race: Impact of Hyperion's Acquisition of Brio
These document queries certain issues on tax and budget deficits that are causing states to be more aggressive with their auditing and collection of taxes. Read on to recognize that the sales and use tax specialists at Colonial Tax can help your tax department achieve compliance. Know more about colonial...
Tags: Acquisition, Hyperion Solutions Corp., Performance, Performance Management, Brio Software, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance
White papers 2002-10-01
Building World-Class Finance and Performance Management Capabilities
The current economic environment creates new challenges for finance executives. This paper discusses the combination of trends that make the future economic environment even more demanding. In the paper, you will learn about the strategy for rapidly achieving world-class service levels at lower operating costs or rapidly implementing new finance...
Tags: Montgomery Research Inc., Performance, Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Finance
White papers 2000-10-01
Valuing Employees: A Success Strategy for Fast Growth Firms and Fast Paced Individuals
This research considers the effect of pace on employee and firm performance. Population ecology and protection motivation theory suggest that to achieve success in a fast paced environment, companies should create an environment where employees feel they are valued. The theories emphasize that both fast pace and value are needed...
Tags: Strategy, Employee, Cornell University, Investment, Performance Management, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers
The Use and Abuse of Role
"Few 'soft' skill workshops happen now without hearing the dreaded phrase: ""let's do a quick role-play"". It is hardly surprising that we increasingly encounter participants suffering from role-play phobia or, indeed, 'role-rage', because they have been on the receiving end of too many badly conducted exercises. Without...
Tags: MAYNARD LEIGH ASSOCIATES, Free Trade, Team Management, Performance Management, Finance, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2003-06-01
Control Orientation And Firm Performance
Agency theory is used to develop an approach toward organizational control that elaborates upon the construct underlying strategic human resource management. Additionally, firm risk is examined as a moderator to determine how control orientation affects firm performance. A sample of initial public offering firms is studied, and both short and...
Tags: Incentive, Stock Price, Performance, Agency, Cornell University, Agency Theory, Human Resource Management (HRM), Investment, IPO, Sales Force Management, Performance Management, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Accounting, Finance, Financial Services, Sales, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing
White papers 2003-01-01
Performance Evaluation
The more employees participate in the evaluation processes the better employees will like it. Collaborating on goals is even better. Researchers reviewed and statistically summarized 27 studies. It shows that if employees like an evaluation system and feel it is fair, they are more likely to have a positive attitude...
Tags: Employee, Performance, Performance Evaluation, HRZone, Performance Management, Business Structures, Team Management, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Finance, Management
White papers 1999-02-11
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