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• Fraud Risk Management: Developing A Strategy For Prevention, Detection, And Response

  BNET - 2006-12-15

  In the wake of high-profile corporate scandals as well as new regulations worldwide, many business leaders are increasingly aware of the need to create company-specific antifraud measures to address internal corporate fraud and misconduct. While acknowledging that no single approach to fraud risk management can fit every organization's needs, this...

  Tags: Risk Management, KPMG International, Fraud, Litigation, Financial Planning, Strategy, Financial Services, Security, Business Operations, Finance, Management

• Improved Point-Of-Sale Reporting

  BNET - 2006-08-18

  Products rarely "Flow" directly from manufacturers to end user customers. Instead, a group of intermediaries (e.g., distributors, resellers, system integrators, retailers), a "Channel," typically works with both manufacturers and customers to make the process of purchase and delivery more efficient. While a typical distribution channel can be quite efficient at...

  Tags: Point-of-sale, Manufacturer, KPMG International, Manufacturing

• Enterprise Risk Management: Complacency Is No Longer an Option

  BNET - 2006-08-08

  In an environment in which risks are proliferating, shareholders are demanding growth, and first-movers are expanding rapidly into new markets, many leaders recognize that implementing an Enterprise Risk Management ERM program is becoming an urgent business priority. Getting started with a clear and practical vision is critical, and a few...

  Tags: KPMG International, Enterprise Risk Management, Business Security, Business Operations

• A Wake-Up Call for Europe IT Sector Competitiveness

  BNET - 2005-11-01

  Executives of European information technology firms have reason for optimism as demand for IT products and services worldwide continues to recover from the post-bubble downturn. But securing the future will be no easy task: in the eyes of IT managers and CIOs, the buyers of their products, European IT firms...

  Tags: Information Technology, KPMG International, Strategy, Management

• Global Telecommunications Financial Performance Tracker

  BNET - 2005-10-25

  Throughout the world, as companies face up to the implications of massive investments in 3G, fiber and other technologies at a time of sustained price competition, they are beginning to address a number of questions. What is their core business - is it owning and operating high volume, low margin...

  Tags: KPMG International, Telephony, 3G, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

• Opportunities in a Changing Market

  BNET - 2005-10-01

  This report looks at the challenges for the financial services sector raised by change in the broader business environment - the economy, the regulatory framework and the forces of globalization. It explores how financial services companies are facing up to these challenges by focusing on four key areas - growth...

  Tags: Financial Service, KPMG International, Financial Planning, Globalization, Financial Services, Finance, Strategy, Management

• A View From the Top: Business Ethics and Leadership

  BNET - 2005-10-01

  The research presented in this paper provides some timely insights into the elusive dynamics driving board perspectives of the ethical dimensions of corporate life. It identifies some of the obstacles to a more robust engagement with modern day ethical challenges - challenges that arise from the idea that business is...

  Tags: Board, KPMG International, Corporate Governance, Business Ethics, Leadership, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management

• Pressure Points: Risk Management in the Pharmaceuticals Industry

  BNET - 2005-09-19

  The report highlights the fact that the pharmaceutical industry is as much as 50 percent riskier than the rest of the S&P 500. Pharmaceutical companies have risk management programs in place and a "controls culture" from being in a highly regulated industry. But their risk management frameworks may not have...

  Tags: Finance, Financial Planning, Financial Services, KPMG International, Management, Pharmaceutical Company, Risk Management, Security, Strategy

• Risk and Capital Management: A New Perspective for Insurers

  BNET - 2005-08-01

  This document discusses the evolving importance of risk and capital management for insurers. It addresses risk and its measurement as well as risk diversification and it lays out a framework for capital management. It describes how a holistic approach can help insurance companies achieve a variety of business benefits as...

  Tags: Capital Management, Insurance Company, KPMG International, Insurance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance

• Hedge Funds: A Catalyst Reshaping Global Investment

  BNET - 2005-07-01

  Since the onset of the bear market, the growth of hedge funds has been nothing short of spectacular; with over 8,000 hedge funds now controlling assets in excess of US$1 trillion and amounting to two percent of global investment assets. They have become a formidable force; but their lackluster performance...

  Tags: Cisco Catalyst, Hedge Fund, KPMG International, Investment, Financial Services, Finance