Global Economic Impacts on Strategic Financial Management - Future shocks are inevitable in a world where global networks of information, supply, production, and distribution are becoming more intertwined, Chaos Theory experts say. This prediction of major disruptions in commerce and communication networks imposes a greater burden on management skills. That was one of the key messages at the ...

What's Keeping Corporate Controllers Up at Night? One issue dominating the concerns of CFOs at the recent Financial Executives International Financial Reporting Issues Conference was the increasing demand for skilled accountants. One executive lamented that "the whole Baltimore, Washington corridor within the past three or four years has been sucked dry of accountants." Other issues included the ...

Dzinkowski, Ramona, (2007)

IFRS in America -- When? As the IASB and FASB continue to work toward convergence of IFRS and U.S. GAAP, differing opinions seem to be surfacing between these groups and the SEC regarding how and when convergence or adoption will occur. The SEC seems to be taking a wait-and-see approach before taking any action, yet stakeholders in the financial reporting community would like the Commission to set ...

Dzinkowski, Ramona, (2008)

FASB An interview with Robert Herz, chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board

Dzinkowski, Ramona, (2010)