Financial Management & Risk

Strategy works best if you determine your vision and vulnerabilities, then set business priorities.

In developing corporate strategy, leaders need clarity on how business units fit into the big picture.

After an ethics scandal, one company took an unusual step: Shifting its focus toward sustainability.

Trust in its brand (and its reach) positions Amazon to expand into financial services.

Companies should be more forthcoming about long-term value-creation strategies when communicating with investors.

Companies need a better understanding of how employees reach unethical decisions.

A new approach to scenario planning can help companies reframe their long-term strategies.

Boards need to take charge of share repurchases as part of the capital management strategy of their companies.

Accelerating compression of both revenues and profits in some businesses can be fatal, and fast.

Closely observing how work is done in your business can yield many opportunities for improvements.

Companies need to recognize — and account for — the financial risks posed by climate change.

To combat cyberattacks, companies need to understand both hackers’ tactics and their mindsets.

Many organizations need to develop greater expertise at valuing their data assets.

Advanced risk identification tools require companies to take a new approach to supply chain resilience.

If you think the biggest cybersecurity threat most businesses face is credit card theft, think again.

Blockchain technology offers a way to transfer not just information, but value.

Many financial firms in South Africa are investing in analytics technologies and human capital to build capabilities that strengthen customer relationships and set the stage for long-term growth through data-driven services.

Investor relations professionals can team up with sustainability professionals to offer investors a more complete view of a company’s sustainability performance.

OECD standards require investors to conduct environmental and human rights due diligence.

The rise of stakeholder-controlled media outlets complicates corporate crisis management strategies.