Growth Strategies

Growth Strategies

Finance During the Crisis: Five Lessons from CFOs

Boards and management teams, along with CFOs, now see the importance of an adaptable, agile finance function that operates in near-real time.

David Davidson and Aneel Delawalla, Accenture
May 28, 2020
Strategy

Making the CFO the Chief Profitability Officer

"The most important issue facing most managers in this difficult economy is making more money from the existing business without costly new initiatives. "
Growth Strategies

Middle Market CFOs Pursue Aggressive 2020 Agendas

Most midsize companies are moving forward with their growth plans, despite weighty issues finance chiefs face in their respective industries.
Growth Strategies

Simplified Cost Structuring Spurs ‘Efficient Growth’

Companies are well-served by playing in fewer industries, entering fewer geographical markets, and having simpler product portfolios than peer firms.
Growth Strategies

Disruptive Change Spells Opportunity for Top CFOs

In these disruptive times, finance chiefs should invest for scale, root out scope creep, and adopt a customer-centric mindset, says Gartner.
Growth Strategies

How SMEs Can Gird Against a Downturn

Even with a recession looming, there are several key steps SMEs can take to better protect themselves.
Strategy

The Two Faces of Private Equity

Host Analytics' CFO makes a case for private equity, recalibrates the software company's business focus, and sets a six-point agenda for his finance team.
Applications

Online Lending Platform Refines the Science of Underwriting

Upstart's loan securitizations are performing far better than Kroll, the leading credit rating agency for marketplace lenders, had expected.
Investor Relations

After 21 Years and a Spinoff, Profitability Finally Arrives

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals is in the black for the first time thanks to its complex spinoff of pre-commercial drug development programs.
Credit

Stripe Moves Into Small Business Lending

Stripe Capital will provide cash advances to small business customers of Stripe's payment platform.
Growth Strategies

Admit It, Your Investments Are Stuck in Neutral

New research shows that companies that know how to shift critical resources where and when they’re needed share common traits. Rigor is the first one.
Tax

How a Tax Strategy Is Key to Divestment Success

Commonly, value is lost when sellers identify tax risks in the early stages, but then fail to act to clarify and potentially mitigate those risks
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