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1. From CGMA Magazine: The merits of thinking the unthinkable  

BY Jack Hagel
You’re about to embark on an important project. You think it will be a success, but you can’t be sure. So you imagine that, a year down the track, your project has failed. Then you seek answers: What killed it? How could failure have been avoided? What other kinds of low-probability events could have shut down the project? Executives, spooked by devastating “black swan events” during the financial crisis, are increasingly examining these kinds of what-if scenarios to stress-test risks in a potential strategy or to refine contingency planning.

2. From CGMA Magazine: The merits of thinking the unthinkable  

BY Jack Hagel
You’re about to embark on an important project. You think it will be a success, but you can’t be sure. So you imagine that, a year down the track, your project has failed. Then you seek answers: What killed it? How could failure have been avoided? What other kinds of low-probability events could have shut down the project? Executives, spooked by devastating “black swan events” during the financial crisis, are increasingly examining these kinds of what-if scenarios to stress-test risks in a potential strategy or to refine contingency planning.

3. From CGMA Magazine: The merits of thinking the unthinkable  

BY Jack Hagel
You’re about to embark on an important project. You think it will be a success, but you can’t be sure. So you imagine that, a year down the track, your project has failed. Then you seek answers: What killed it? How could failure have been avoided? What other kinds of low-probability events could have shut down the project? Executives, spooked by devastating “black swan events” during the financial crisis, are increasingly examining these kinds of what-if scenarios to stress-test risks in a potential strategy or to refine contingency planning.

4. Treasury basics for an overseas expansion  

BY Brad Hardy, CPA and Ken Tysiac
Understanding regulatory requirements and standard operating procedures in international locations is essential for domestic corporations expanding into overseas markets. The following tips, compiled by Wells Fargo’s international banking division, can help companies establish an effective global treasury policy: Consult with key advisers early. Draft the overall scope and plan for international expansion with the help of tax advisers, bankers, legal consultants, and IT experts.

5. Treasury basics for an overseas expansion  

BY Brad Hardy, CPA and Ken Tysiac
Understanding regulatory requirements and standard operating procedures in international locations is essential for domestic corporations expanding into overseas markets. The following tips, compiled by Wells Fargo’s international banking division, can help companies establish an effective global treasury policy: Consult with key advisers early. Draft the overall scope and plan for international expansion with the help of tax advisers, bankers, legal consultants, and IT experts.

6. Treasury basics for an overseas expansion  

BY Brad Hardy, CPA and Ken Tysiac
Understanding regulatory requirements and standard operating procedures in international locations is essential for domestic corporations expanding into overseas markets. The following tips, compiled by Wells Fargo’s international banking division, can help companies establish an effective global treasury policy: Consult with key advisers early. Draft the overall scope and plan for international expansion with the help of tax advisers, bankers, legal consultants, and IT experts.

7. CFO round table: Managing uncertainty  

BY Jack Hagel
Business was about as good as it could get for A&A Manufacturing in early 2008. The New Berlin, Wis., company was busy cranking out custom-engineered protective covers, cable carriers, and those roll-up doors you see on the sides of fire trucks. The workforce couldn’t keep up with the orders.

8. CFO round table: Managing uncertainty  

BY Jack Hagel
Business was about as good as it could get for A&A Manufacturing in early 2008. The New Berlin, Wis., company was busy cranking out custom-engineered protective covers, cable carriers, and those roll-up doors you see on the sides of fire trucks. The workforce couldn’t keep up with the orders.

9. CFO round table: Managing uncertainty  

BY Jack Hagel
Business was about as good as it could get for A&A Manufacturing in early 2008. The New Berlin, Wis., company was busy cranking out custom-engineered protective covers, cable carriers, and those roll-up doors you see on the sides of fire trucks. The workforce couldn’t keep up with the orders.

10. Helping CEOs connect the dots  

BY Charles Tilley, CGMA
The business world is experiencing an extraordinarily challenging period. The multiple pressures exerted on executives in terms of global competition, increasing regulation, climate change and growing expectations from consumers has resulted in a call for a new business paradigm. At the end of last year, the AICPA joined forces with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) to find out how business leaders intend to tackle these issues over the next few years.
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