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Lessons From the Crisis for Corporate Finance
Campa Fernández, José ManuelArticle ART-2311-EFinanceAs a result of the crisis, many companies have seen their ability to carry out strategic plans greatly reduced due to financial pressures. This article analyzes how the finance function went off track and overstepped its legitimate bounds, leaving many companies exposed and vulnerable. The author proposes three essential attitudes and principles that finance sector professionals must adopt, and the actions to go along with them, to get corporate ...Starting at €8.20
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What Are the Logics Driving Your Firm?
Almandoz Rios, JohnArticle ART-2312-EFinance, Leadership and People ManagementAll organizations have some form of institutional logic defining what is taken for granted and what is appropriate or legitimate behavior. Most banks, for example, tend to be driven by a financial logic focused on profit maximization, which has served shareholders well, but if taken to the extreme, can lead to damaging consequences, as evidenced by the crisis. Drawing on extensive research the author has conducted into community and green banking...Starting at €8.20
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Responsible Investing Takes Root
Ferraro, FabrizioArticle ART-2314-EFinance, StrategyResponsible investment is moving from being a niche in the asset management universe to increasingly becoming mainstream. In Europe, especially, it appears to be taking off. This article identifies some of the key drivers and the challenges that responsible investment poses to investors and managers as they try to take this novel field and embed it into their institutional practices. Looking to the future, the author highlights three areas that h...Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Issue 16. First Quarter 2013
IESE InsightMagazine REV-37-ECorporate Governance, Finance, Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, StrategyJosé M. Campa proposes the essential attitudes and principles that finance sector professionals must adopt, and the actions to go along with them, to get corporate finance back on track. Juan Almandoz draws out several lessons for creating a new community bank, which serve as useful reminders for any business seeking to reconcile its mission with the needs of customers, while also reconnecting with communities in vital and lasting ways. Mireia Gi...Starting at €22.00
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The Real Value of Say-on-Pay
Giné, MireiaArticle ART-2313-ECorporate Governance, FinanceIn light of the financial crisis, shareholder activism is growing around the globe, leading to Say-on-Pay policies, which give shareholders the opportunity to voice their opinions on executive pay, and put pressure on boards to justify and explain pay packages more clearly to shareholders, if not redesign them completely. In several high-profile cases, large companies have failed to obtain approval of pay packages for their CEOs due to such activ...Starting at €8.20
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Stepping Out of the Confines of Finance
Sagnier, Pablo; Baón, LuisArticle ART-2315-EFinance, Leadership and People ManagementThe upheaval in the world of corporate finance brought on by the global financial crisis is transforming the role of the CFO, who is assuming bigger responsibilities to deal with the changes taking place inside and outside of companies. Based on a series of panel discussions held with the heads of finance from large global corporations representing various industries, the authors identify the new profiles and functions that are emerging for the n...Starting at €8.20