CFO Thought Leader

MARCH 17, 2024

As part of a broader turnaround plan, Alt’s expertise is now expected to be instrumental in navigating the challenges and opportunities ahead at Cardinal, underlining the company’s readiness to embrace change and foster growth for all stakeholders.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

In my last post, I used Facebook’s recent troubles to talk about the importance of corporate governance, and how we, as investors, have abandoned the power to change management at many younger tech companies in return for being able to invest in young tech companies, with growth potential and well-regarded founders. What does the business owe?

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Future CFO

AUGUST 23, 2021

Technology innovation is a key enabler of competitive differentiation and is the catalyst for transforming many industries,” Brian Burke, research vice president at Gartner pointed out. Breakthrough technologies are continually appearing, challenging even the most innovative organisations to keep up.” Engineering trust.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

While all small businesses may struggle with cash flow, certain market forces in the pharmaceuticals and healthcare space make owning a small pharmacy a challenging endeavor. The issue of below-cost reimbursements is perhaps the biggest cash flow pain point for small business owners in this industry. small business owners.

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CFO Thought Leader

AUGUST 6, 2023

I had done a miserable job because I really had not made the effort to build relationships and take the time and make the effort to understand the cultural nuances,” remarks Ahuja, whose track change paid off with a Swiss stint in the roles of group controller and head of Basel’s finance operations that stretched to 5 years. for studies.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2019

To that end, the MediLedger project debuted a new pilot program this week, billed as a cross-industry initiative that eyes using blockchain for drug supply chains. The project itself, according to the aforementioned site, is tied to 20 companies that span pharmaceutical manufacturers, repackagers and distributors.

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Planful

OCTOBER 2, 2015

How are cloud-based enterprise performance management (EPM) solutions helping companies in the Life Sciences industry address the challenges they face and take advantage of new market opportunities to drive growth and profits? Challenges in Dynamic Markets. Companies in the Life Sciences industry are facing major challenges.

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

In a new report, Moody's Investors Service examines six key themes that will shape the credit environment in the year ahead: uneven recovery, policy challenges, rising debt levels, digital transformation , environmental impact and social trends.

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Future CFO

MARCH 13, 2023

Cedric Assaouloff , digital and innovation lead at R&D finance pharmaceutical company F. Hoffmann-La Roche, describes digital transformation as the integration of technology into all areas of Finance, fundamentally changing how you operate and deliver value to your business partners. "It This becomes a mindset question.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

In the rare instance that a new market emerges, using the blueprints that other industries have created in supply chain management, logistics, procurement and other areas may seem like the easy path to take. Take, for example, markets like the food and beverage, pharmaceutical and medical supplies space.

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Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In my last post, I used Facebook's recent troubles to talk about the importance of corporate governance, and how we, as investors, have abandoned the power to change management at many younger tech companies in return for being able to invest in young tech companies, with growth potential and well-regarded founders. What does the business owe?

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In the second post, I pointed to inconsistencies in how accountants classify operating, capital and financing expenses , and the consequences for reported accounting numbers. Facebook, I argued, is a corporate autocracy, with Mark Zuckerberg at its helm. Narrative and Value.

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Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In the second post, I pointed to inconsistencies in how accountants classify operating, capital and financing expenses , and the consequences for reported accounting numbers. Facebook, I argued, is a corporate autocracy, with Mark Zuckerberg at its helm.

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Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Even a cursory examination of the the Nifty Fifty , the stocks that drove US equities upwards in the early 1970s, reveals companies like Coca Cola and Gilette, where brand name was a significant contributor to value, as well as pharmaceutical companies like Bristol-Myers and Pfizer, which derived a large portion of their value from patents.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In the context of valuing companies, and sharing those valuations, I do get suggestions from readers on companies that I should value next. While I don't have the time or the bandwidth to value all of the suggested companies, a reader from Iceland, a couple of weeks ago, made a suggestion on a company to value that I found intriguing.

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Musings on Markets

APRIL 20, 2021

The Biden Administration's $ 2 trillion infrastructure plan, announced with fanfare a few weeks ago, has opened up a debate about not only what comprises infrastructure, but also about how to pay for it. Not surprisingly. Not surprisingly.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

According to Eran Haggiag, co-founder and executive chairman of blockchain startup Clear , the challenges associated with inefficient high-value, cross-border B2B transactions can cost conglomerates hundreds of billions of dollars — and current payment infrastructure is not equipped to address this burden. The Data Management Hurdle.

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Planful

JANUARY 28, 2016

Biotechnology is a highly competitive industry, and biotech companies face innumerable challenges when catering to the global marketplace. Due to being such a dynamic and high-growth industry, budgeting and forecasting is a challenging process. The Challenges in the Biotech Industry.

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Future CFO

MAY 17, 2021

Organisations are keenly aware of the important role data plays in the decision-making process; and much has been discussed about operating with a data-centric mindset. Acknowledging that terms such as Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) exist is no longer enough.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2018

While the small sample size prevented analysts from making broader conclusions about the B2B payments space overall, the report found evidence that companies with more than 1,000 employees were struggling to upgrade and improve their B2B payments operations. Where Problems Persist. Finance experts in some of the U.K.’s

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2017

One industry that’s looking to turn that around for the country is technology startups. Greece has seen its ups and downs over the last decade when it comes to economic strength. Before we jump into the post, here are a few quick facts about Los Angeles and its tech scene: Greece’s population was 10,823,732 in 2015. percent in 2016.

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 14, 2022

 . The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Kathleen McCarthy, Global co-head of Blackstone Real Estate , is below. You can stream and download our full conversation, including the podcast extras on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , Google , YouTube , Bloomberg. All of our earlier podcasts on your favorite pod hosts can be found here. ~~~.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

In this week’s episode of The Matchmaker Is In series, hosts Karen Webster and David Evans, economist and author of “ Matchmakers: The New Economics of Multisided Platforms ,” were joined by Sridharan to take a look at the challenges and opportunities that lie in bringing small business owners together with the suppliers they need most.

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Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 25, 2023

Really there are a few people in the industry with a better perch on what’s going on, a better position to see the industry, which, depending on which survey you read, is anywhere between $38 trillion and $97 trillion.   The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Brian Hamburger, MarketCounsel , is below. Has that closed?

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Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 14, 2023

 The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Richard Bernstein, CEO/CIO at RBA , is below. You can stream and download our full conversation, including any podcast extras, on iTunes , Spotify , Stitcher , Google , YouTube , and Bloomberg. He was the chief investment strategist at Merrill Lynch where he worked for more than 20 years.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 9, 2022

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, I got wrapped around the axle on the New School strike. More Politics in just a bit. Bird Song of the Day. Lazuli Bunting, British Columbia, Canada. Singing from the top of a Ponderosa Pine.”. * * *. But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” One theory.

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