Strategy
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Business
Why did Sears Canada go bankrupt?
A retailer stuck in the past. A strategy that did not work. A liquidation that never had to happen?
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Management
Business Analytics for Chartered Professional Accountants
Guest blogger David Elsner on the growing role of data analytics in business
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Technology
Five internal controls to prevent a MacEwan phishing fraud
These basic internal accounting controls could have easily stopped a $12m fraud says CPA professor
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Management
Forecasting: Why accountants should get it approximately right
The King of KPIs, David Parmenter, on fast, not perfect, forecasting
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Management
The five mistakes accounting leaders make in setting KPIs
The King of KPIs, David Parmenter, says KPIs often fail to deliver on their potential
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Strategy
Taking the Lead in Enterprise Risk Management
Bill Wesioly on five steps to convincing key decision-makers to invest in ERM
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Business
Part Three: Pensions, planes & profits (profitability)
CFO of the Year Michael Rousseau discusses the procurement strategies behind Air Canada's profitability
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Business
Part Two: Pensions, planes & profits (the EETC market)
In the second of a three-part series, CFO of the Year Michael Rousseau details the financial strategy behind the national airline's rebound
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Business
Part One: Pensions, planes & profits (pension deficits)
In the first of a three part-series, CFO of the Year Michael Rousseau, CPA, CA, shares the management strategies that has Air Canada soaring once again
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