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BAD
CALL?
Stock options,
once regarded as the 'silver bullet' in executive pay
packages, have lost their gloss. Several major Asian companies
are either mulling abandoning equity-based pay entirely
or restructuring their options plans to encourage managers
to foster long-term gains. Intriguingly, Asian companies
may be ahead of their US counterparts in some aspects
of their options plans.
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| FEATURE |
FLEX
TIME
Flextronics, the pioneering electronic
manufacturing services (EMS) company, made Asia central to
its globalized business strategy. Now the very model that
gave it prominence is under attack by smaller, scrappier Taiwan
manufacturers in China, the most prized market of all. |
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| FEATURE |
WHEN TIES UNBIND
Following the fall of Andersen, the
auditing industry is in turmoil. But the demand for auditors
has only increased. In response to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and
heavy scrutiny from the US SEC, several of the auditing profession's
chief executives are trying to influence the path of reform. |
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| TECH REPORT: SECURITY |
THE
EYES HAVE IT
Biometrics, a form of security
that uses human biology to sharpen methods of identity, is
coming into vogue in the ever-security conscious, post-9/11
era. Because of their accuracy, these new techniques are bound
to become commonplace. |
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| TREASURY |
NO QUICK
FIX
Companies are finding
limited advantages to becoming first movers in linking together
RosettaNet, a web-based platform for trading. |
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| INTERNAL AUDITS |
THE
INSIDERS
Following the corporate scandals
in America, the role of internal auditors has grown significantly. |
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| DEALWATCH |
UN-CHARTERED WATERS
Chartered Semiconductor's disastrous
rights offering is regarded as an enormous management mistake.
But events prior to the deal suggest that this explanation
is too simple. |
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| TECHWATCH |
IT'S NOT ABOUT
DATA
One year since 9/11, 'business
continuity' has replaced the term 'disaster recovery.' That's
because companies are finding that the best policy goes far
beyond protecting the data center. 
Why investment in supply-chain management software is still
going strong, despite a general decline in IT spending. |
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| eCFO SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT |
UNNATURAL ACT?
Knowledge management, promul-gated
by management consultants for more than a decade, is seeing
its appeal broaden as organisations try to capture and leverage
information enterprise-wide, and make better use of data lurking
unused in their legacy platforms.
EXECUTIVE PLAYTHINGS
Personal digital assistants - PDAs
- will never fully replace their human counterparts, but as
the latest ‘must-have’ toys, they are already
an irresistible accessory to the CFO wardrobe.
VIVE LE ROI
In the wake of the dot.com crash,
ROI and technology have been viewed as mutually exclusive.
But there are applications - allied with commonsense - that
will stand CFOs in good stead to find the return they need
on an IT investment.
THE WAITING IS THE
HARDEST PART
Hewlett-Packard was quick to integrate
Compaq, but the repercussions from the deal are yet to work
down to the customer level. |
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