In emerging economies, holiday gifts can create bribery risks that few multinationals are ready to address, a Deloitte survey suggests. Find out how to lower the risk without being a Grinch.
US Bancorp tasked internal auditors with evaluating whether the company’s enterprise risk management approach was functioning as intended. Find out how they did it.
To successfully tap consumer markets around the world, companies may have to risk changing their brands. Enterprise risk management offers tools to help deal with the challenge.
Focusing on unexpected successes and areas of strategic importance — and sometimes ignoring the customer — can help organisations survive competitive risks.
Reforms adopted worldwide in the past 12 years have reduced regulatory constraints on small and midsize businesses, especially in emerging economies. Find out where the regulatory improvements have made the biggest difference.
The daily headlines are filled with stories of companies that were damaged when culture went awry. Here’s how internal audit can deliver value by providing a clear focus on organizational culture.
Public company audit committees are increasing disclosures related to their oversight of external auditors, a Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) study shows.
Keeping enterprise risk management top of mind with board members, senior executives and midlevel managers can be challenging, says Lynn Fountain, a management consultant and former chief audit executive. These steps can help companies manage different types of risks and drive performance.
More corporate boards are asked to balance the short-term demands of activist investors and the long-term strategic planning that technological innovation demands.
The International Business Compass ranks 174 countries by economic, regulatory, and labour force conditions to allow small and midsize enterprises interested in expanding their export business or their overseas production a first look at new markets.
Pay for a typical outside director of a US public company hit $250,000, according to research by Towers Watson of proxy statements filed before June 30th.
Despite efforts to do a better job handling cyber-threats, financial institutions worldwide are still outdone by nimble cyber-criminals. Here are tips for how financial institutions can become more resilient.
Bob Mims, CPA, CGMA, Ducks Unlimited’s controller and director of investments, discusses how a not-for-profit can create a successful strategic plan.
