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17. Seizing the Opportunity

Authors : Magnus Lind, Kelly Barner

Published in: Finance Unleashed

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

One of the challenges facing the CFO is the need to make his or her office more streamlined and homogenous and to align the departments that comprise it. Everyone must share a common goal. How else can we eradicate silos, obtain process flow thinking, and make the CFO’s office drive towards a common objective? Is there a more compelling and strategic objective than building profitable customer value over time?

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Metadata
Title
Seizing the Opportunity
Authors
Magnus Lind
Kelly Barner
Copyright Year
2018
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66370-8_17