All General articles – Page 5

  • Analysis

    Compliance audit

    2001-06-14T00:00:00Z

  • Features

    Ten lessons from the fuel crisis

    2001-06-14T00:00:00Z

    In September, petrol shortage became as emotive an issue as having no bread or water. Peter Power reviews the lessons.

  • Features

    Focusing on your customers

    2001-06-14T00:00:00Z

    In the late 1960s, marketing guru Ted Levitt suggested that the purpose of a business was to "create and keep a customer".

  • Features

    Making the grade

    2001-06-14T00:00:00Z

    How do rating agencies assess your company's credit status? Does good corporate governance help? Chris Legge summarises some key points.

  • Features

    The polluter pays not always!

    2001-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Richard Ford discusses the implications of the new regime on contaminated land.

  • Features

    Process benchmarking and sharing knowledge

    2001-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Jonathan Bendit describes a system for sharing process information.

  • Features

    What e-commerce strategy?

    2001-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Companies without an e-commerce strategy could be in breach of best corporate governance standards. Martin Rayfield suggests that the situation is not so clear cut.

  • Features

    M&As: The human factor

    2001-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Most mergers and acquisitions fail to enhance shareholder value. Graham Pearce warns you not to ignore the people issues.

  • AIRMIC Portfolio

    Setting new standards

    2001-06-12T00:00:00Z

    The initiative by Britain's three leading risk management bodies to define a new internationally recognised British standard for the practice of risk management is now well underway.

  • Features

    Totality of risk

    2001-06-12T00:00:00Z

    The risk manager's role is fundamentally changing. Paul McDonald discusses the new language of risk with Sue Copeman.

  • Features

    Containing a crisis

    2001-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Any company can be hit by a crisis. The key to survival is managing your way out of it. And the first few hours can be vital.

  • Features

    Alchemy for project financing?

    2001-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Rob Tucker explores the arcane world of Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) and Alternative Risk Finance (ARF) and its application within property and other structured finance deals.

  • Analysis

    Data protection

    2001-06-06T00:00:00Z

    The new Data Protection Act extends the 1984 legislation in a number of areas and provides data subjects with some additional rights.