The Accounting Insight Magazine is the official ezine of the Institute of Accounting Technicians. Published quarterly online, it offers members informative and interesting articles in areas of interest to those in the financial field.

Accounting Insight - July/September 2010 - Issue 3

What banks must learn from the current crisis: customer-centric strategies for profitable growth

The conference ‘‘Global governance, the role of business an its implications for companies, stakeholders and society’’[1] was focused on global governance. This is ‘‘governance without government’’ – it is decentralized and involves advocacy groups and publics as well as states, yet it operates within a continuing system in which states are the most powerful actors.

The mother of all crashes : Commentary with Jonathan Storie

Most business leaders buy into the logic of differentiating their products from those of competitors, and of offering more complete solutions to customer needs

British Airways: Is win-win just pie in the sky?

Since 9/11, measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing have become increasingly harmonized across jurisdictions. Russia, in particular, has faced enormous international pressure to bring its anti-money laundering regime into compliance with the Recommendations issued by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

Financial Strategy: lessons from the US sub prime crisis

• Identity theft is a behavior that threatens the growth and development of economies worldwide and has been viewed as the crime of the new millennium (Hoar, 2001). Allison et al. (2005) argued that the US economy was particularly susceptible to identity theft.

• Innovative online business models: learning from Woot.com
• On May 17, 2007, immediately following the public announcement by Paul D. Wolfowitz that he would resign as President of the World Bank amid criticisms of his leadership style and the way he handled salary increases for his companion, an employee of the bank, Transparency International-USA issued the following statement:

Businss transformation: the challenges of World 2.0

Technology, communications, and business are undergoing extensive transformations.

The paradigm shift we witness in the internet, telecommunications, and mobile technologies deeply influences the business world around us.

Seven habits of effective IT governance

You can't pick up a newspaper or turn on the television today without reading ot hearing about a serious trcnology mishap. An IT security breach at discount reteailer TJX exposed millions of customer credit card accounts to potential fraud.