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High-level officers from such corporations as Colgate-Palmolive, ICF Kaiser, DRI/McGraw-Hill, and Levi Strauss contribute their viewpoints on the nature of the tasks, challenges, and thinking of a successful corporate financial officer. In 21 chapters, they take on such issues as ethical values, the business and economic environment, information technology, privately held companies, budgeting systems, defining financial goals, increasing shareholder value, measuring and rewarding performance, income tax planning, pension management, health care, partnering, equity investors, international risk assessment, and global operations. No bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.