Information is the life-blood of decision making. While companies are willing to dedicate resources to advertising, marketing, and sales initiatives, they are often- times reluctant to devote the same to garnering accurate and timely financial in- formation to make business decisions. Very few executives and business owners will deny the value of building and maintaining reliable mechanisms for handling the financial data needs of the organization. However, actions often fall short of this intention. It is not unusual to see the proliferation of annotated information systems and inadequate processes throughout the business community. Whether it is the potentially ambiguous value. | Growth and Profitability Optimizing the Finance Function for Small and Emerging Businesses Michael c. Donegan GROWTH AND PROFITABILITY Optimizing the Finance Function for Small and Emerging Businesses To a loving family Mom Dad Pam Lorraine and Christine and a God that is .
