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In this section you can navigate FTI Journal articles by industry and topic.
Topic - Business Intelligence and Investigations
Issue - Issue 5 - September 2011
Prescription For Integration
Many U.S. hospitals and physicians are waiting on the sidelines to see if healthcare reform legislation will become a reality. But such hesitancy will put their economic health at risk — regardless of what shape the legislation finally takes.
Time For Change
Improving value in the United Kingdom’s National Health Service is an economic necessity, and while the government’s unpopular plan may have been watered down, it may yet serve as a model of what other cash-strapped health systems must do. And where private providers can help, they will be in demand.
Issue - Issue 5 - September 2011
Bridging The Divide
Health insurance CEOs are caught in a tug of war between companies whose employees want affordable care and healthcare providers that desire a decent return on their services. Yet many answers can be found in Europe, South America and Canada — and even the United States.
Issue - Issue 5 - September 2011
Local Cures For A Global Crisis
Many nations, both developed and developing, are looking for answers to their healthcare budget crises. A roundtable of experts weighs in on these initiatives.
Issue - Issue 5 - September 2011
A World Of Ideas
Around the globe, innovations in healthcare are coming from private enterprise. These successful projects could lead the way to many others.
Issue - Issue 5 - September 2011
Healthcare In A Box
One company’s simple but effective model for improving healthcare delivery in remote, impoverished locations is having an outsize impact.
Executive Compensation: A New Solution to an Old Problem
Contrary to media “noise,” the issue of executive compensation is not a modern dilemma: economist Adam Smith analyzed it more than 200 years ago. Weak boards, dispersed ownership and an ill-informed financial community all contribute to the problem. But is there a solution?
The Bottom Line on the Top Line: When Will Revenue Growth Resume?
Companies across the U.S. are adjusting to the “new normal”, a term widely used to describe the changed business landscape that has emerged as companies respond to persistently weak demand for their products and services.
Show Me the Money
Non-investment grade companies needing to refinance maturing debt or seeking new money loans are still facing a tough lending environment despite the overall improvement in credit market conditions. This is especially true for middle market companies. FTI Consulting shares some practical insights on how best to find favor with lenders in these challenging times.
Issue - Issue 1 - October 2009
The Next Wave
A spike in maturities of corporate debt in the U.S. and other OECD countries threatens to capsize the nascent economic recovery. Falling assets prices, weak consumer demand and deleveraging by lenders means that many companies facing some $900 billion of speculative-grade debt maturities by 2014 will struggle to refinance. FTI Consulting counts the cost of going overboard during the boom years and examines the outlook for survivors.