In 2011, APQC and Protiviti released a report showcasing how organizations have developed effective strategies and processes to reduce working capital requirements and optimize cash used to fund operations. The report highlights the exceptional performance and approaches around working capital management of three companies, and provides specific examples of four broad categories of best practices in action.

This issue of Board Perspectives: Risk Oversight focuses on aspects of the first building block on why companies should also use competitive intelligence as an enterprise value protection tool.