FERF Research

Financial Executives Research Foundation, Inc. (FERF) is the research affiliate of Financial Executives International (FEI).

Research Objective:

The objective of FERF research project is to identify practical approaches for financial executives to assure Information Integrity within their companies.

Introduction:

Information Integrity has two definitions:

• The dependability and trustworthiness of information.
• The accuracy, consistency and reliability of the information content, process and system.

In 2007 and 2008, FERF released “Technology Issues for Financial Executives: Annual Report.”

Here are some of the key findings:

• Information Integrity/Data Quality ranked first as the most broadly shared critical technology concern reported.
• Over 70% of the companies with over $5 billion in annual revenue consider lack of Information Integrity as negatively impacting business performance.

Almost 70% of the respondents plan to undertake programs to improve Information Integrity over the next year.

Research Methodology:

This research project will include interviews of financial executives of those companies that have been recognized as exemplars in the field of Information Integrity.

For more information about FERF, please visit FERF web site.