A strong budget cannot be based simply on internal analysis; an understanding of the financial environment in which the organization operates must lie at the foundation of any forecast.
Consumer protection "can only help small business by providing the kind of stable financial environment in which small businesses can thrive," Mr. Prince said.
At all scales, and across the ages, architecture is a product of the financial environment in which it is conceived, for better or worse.
Despite the challenges of the financial environment, the political landscape we have to navigate, trying to find solutions to a very diverse employer base and work with colleagues in other sectors who have different structures and opportunities, we must remain resilient, upbeat and hold our belief that what we do does make a difference.
Robert Cialdini, formerly Regents' Professor of Psychology and Marketing at Arizona State University, says the root cause of people falling victim to a financial fraud is their uncertainty about the details of the financial environment.
According to financial writer, investment banker and lawyer Charles P. Morris, we are experiencing the result of a reckless financial environment — twenty five years of free and unregulated financial markets.
Harvard reported a $77 million budget surplus in the fiscal year that ended June 30, a slight increase over the previous year, but Thomas Hollister, the University's chief financial officer and vice president for finance, said the positive results came at the start of a challenging financial environment for higher education that he expects to continue.
Relegated clubs from the top tier receive the financial cushion of parachute payments, but many others in their league are feeling the pain of the tough financial environment.
Jolen's current focus is on identifying ways to include women and people of color in strategic roles within this giant global financial enterprise in the hopes of changing the financial environment from the inside-out.
Many experts have to an extent written off the last Strategic and Defence Review of 2010 as essentially an exercise in budgetary discipline - a need to force defence spending into the constraints of a grim financial environment.
