This report draws upon input from the 4,183 CxOs we interviewed as part of IBM’s first study of the entire C-suite. It is the 17th in the ongoing series of C-suite studies developed by the IBM Institute for Business Value. We now have data from more than 23,000 interviews stretching back to 2003.

CFO Quote: “We need to have the right information, have it on time and invest the right amount of effort in interpreting it.”