text: The objectives of our research were to ( 1 ) define and describe the characteristics of a worldclass finance organization , ( 2 ) identify the factors that are essential for finance organizations to improve their financial management and move towards worldclass standards , and ( 3 ) provide case studies which illustrate the efforts of leading finance organizations from private sector companies and state governments to improve their financial management and the overall performance of their organizations .
  
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  There were three objectives of our research .