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A Refresher on Net Present Value
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleKnow what your project is worth in today's dollars. -
3 Ways to Bring Flexibility to Budgeting
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleEasy steps you can take today to craft a more agile process. -
Who Needs Budgets?
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleBudgeting, as most corporations practice it, should be abolished. Most other building blocks are in place, but companies continue to restrict themselves... -
Conflicting Roles in Budgeting for Operations
Budgets and budgeting Magazine ArticleA senior design engineer for a large American automobile manufacturer recently complained to one of his colleagues. “Those marketing guys want everything. They’ve decided that what they need in the next design series is ‘The All-American Car.’ They say it’s got to be large enough for a family of five (plus dog), small enough to […] -
Budget Choice: Planning vs. Control
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleBudgets have two primary functions: planning and control. Companies must decide which function is most important and then resolve a number of formulation... -
What’s Your Real Cost of Capital?
Budgets and budgeting Magazine ArticleThe traditional approach to evaluating capital investments has a fatal flaw. Here’s how to get numbers you can count on. -
Using APV: A Better Tool for Valuing Operations
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleToday’s technology can put adjusted present value into the arsenal of every general manager. -
3 Actions Congress Can Take to Reduce Drug Prices
Global Business Digital ArticleSaving patients money doesn't have to hurt business. -
Opportunity vs. Cost in a New Market
Finance & Accounting VideoBudgeting tools can help you make decisions when very little is known. -
No Innovation Is Immediately Profitable
Disruptive innovation Digital ArticleAnd yet senior managers still believe it is. -
Take Command of Your Growth
Accounting Magazine ArticleCompanies that know where their revenues really come from are as disciplined in managing growth as they are in managing costs. -
What Big Companies Can Learn from Shark Tank
Budgets and budgeting Digital ArticleBy utilizing the reality show format, corporations can create a more effective forum for pitching innovative products. -
Understanding NPV
Finance & Accounting VideoNet present value, or NPV, can help managers decide when to make an investment. -
The Right Way to Prepare Your Budget
Finance and investing Digital ArticleYou can be both hopeful and realistic. -
We Tracked Every Dollar 235 U.S. Households Spent for a Year, and Found Widespread Financial Vulnerability
Global Business Digital ArticleSalary data masks the true extent of the problem. -
Budget Impacts
Finance & Accounting VideoGetting the budget right is critical because it impacts the coordination of the whole organization. -
Get Your Budget Ready for the Upturn
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleEight ways to re-position for growth as the economy improves. -
Balance ‘Creativity’ and ‘Practicality’ in Formal Planning
Budgets and budgeting Magazine ArticleThis article contends that to be effective every formal long-range planning system must achieve a compromise between “creativity” and “practicality”—goals for planning that are often in conflict. The authors also argue that the problem of maintaining a satisfactory balance can be directly addressed by varying the design features of the planning/budgeting interface. After specifying the […] -
Zero-Based Budgeting Is Not a Wonder Diet for Companies
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleIt can work, but only with a huge amount of effort.
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Business Process Transformation at the CIA (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details When Dick Calder is named head of the CIA's Directorate of Administration (DA) in 1995, he faces the task of leading a beleaguered organization through... -
Business Process Transformation at the CIA (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details When Dick Calder is named head of the CIA's Directorate of Administration (DA) in 1995, he faces the task of leading a beleaguered organization through... -
Compagnie du Froid, S.A.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The owner of an ice cream company must evaluate the performance of three regional businesses. To do the analysis, students must flex the budget by seasonal... -
Note on Financial Forecasting
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Introduction to basic techniques of constructing pro forma statements and cash budgets. Illustrated by examples, supplemented by exercises. -
Finance Reading: Cost of Capital
Finance & Accounting Tool15.90View Details This Reading introduces practical problems encountered when estimating and applying the cost of capital in a DCF valuation. It applies, but does not derive,... -
Budgeting
Finance & Accounting Tool99.00View Details Budgeting isn't just for finance teams. Each decision a manager makes needs to take into account the resources that are available to them. Learning to... -
Americhem: The Gaylord Division (B-1)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case, 314011. A rewritten version of an earlier supplement. -
Municipal Decentralization in Buenos Aires: Creating the Municipality of Hurlingham
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details As part of its efforts to recover from hyperinflation and an oversized public sector, the government of Argentinaspecifically the province of Buenos Airesseeks... -
Coach Clark (B): A String of Unexpected Challenges
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This article describes the leadership style of Coach Jack Clark, under whose leadership Cal Rugby has won 21 national championships during the last 25... -
America's Budget Impasse, 2001-2020
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details America's Budget Impasse, 2001-2020, draws on recent government documents to explore America's economic performance since 2001, the ideology and effects... -
BAE Automated Systems (A): Denver International Airport Baggage-Handling System
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Describes the events surrounding the construction of the BAE baggage-handling system at the Denver International Airport. It looks specifically at project... -
Octane Service Station
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The owner of a gas station must prepare financial statements. -
Cavendish Cove Cottages
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Sherry Noonan, a senior business student, is considering purchasing Cavendish Cove Cottages, a complex of 19 cottage rental units marketed to visitors.... -
Coach Clark (C): Saving Rugby
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This article describes the leadership style of Coach Jack Clark, under whose leadership Cal Rugby has won 21 national championships during the last 25... -
Harvard Business School Executive Education: Balancing Online and Offline Marketing
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details How does a small business set its online media budget? The HBS Executive Education Division can be viewed as a small-to-medium sized business unit with... -
A350 XWB: Airbus' answer to Boeing's Dreamliner
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The case describes the strategic moves of Airbus in the twin-aisle-twin segment following Boeing's announcement of the launch of its 787 Dreamliner. Airbus's... -
Hampton Machine Tool Co.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details A bank lending officer must decide whether to extend and increase a loan to a small machine tool company. Case provides sufficient data for preparation... -
Understanding Customer Profitability at Charles Schwab
Organizational Development Case Study6.95View Details Charles Schwab is transforming into a customer-centric organization. Central to this cultural and organizational change is the utilization of customer... -
Strategy Execution Module 6: Evaluating Strategic Profit Performance
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This module reading demonstrates how to calculate and analyze the profit generated by different business strategies. Formulas and examples are provided... -
Southern State University Health System
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case concerns a department of gastroenterology within a department of medicine that is attempting to build its budget. The chair of medicine has...
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How to Build Wealth When You Don't Come from Money
You are worthy of wealth, despite the systems designed to keep it from you. -
Everything You Need to Know About Stock Options and RSUs
Budgets and budgeting AdviceJust like salary, you should negotiate equity compensation. -
A Refresher on Net Present Value
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleKnow what your project is worth in today's dollars. -
5 Ways to Manage Your Personal Finances
Finance & Accounting ListicleFirst, let go of your limiting beliefs about money. -
Business Process Transformation at the CIA (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details When Dick Calder is named head of the CIA's Directorate of Administration (DA) in 1995, he faces the task of leading a beleaguered organization through... -
Business Process Transformation at the CIA (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details When Dick Calder is named head of the CIA's Directorate of Administration (DA) in 1995, he faces the task of leading a beleaguered organization through... -
3 Ways to Bring Flexibility to Budgeting
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleEasy steps you can take today to craft a more agile process. -
Compagnie du Froid, S.A.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The owner of an ice cream company must evaluate the performance of three regional businesses. To do the analysis, students must flex the budget by seasonal... -
Who Needs Budgets?
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleBudgeting, as most corporations practice it, should be abolished. Most other building blocks are in place, but companies continue to restrict themselves... -
PittaRosso: Artificial Intelligence-Driven Pricing and Promotion, Teaching Note
Management Digital ArticleTeaching note for case 522046.