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The Balanced Scorecard—Measures that Drive Performance
Balanced scorecard Magazine ArticleWhat you measure is what you get. Senior executives understand that their organization’s measurement system strongly affects the behavior of managers and employees. Executives also understand that traditional financial accounting measures like return-on-investment and earnings-per-share can give misleading signals for continuous improvement and innovation—activities today’s competitive environment demands. The traditional financial performance measures worked well […] -
How to Choose the Right Forecasting Technique
Financial analysis Magazine ArticleWhat every manager ought to know about the different kinds of forecasting and the times when they should be used. -
Strategies for Learning from Failure
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleWe are programmed at an early age to think that failure is bad. That belief prevents organizations from effectively learning from their missteps. -
How to Create a Stakeholder Strategy
Business and society Magazine ArticleA data-driven approach to design, measurement, and implementation -
Putting the Balanced Scorecard to Work
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleIn an earlier, groundbreaking article, Balanced Scorecard -- Measures That Drive Performance, the authors proposed a new measurement system that provided... -
Kodak's Downfall Wasn't About Technology
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleWhat it missed was the business model. -
What I Learned from Warren Buffett
Financial analysis Magazine ArticleA book on Buffett spurs Gates to reflect on their friendship. -
Why Start-ups Fail
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIf you're launching a business, the odds are against you: Two-thirds of start-ups never show a positive return. Unnerved by that statistic, a professor... -
Contribution Margin: What It Is, How to Calculate It, and Why You Need It
Accounting Digital ArticleDo you know what your most profitable product is? -
Ten Ways to Create Shareholder Value
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleExecutives have developed tunnel vision in their pursuit of shareholder value, focusing on short-term performance at the expense of investing in long-term... -
Six Rules for Effective Forecasting
Economic cycles and trends Magazine ArticleThe goal of forecasting is not to predict the future but to tell you what you need to know to take meaningful action in the present. -
Market Share - A Key to Profitability
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleEvidence from an ongoing study of 57 companies to determine the profit impact of market strategies (PIMS) shows that one of the main indicators of business... -
Strategic Analysis for More Profitable Acquisitions
Financial analysis Magazine ArticleLess than a decade after the frantic merger activity of the late 1960s, we are again in the midst of a major wave of corporate acquisitions. In contrast to the 1960s, when acquirers were mainly freewheeling conglomerates, the merger movement in the 1970s includes such long-established giants of U.S. industry as General Electric, Gulf Oil, […] -
How Cities Are Using Analytics to Improve Public Health
Global Business Digital ArticleFrom restaurants to lead paint, data is making government more efficient. -
Create Efficiencies
Finance & Accounting VideoTo gain insight into solving your organization's issues, stop and look at the numbers. -
Do Most Family Businesses Really Fail by the Third Generation?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleDebunking the oft-cited "three generation" myth. -
Focusing Capital on the Long Term
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleSince the financial crisis of 2008, there has been widespread agreement on the need for public companies to build value for the long term. Nonetheless,... -
CEOs Don’t Care Enough About Capital Allocation
Financial analysis Digital ArticleBut it’s the best way to create value. -
No, WeWork Isn't a Tech Company. Here's Why That Matters
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleThe kind of company it is influences investors and its valuation. -
The Board View: Directors Must Balance All Interests
Organizational Development SpotlightIn "The Board View: Directors Must Balance All Interests," Barbara Hackman Franklin, an expert in corporate governance, proposes important changes boards...
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Mira's Microbrewery Inc.
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The Dividend Discount Model
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This note focuses on the dividend model (DDM), or Gordon Growth Model, as it is sometimes known. The DDM appears in many forms in practice. The note examines... -
Privatization of Li & Fung: Rationales and Implications
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case explores the corporate finance issues arising from the privatization of Li & Fung Limited (Li & Fung, prior stock code: 494.HK) in May 2020.... -
Fountain Set (Holdings) Ltd.: Privatise or Stay Public?
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In January 2002, speculators in the finance community suspected that Ha Chung Fong, chairman of Fountain Set (Holdings) Ltd., might be in the mood to... -
TruthCRM Competitive Auction in Mergers and Acquisitions: Instructions for Tank Software Team
Management Case Study8.95View Details The TruthCRM case provides students with an interactive simulation of the competitive auction process to maximize value for a company involved in an acquisition.... -
KBC Alternative Investment Management (A): Convertible Bond Arbitrage
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Case A: To extract cheap volatility in Duke Energy convertible bonds, Mark Punt, a convertible arbitrageur at KBC AIM, purchases the bonds and delta hedges... -
eBay, Inc.: Stock Option Plans (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The footnote disclosure for eBay, Inc. in 2000 indicates that if the company had accounted for employee stock options under the fair value method, its... -
Hotel Vertu: Financing the Venture in the Boutique Hotel Industry
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Two recent MBA graduates are considering a business opportunity in the boutique hotel industry. Having found a seemingly attractive property in Savannah,... -
Natureview Farm
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Explores channel management issues in the U.S. food industry. Natureview Farm, a Vermont-based producer of organic yogurt with $13 million in revenues,... -
Cartwright Lumber Co.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The Cartwright Lumber Co. faces a need for increased bank financing due to its rapid sales growth and low profitability. A rewritten version of an earlier... -
Helados La Valentina
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In the midst of the macroeconomic crisis in Venezuela, Luis Marcano − business analyst with Productos La Valentina (PLV, for its acronym in Spanish) Group... -
Generation Investment Management: 2016
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Mercury Athletic: Valuing the Opportunity
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In January 2007, West Coast Fashions, Inc., a large designer and marketer of branded apparel, announced a strategic reorganization that would result in... -
Histograms and the Normal Distribution in Microsoft Excel
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Histograms are graphs that provide a large amount of useful information for all types of data and display the frequency of observations in a data set.... -
Legrand: Lightening Their (Electricity) Load
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case illustrates the key factors that Tim Travis, the maintenance lead for Legrand North American, must consider in a capital investment decision... -
Reawakening the World's Most Famous Office Building: Economics behind a Groundbreaking Energy Efficiency Retrofit
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This case highlights a recent and important type of new sustainability project for existing buildings commonly referred to as an integrated energy retrofit... -
TruthCRM Competitive Auction in Mergers and Acquisitions: Instructions for High Flyer Team
Management Case Study8.95View Details The TruthCRM case provides students with an interactive simulation of the competitive auction process to maximize value for a company involved in an acquisition.... -
Cequel Energy, Inc.: Increasing Shareholder Value
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The chief executive (CEO) of Cequel Energy, Inc. (Cequel) is trying to choose between three options: continue operating Cequel as is, selling it, or converting... -
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. -
Financial Intelligence for HR Professionals: What You Really Need to Know About the Numbers
Finance & Accounting Book32.00View Details As an HR manager, you're expected to use financial data to make decisions, allocate resources, and budget expenses. But if you're like many human resource...
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The Balanced Scorecard—Measures that Drive Performance
Balanced scorecard Magazine ArticleWhat you measure is what you get. Senior executives understand that their organization’s measurement system strongly affects the behavior of managers and employees. Executives also understand that traditional financial accounting measures like return-on-investment and earnings-per-share can give misleading signals for continuous improvement and innovation—activities today’s competitive environment demands. The traditional financial performance measures worked well […] -
How to Choose the Right Forecasting Technique
Financial analysis Magazine ArticleWhat every manager ought to know about the different kinds of forecasting and the times when they should be used. -
Strategies for Learning from Failure
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleWe are programmed at an early age to think that failure is bad. That belief prevents organizations from effectively learning from their missteps. -
How to Create a Stakeholder Strategy
Business and society Magazine ArticleA data-driven approach to design, measurement, and implementation -
Putting the Balanced Scorecard to Work
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleIn an earlier, groundbreaking article, Balanced Scorecard -- Measures That Drive Performance, the authors proposed a new measurement system that provided... -
Kodak's Downfall Wasn't About Technology
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleWhat it missed was the business model. -
What I Learned from Warren Buffett
Financial analysis Magazine ArticleA book on Buffett spurs Gates to reflect on their friendship. -
Why Start-ups Fail
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIf you're launching a business, the odds are against you: Two-thirds of start-ups never show a positive return. Unnerved by that statistic, a professor... -
Contribution Margin: What It Is, How to Calculate It, and Why You Need It
Accounting Digital ArticleDo you know what your most profitable product is? -
Ten Ways to Create Shareholder Value
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleExecutives have developed tunnel vision in their pursuit of shareholder value, focusing on short-term performance at the expense of investing in long-term...