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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. -
How to Create a Stakeholder Strategy
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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... -
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... -
Don't Let Metrics Undermine Your Business
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleEvery day, at almost every company, strategy is being hijacked by numbers. Because strategy is abstract, employees often mentally replace it with the... -
The Data: Where Long-Termism Pays Off
Organizational Development SpotlightIn "The Data: Where Long-Termism Pays Off," five charts reveal how long-term-focused companies surpass their short-term-focused peers on several important... -
The Best-Performing CEOs in the World
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThis is a challenging time to be a CEO. Around the world, economic growth is slow, political uncertainty undermines attempts to develop long-term plans,... -
The Type of Purpose That Makes Companies More Profitable
Organizational Development ResearchA new study suggests middle managers are the key. -
A Better Way to Assess Managerial Performance
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleTotal shareholder return (TSR) has become the definitive metric for gauging performance. Unlike accounting measures such as revenue growth or earnings... -
Lessons from the Past for Financial Services
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleA financial services firm's ability to recover from an industry downturn depends not only on how it reacts during the slowdown but also on its state of... -
Stop Letting Quarterly Numbers Dictate Your Strategy
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleHow CEOs can change the conversation. -
The CEO View: Defending a Good Company from Bad Investors
Organizational Development SpotlightIn "The CEO View: Defending a Good Company from Bad Investors," David Pyott, former chief of Allergan, describes how he fended off a hostile takeover... -
When Providing Wait Times, It Pays to Underpromise and Overdeliver
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What Would Happen if the U.S. Stopped Requiring Quarterly Earnings Reports?
Global Business Digital ArticleIt would do less than both its proponents and its opponents suggest. -
When Unequal Pay Is Actually Fair
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Cracking the Code of Change
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleToday's fast-paced economy demands that businesses change or die. But few companies manage corporate transformations as well as they would like. The brutal... -
The Case for Investing in Underdogs
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleDon't undervalue the overlooked. -
The Error at the Heart of Corporate Leadership
Organizational Development SpotlightIn "The Error at the Heart of Corporate Leadership," Joseph Bower and Lynn Paine examine the foundations and flaws of agency theory, which views shareholders... -
The Other Diversity Dividend
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleResearchers have struggled to establish a causal relationship between diversity and financial performance--especially at large companies, where decision...
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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... -
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... -
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... -
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. -
Grupo SMU: A Challenging Corporate Restructuring Process
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case tells the story of SMU Group, the third-largest supermarket operator in Chile. Having implemented a second restructuring plan (CIMA) between... -
Financial Statement and Ratio Analysis
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Prepares students for financial ratio analysis. -
Andrew Peller Limited: An Investment Opportunity
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In early 2017, Andrew Peller Limited (APL), a producer and marketer of quality wines and Canada's only publicly traded winemaker, presented an interesting... -
Forestry and Timberland: Impact Investment Analysis
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Much like the famous philosophical thought experiment, impact investing raises questions about perception, observation, and reality. What is our sense... -
Financial Performance of Major Pharmaceutical Firms
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case focuses on analyzing financial statement data for seven large companies in the pharmaceutical industry. The data was obtained from COMPUSTAT... -
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.... -
North West Company: Analyzing Financial Performance
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In June 2015, a new analyst at an investment fund company had to review the financial performance of a potential investment target, the North West Company... -
How Finance Works: The HBR Guide to Thinking Smart about the Numbers
Finance & Accounting Book35.00View Details Based on a popular class taught by a Harvard Business School professor. If you're not a numbers person, then finance can be intimidating and easy to ignore.... -
Financial Detective
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Presents common-sized financials for two companies, each of which is in a number of industries. The companies have different market niches, and students... -
Depreciation at Deutsche Lufthansa AG
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details As one of the most highly capital-intensive industries, airlines require a substantial investment in physical assets to fund operations. These assets,... -
Gupta Media: Performance Marketing in the Digital Age
Sales & Marketing Case Study15.05View Details Gupta Media is a Digital Marketing firm started in 2005 that places advertisements and marketing promotions for its clients in digital media, mainly social... -
Boeing 737 Manufacturing Footprint: The Wichita Decision
Strategy & Execution Case Study14.00View Details The case examines the circumstances leading up to the Boeing Company's decision to spin-off its Wichita Division. This case is intended to be taught with... -
Business Analysis and Valuation Model
Finance & Accounting Tool69.00View Details Once you enter company financial statements, this software enables you to standardize them to a common format, make any needed adjustments to the company's... -
Ratios Tell a Story-2015
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case challenges students to review a series of corporate financial metrics and to match them to one of the 13 labeled and listed industries. It is... -
Science Technology Co.--1985
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The CEO of a U.S. electronics firm is assessing the financial forecasts and the financing plan prepared by the chief financial officer. Given the cyclicality...
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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. -
How to Create a Stakeholder Strategy
Business and society Magazine ArticleA data-driven approach to design, measurement, and implementation -
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... -
Mira's Microbrewery Inc.
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details -
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... -
Understanding Balance Sheet Basics: Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Book Chapter8.95View Details Give a company's financials to a first-time entrepreneur, and the first thing he will turn to is the income statement. Conversely, an experienced investor... -
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... -
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... -
Tire City, Inc., Teaching Note
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleTeaching Note to (9-297-091).