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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... -
6 Factors That Determine Your Company’s Valuation
Corporate finance Digital ArticleInvestors have a quantitative understanding of how the market values a company. Management teams should too. -
KPIs Aren't Just About Assessing Past Performance
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleA dynamic scorecard can help you predict future performance too. -
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 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... -
Research: How Management Practices Impact M&A Outcomes
Business management Digital ArticleA recent analysis of 35,000 manufacturing plants found that those with more-structured management practices were more likely to acquire ones with less-structured practices. -
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... -
Balanced Scorecard: Measures That Drive Performance
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleExecutives know that a company's measurement systems strongly affect employee behavior. But the traditional financial performance measures that worked... -
In Product Development, Let Your Customers Define Perfection
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleA tale of two cars. -
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... -
Outsider CEOs Are on the Rise at the World's Biggest Companies
Organizational Development ResearchAnd not just in turnaround situations. -
Give Your Employees Specific Goals and the Freedom to Figure Out How to Reach Them
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIt's an idea that needs to be a part of the future of work. -
How Fintech Can Deliver on Its Social Impact Promises
Financial markets Digital ArticleDigital financial companies are making big claims about financial inclusion — but are failing to disclose data that backs up their efforts. -
Using Scorecards for Governance in the Corporate and Public Sector
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleI didn't anticipate that I would leave the country of Iceland with a renewed awareness of the different governance challenges faced by private and public... -
Small Business Is Not a Little Big Business
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleResource poverty distinguishes the management of small businesses from that of big businesses. An examination of fundamental financial concepts, such... -
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... -
Stop Letting Quarterly Numbers Dictate Your Strategy
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleHow CEOs can change the conversation.
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Dairy Farm International Holdings Limited: Analysing an Annual Report
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The main objective of this case is to introduce students to the calculation and usage of ratios in a real world environment. Secondly, students will be... -
Identify the Industries--1996
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Common-size balance sheets and financial ratios are given for thirteen companies. Students must identify which company is in which of thirteen industries.... -
Mercury Athletic: Valuing the Opportunity, Spanish Version
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 Analysis
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Serves as an introduction to funds flows and ratio analysis. Includes basic discussion of these tools as assists in the analyst's or manager's job. Supplementary... -
The Walt Disney Company's Stock: Buy, Hold, or Sell?
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details A portfolio manager at Century 23 Investment Company was considering whether to maintain holdings in The Walt Disney Company (Disney). She was reviewing... -
Financial Analytics Toolkit: Ratio Analysis
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This note describes the most common financial ratios and how they provide insight into firm performance. The emphasis is on how ratios summarize operating... -
Vyaderm Pharmaceuticals: The EVA Decision
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In 2016, the new CEO of Vyaderm Pharmaceuticals introduces an Economic Value Added (EVA) program to focus the company on long-term shareholder value.... -
HBR Guide to Finance Basics for Managers
Finance & Accounting Book21.95View Details DON'T LET YOUR FEAR OF FINANCE GET IN THE WAY OF YOUR SUCCESS. Can you prepare a breakeven analysis? Do you know the difference between an income statement... -
Generating Higher Value at IBM (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case analyzes IBM's financial performance and its capital allocation decisions over a 10-year period from 2004-2013, during which IBM returned more... -
Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs: What You Really Need to Know About the Numbers
32.00View Details Using the groundbreaking formula they introduced in their book "Financial Intelligence: A Manager's Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean," Karen... -
Ratios Tell a Story--2011
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Financial results and conditions vary among companies for a number of reasons. The differences in industry characteristics, in company policies, in management... -
Financial Accounting: A Self-Paced Learning Program: Introductory Section
Finance & Accounting Tool90.00View Details The Introductory section of the Financial Accounting Self-Paced Learning Program provides an overview of the business transactions and reports used in... -
Enron Corp.: May 6, 2001 Sell Recommendation
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details A consulting firm to institutional investors recommends selling Enron Corp.'s equity short on May 6, 2001, while many sellside analysts are recommending... -
Helados La Valentina, Spanish Version
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... -
Incentive Contracts For Financial Consultants At Private Client Services Division
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Paul Lui, Executive President at Private Client Services Division (PCSD), had the difficult task of designing a new incentive compensation system for... -
Daya Counselling Centre: Response to Funding Cuts
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In early October 2018, the executive director of Daya Counselling Centre had just learned that the Ontario Works program, one of the centre's major funded-referral... -
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... -
The Case of the Unidentified Ratios, Chinese Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details An investment banking analyst seeks to reconstruct which financial ratios go with which companies. -
MedNet.com Confronts 'Click-Through' Competition
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In January 2007, "MedNet.com" is a leading website that provides science-based health information free of charge to online visitors. MedNet communicates...
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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... -
6 Factors That Determine Your Company’s Valuation
Corporate finance Digital ArticleInvestors have a quantitative understanding of how the market values a company. Management teams should too. -
Dairy Farm International Holdings Limited: Analysing an Annual Report
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The main objective of this case is to introduce students to the calculation and usage of ratios in a real world environment. Secondly, students will be... -
Identify the Industries--1996
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Common-size balance sheets and financial ratios are given for thirteen companies. Students must identify which company is in which of thirteen industries.... -
Mercury Athletic: Valuing the Opportunity, Spanish Version
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 Analysis
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Serves as an introduction to funds flows and ratio analysis. Includes basic discussion of these tools as assists in the analyst's or manager's job. Supplementary... -
The Walt Disney Company's Stock: Buy, Hold, or Sell?
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details A portfolio manager at Century 23 Investment Company was considering whether to maintain holdings in The Walt Disney Company (Disney). She was reviewing...