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"Showcase Projects" Can Deepen Your Relationships with Profitable Customers
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleThree key tactics that make these projects successful. -
What Really Prevents Companies from Thriving in a Recession
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Advantages of Fund Accounting in ‘Nonprofits’
Accounting Magazine ArticleThe financial worries of New York City in the early 1970s began registering in the bond market in October 1974, when the city first encountered difficulty selling its securities. These problems reached a crisis stage in 1976, and it was not until then that the bond rating services reduced the city’s bond rating. In this […] -
An Agile Approach to Budgeting for Uncertain Times
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleThe pandemic is making the annual process even more challenging. -
How Nimble Is Your Sales Planning?
Sales Digital ArticleRigid plans just won’t work anymore. -
6 Strategies to Help Your Company Weather Inflation
Budgets and budgeting Digital ArticleLessons from a study of 5,700 global businesses. -
Stop Budgeting, Start Improving
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleIn my last post, I argued that companies can't keep their costs in line by attacking them directly. The typical approaches of budget cuts and layoffs... -
How to Prioritize Your Innovation Budget
Innovation Digital ArticleSpend on tomorrow’s opportunities, not just today’s needs. -
Is Your Budgeting Process Killing Your Strategy?
Leadership Digital ArticleA friend of mine who had taken over running a major government department noticed right away how abused the word “strategy” was. “Everything has to be a strategy in order to get noticed,” he told me. “You practically need a strategy for visiting the restroom.” The second thing he noticed was that nobody was actually […] -
The Right Way to Cut Costs
Management Digital Article"Efficiency" has become a corporate watchword as the era of cheap capital has ended. Amid layoffs and uncertainty, this Spotlight explores how companies... -
Why Executives Should Start Acting Like Activist Investors
Budgets and budgeting Digital ArticleTo stay competitive, companies need to be able to shift how they allocate capital in response to changing business conditions. -
Your Agile Project Needs a Budget, Not an Estimate
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleA four-step approach. -
Turn Your Budgeting Process Upside Down
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleRather than highlight short-term accounting profits, budgets should emphasize future cash. That, as Warren Buffet knows, is where a company's growth potential... -
A Refresher on Net Present Value
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleKnow what your project is worth in today's dollars. -
M&A Needn’t Be a Loser’s Game
Corporate communications Magazine ArticleMost takeovers devour buyers’ wealth. But acquirers who understand they’re actually buying customers can avoid disastrous deals and find ones that work. -
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. -
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... -
Does Your Startup Have a Spending Strategy?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleDon't burn all your cash on a fancy office. -
Why Two Financial Targets Can Be Better than One
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleManagers and employees should stop compromising on goals. -
The Healthy Fear That Drives Growth
Budgets and budgeting Digital ArticleJessica Herrin, founder and CEO of Stella + Dot, recommends a scrappy, entrepreneurial approach to budgeting—for business of all sizes.
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Brannigan Foods: Strategic Marketing Planning
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details The soup division at Brannigan Foods contributes over 40% of the firm's revenue. The general manager is concerned that the soup industry is declining... -
Note on Financial Forecasting, Solutions
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Presents solutions. -
Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate (A)
Management Case Study11.95View Details In 2018, artisanal Italian vineyard Frank Cornelissen was one of the world's leading natural wine vineyards. Its founder, Frank Cornelissen, faced weather... -
Municipal Decentralization in Buenos Aires: Sequel
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details As part of its efforts to recover from hyperinflation and an oversized public sector, the government of Argentinaspecifically the province of Buenos Airesseeks... -
Donald Trump and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
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Polysar Ltd.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Canada's largest chemical company produces and markets butyl rubber in two divisions, each treated as a profit center. The new plant in the North American... -
Case of the Colored Post-It Notes
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details An example of how policies about budgeting and resource decisions are commonly misallocated is presented. -
Boulder Public Schools
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case provides students with an opportunity to look at both structure and process issues in a highly bureaucratic context, and to consider the appropriate... -
NYPD New
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Police Commissioner Bratten and his staff have led a process designed to create a results-oriented police department from one that previously emphasized... -
Boston Public Schools' Long Term Financial Plan
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In the fall of 2016, the senior leadership team of Boston Public Schools prepared a report indicating that costs were expected to grow faster than revenues... -
North Lake Medical Center
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case provides students with an opportunity to think about a management control system that focuses on cost drivers and that has established clinical... -
Business Process Transformation at the CIA (Epilogue)
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... -
Octane Service Station
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The owner of a gas station must prepare financial statements. -
Aster DM Healthcare: Budgeting for a Crisis
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In April 2020, Alisha Moopen, Deputy Managing Director of Aster DM Healthcare, a network of clinics, hospitals, and pharmacies in the Middle East and... -
Seattle Public Schools--1995-2002 (C2): Race, Class, and School Choice
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Presents the decision by the Federal Court of Appeals for the ninth Circuit in the spring of 2002 to invalidate Seattle's use of race as a factor in allocating... -
Harmon Foods, Inc.
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Prediction and shipment has been a scheduling and budgetary problem. Multiple regression is suggested as a solution. Evaluation of regression coefficients... -
Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII: Fixed-Price or Public-Private Partnership?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In September 2014, a real estate and procurement expert was preparing his notes for an upcoming strategic meeting with the management team of the Regional... -
BAE Automated Systems (A): Denver International Airport Baggage-Handling System
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Describes the events surrounding the construction of the BAE baggage-handling system at the Denver International Airport. It looks specifically at project... -
Boulevard Sandwiches, Inc. (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Alan Philips has just completed his first year as manager of Boulevard Sandwiches, Inc., Unit No. 2. Actual profit for the year was well below budgeted... -
Whirlpool Research and Engineering Division (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details The director of Corporate Research faces the problem of setting the annual budget for the various areas of research. See also UV0530 and UV0531.
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"Showcase Projects" Can Deepen Your Relationships with Profitable Customers
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleThree key tactics that make these projects successful. -
What Really Prevents Companies from Thriving in a Recession
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleIt's about knowing how to reallocate - and deallocate - resources. -
Brannigan Foods: Strategic Marketing Planning
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details The soup division at Brannigan Foods contributes over 40% of the firm's revenue. The general manager is concerned that the soup industry is declining... -
Note on Financial Forecasting, Solutions
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Presents solutions. -
Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate (A)
Management Case Study11.95View Details In 2018, artisanal Italian vineyard Frank Cornelissen was one of the world's leading natural wine vineyards. Its founder, Frank Cornelissen, faced weather... -
Advantages of Fund Accounting in ‘Nonprofits’
Accounting Magazine ArticleThe financial worries of New York City in the early 1970s began registering in the bond market in October 1974, when the city first encountered difficulty selling its securities. These problems reached a crisis stage in 1976, and it was not until then that the bond rating services reduced the city’s bond rating. In this […] -
Customer Lifetime Value Demystified
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleCompanies do not always have success with marketing analytics. This book explains why that is and clarifies common misconceptions and misunderstandings... -
Municipal Decentralization in Buenos Aires: Sequel
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details As part of its efforts to recover from hyperinflation and an oversized public sector, the government of Argentinaspecifically the province of Buenos Airesseeks... -
Donald Trump and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details -
An Agile Approach to Budgeting for Uncertain Times
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleThe pandemic is making the annual process even more challenging.