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"Showcase Projects" Can Deepen Your Relationships with Profitable Customers
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The Balanced Scorecard: Measures That Drive Performance
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How Cities Are Using Analytics to Improve Public Health
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The Answer to Short-Termism Isn't Asking Investors to Be Patient
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Putting the Balanced Scorecard to Work
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Finance: What Managers Need to Know
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Small Business Is Not a Little Big Business
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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, […] -
6 Factors That Determine Your Company's Valuation
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Upgrade Your Company’s Image—and Valuation
Financial analysis Magazine ArticleThe primary goal of any company is to attract the customers to its product or service. But smaller companies often pursue the goal so singlemindedly that they overlook or give only passing attention to the image they project to the world at large. This image can affect the attention smaller businesses get from those people […] -
How to Navigate a Digital Transformation
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A Refresher on Internal Rate of Return
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Coming Up Short on Nonfinancial Performance Measurement (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
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No More Cozy Management Buyouts
Financial analysis Magazine ArticleThe excitement surrounding stock market takeover activity in general, and the phenomenon of leveraged buyouts in particular, has built through the 1980s. Shareholders are, of course, making a great deal of money in these buyouts. But, more than that, much of the activity is seen by some as part of a new entrepreneurial wave sweeping […] -
How to Talk to Your CFO About Sustainability
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When Good Customers Are Bad
Financial analysis Magazine ArticleCompanies don’t just sell product; they sell “delivered product.” In virtually every industry, they coddle customers with supply chain services such as next-day delivery, customized handling, and specialized labeling. But few companies track the real costs of the myriad services they offer—and most have no idea how much they’re losing. Because conventional accounting methods and […] -
Four Rules for Taking Your Message to Wall Street
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How a CEO's Personality Affects Their Company's Stock Price
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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... -
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...
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Medfield Pharmaceuticals
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Susan Johnson, founder and CEO of Medfield Pharmaceuticals, is faced with conflicting recommendations for extending the patent life of the company's flagship... -
Merger of NOVA Corporation and TransCanada Pipelines Ltd.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Several large Canadian public companies announced their intent to merge and use the "pooling of interests" method rather than the traditional "purchase... -
Note on Financial Forecasting, Solutions
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Presents solutions. -
Murphy Stores: Capital Projects
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Murphy Stores is a field case involving a major retailer deciding whether to allocate $7 million of its remaining (and limited) capital budget to either... -
The Transformation of Microsoft
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In early 2015, Amy Hood, CFO of Microsoft, and the rest of the senior leadership team faced a set of fundamental choices. The firm had opportunities to... -
Nine Dragons Paper-2009
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Nine Dragons Paper (NDP) is the largest paperboard manufacturer in China and one of the largest in the world. Led by Mrs. Cheung, CEO, chairman, and founder,... -
Should I Rent My Condo? Assessing Risks of a Property Investment
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In early 2018, Diana Mulhall was undertaking a career change that would eliminate the need for frequent business trips to Toronto. As a result, she wondered... -
Chocolate Confections Corporation
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The purpose of this case is for the student to build and evaluate a cash flow analysis of an investment proposal in an IT project. A central issue is... -
Strategic Reorientation of Xgimi Technology
Management Case Study11.95View Details Focusing on the field of intelligent projection, Xgimi built a strategic development model with the whole machine, algorithm, and software system at the... -
S. J. Lawson, Inc.-A Performance Measurement Behavioral Audit
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details With the encouragement of its overseas parent company, Cochran Consumer Products Inc. (CCPI), the U.S.-based executive team at S. J. Lawson, Inc. (SJLI),... -
Closed-End Funds at Saba Capital Management
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Ryanair Holdings plc
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Examines the valuation of an Irish airline that reported its first decline in net income in 2004 and saw a 30% stock price drop on the news. Ryanair is... -
Abengoa S.A.: The Unveiling or Unraveling of a Bold New Strategy?
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Shortly after presenting its new asset-light strategy involving the division of its operating structure into three separate entities, Abengoa S.A. is... -
Value Line Publishing, October 2002
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case follows the performance review and financial-statement-forecasting decisions of a Value Line analyst for the retail building-supply industry... -
Daktronics (E): Dividend Policy in 2010
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Magnolia Community Initiative: A Network Approach to Population-Level Change
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This 2014 case describes how the Los Angeles-based Magnolia Community Initiative (MCI) - a network of 70 government, nonprofit and for-profit organizations... -
eBay, Inc.: Stock Option Plans (B)
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Chemblog, A.G. (B)
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Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs: What You Really Need to Know About the Numbers
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The Walt Disney Company's Stock: Buy, Hold, or Sell?
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details A portfolio manager at Century 23 Investment Company was considering whether to maintain holdings in The Walt Disney Company (Disney). She was reviewing...
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Medfield Pharmaceuticals
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Susan Johnson, founder and CEO of Medfield Pharmaceuticals, is faced with conflicting recommendations for extending the patent life of the company's flagship... -
"Showcase Projects" Can Deepen Your Relationships with Profitable Customers
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleThree key tactics that make these projects successful. -
The Balanced Scorecard: Measures That Drive Performance
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleExecutives know that a company's measurement systems strongly affect employee behaviors. But the traditional financial performance measures that worked... -
How Cities Are Using Analytics to Improve Public Health
Global Business Digital ArticleFrom restaurants to lead paint, data is making government more efficient. -
Merger of NOVA Corporation and TransCanada Pipelines Ltd.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Several large Canadian public companies announced their intent to merge and use the "pooling of interests" method rather than the traditional "purchase... -
Note on Financial Forecasting, Solutions
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Financial Statement Analysis
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleFinancial information can be difficult to interpret, but for those who are responsible for an organization's activities, it can also be very beneficial.... -
The Answer to Short-Termism Isn't Asking Investors to Be Patient
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleWe need to encourage larger stakes and a longer-term orientation. -
Murphy Stores: Capital Projects
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Murphy Stores is a field case involving a major retailer deciding whether to allocate $7 million of its remaining (and limited) capital budget to either... -
The Transformation of Microsoft
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In early 2015, Amy Hood, CFO of Microsoft, and the rest of the senior leadership team faced a set of fundamental choices. The firm had opportunities to...