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How to Create a Stakeholder Strategy
Business and society Magazine ArticleA data-driven approach to design, measurement, and implementation -
When Providing Wait Times, It Pays to Underpromise and Overdeliver
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleFour findings from a decade of research on virtual queues. -
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... -
How Unicorns Grow
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleStart-ups seem to be getting bigger faster than ever--Uber is just one example of today's "unicorns," or private, venture-backed companies valued at a... -
Stop Letting Quarterly Numbers Dictate Your Strategy
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleHow CEOs can change the conversation. -
Research: How Management Practices Impact M&A Outcomes
Finance & Accounting 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... -
Outsider CEOs Are on the Rise at the World's Biggest Companies
Organizational Development ResearchAnd not just in turnaround situations. -
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 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... -
A Better Way to Assess Managerial Performance
Corporate finance Magazine ArticleA new measure gets past the distortions of total shareholder return and puts buybacks into perspective. -
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. -
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... -
Data Quality Should Be Everyone's Job
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleHow to be a data provocateur. -
Prestigious Firms Make Riskier Acquisitions Than Other Firms
Strategy & Execution ResearchAnd investors aren't always enthusiastic about it. -
KPIs Aren't Just About Assessing Past Performance
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleA dynamic scorecard can help you predict future performance too. -
Why CEOs Should Share Their Long-Term Plans with Investors
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleInvestors will be patient if you give them a reason to be. -
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... -
Sustainable Business Went Mainstream in 2021
Government Digital ArticleThis year, ESG moved from a “nice to have” to an essential part of corporate strategy — and there’s no going back. -
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. -
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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Alibaba vs. JD.com: An Analysis of Financial Statements and Investment Value
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case describes how Alibaba and JD built their business empires and delivered results using their respective business models after going public. Shortly... -
International Business Machines Corp. (C)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details A financial analyst is examining IBM's 1998 tax note to understand better how the company's 1998 tax note was determined. Teaching purpose: Illustrates... -
Note on Financial Forecasting, Problems
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Presents a problem set. -
AT&T Versus Verizon: A Financial Comparison
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case asks students to prepare a report comparing the financial and operating performance of AT&T and Verizon. Taking the perspective of a communications... -
Accredited Social Health Activists: Managing Predominantly Voluntary Employment Services
Management Case Study11.95View Details In June 2022, India's community health workers, known as accredited social health activists (ASHAs) in the state of Jharkhand, were on strike, demanding... -
Ratios Tell A Story - 2017
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case challenges students to review a series of corporate financial metrics and to match each of them with an industry in a list of 13 industries. -
Bob's Baloney
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case examines the financial performance of Bob's Baloney, a leader in the ultrapremium bologna market. While the business appears to be doing well... -
On the Use of Capital Efficiency Metrics
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This note describes capital efficiency metrics including RONA, ROIC, and EVA. This note is intended to be used with the case "Boeing 737 Industrial Footprint:... -
Leasing Decision at Magnet Beauty Products, Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details A fast-growing retailer is facing two different leasing options for its stores. In choosing between the two options, management is considering the potential... -
Ratios Tell a Story-2015
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View 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... -
Vyaderm Pharmaceuticals: The EVA Decision
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View 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.... -
Dimensional Fund Advisors, 2002
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) is an investment management firm that prides itself on basing its investment strategies on sound academic research. Many... -
A Primer on OKRs
Management Case Study8.95View Details The OKR framework is a popular goal-setting and strategy execution tool that uses goal setting through "Objectives" and measuring performance using "Key... -
Note on Financial Forecasting, Solutions
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Presents solutions. -
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),... -
BreatheScreen Inc. Transaction Analysis and Financial Statements
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Dr. John Anderson plans to license a technology that will be used to develop a device that would help physicians detect early-stage cancers. Patients... -
Bed Bath & Beyond: The New Strategy to Drive Shareholder Value
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details At one time, Bed Bath & Beyond was one of the most successful specialty retailers in the United States-it's growth and profit margins far exceeded both... -
Hewlett Packard: Performance Measurement in the Supply Chain
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In a maturing market, HPs attention moved from Return on Sales to Return on Net Assets. Mismatches between demand and supply, aggrevated by a long supply... -
International Business Machines Corp. (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Perform financial ratio analysis to identify changes in IBM's business mix and profitability. -
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...
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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... -
Note on Financial Forecasting, Solutions
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Presents solutions. -
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.... -
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),... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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...