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A Refresher on Net Present Value
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleKnow what your project is worth in today's dollars. -
Use Bad News to Your Advantage
Finance & Accounting VideoBe honest with your peers and managers during the budgeting process to avoid issues later. -
Conflicting Roles in Budgeting for Operations
Budgets and budgeting Magazine ArticleA senior design engineer for a large American automobile manufacturer recently complained to one of his colleagues. “Those marketing guys want everything. They’ve decided that what they need in the next design series is ‘The All-American Car.’ They say it’s got to be large enough for a family of five (plus dog), small enough to […] -
Why Executives Should Start Acting Like Activist Investors
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleTo stay competitive, companies need to be able to shift how they allocate capital in response to changing business conditions. -
Using APV: A Better Tool for Valuing Operations
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleToday’s technology can put adjusted present value into the arsenal of every general manager. -
No Innovation Is Immediately Profitable
Disruptive innovation Digital ArticleAnd yet senior managers still believe it is. -
What Big Companies Can Learn from Shark Tank
Budgets and budgeting Digital ArticleBy utilizing the reality show format, corporations can create a more effective forum for pitching innovative products. -
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... -
The Right Way to Prepare Your Budget
Finance and investing Digital ArticleYou can be both hopeful and realistic. -
The Healthy Fear That Drives Growth
Finance & Accounting VideoJessica Herrin, founder and CEO of Stella + Dot, recommends a scrappy, entrepreneurial approach to budgeting--for business of all sizes. -
Case of the Unhealthy Hospital
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleBlake Memorial Hospital was in poor financial health, due to rising costs and stagnating revenues. The hospital's quality of care was also a major problem,... -
Is Your Budgeting Process Killing Your Strategy?
Leadership & Managing People 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... -
How to Prioritize Your Innovation Budget
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleSpend on tomorrow's opportunities, not just today's needs. -
Balance ‘Creativity’ and ‘Practicality’ in Formal Planning
Budgets and budgeting Magazine ArticleThis article contends that to be effective every formal long-range planning system must achieve a compromise between “creativity” and “practicality”—goals for planning that are often in conflict. The authors also argue that the problem of maintaining a satisfactory balance can be directly addressed by varying the design features of the planning/budgeting interface. After specifying the […] -
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 […] -
Understanding NPV
Finance & Accounting VideoNet present value, or NPV, can help managers decide when to make an investment. -
Budget Impacts
Finance & Accounting VideoGetting the budget right is critical because it impacts the coordination of the whole organization. -
The Greening of the Balance Sheet
Budgets and budgeting Magazine ArticleGreen initiatives can, by reducing costs, enhance a company’s bottom line. Actions that harm the environment can have the opposite effect. Now, thanks to a burgeoning market in greenhouse gas emission credits put into effect by the Kyoto Protocol, environmental considerations will increasingly affect not only companies’ income statements but also their balance sheets. A […] -
Life's Work: Frank Gehry
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleFrank Gehry is, at 82, America's most celebrated living architect. Though his creativity has made him famous, his approach to budgeting, client relationships,...
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Hostile Takeovers: A Primer for the Decision Maker
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This note introduces the student to the dynamics of the hostile takeover setting and characterizes the decision problem as a "game." In this context,... -
Aster DM Healthcare: Budgeting for a Crisis
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View 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... -
Rotary Cove Beach
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The branch manager of the YMCA Goderich-Huron considers a change in operations for the Rotary Cover Beach property, which has been unprofitable for years.... -
Granville Symphony Orchestra
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case provides a vehicle for discussing the presentation of a nonprofit's financial statements. The presentation in the orchestra's annual report... -
CAN HENS SAVE DODIYA FARMS?
Management Case Study8.95View Details In May 2021 Ranjit Dodiya, owner of Dodiya Farms in Gujarat India, realizes crop farming brings many risks. Much of the 2018 harvest was ruined due to... -
MTI: Cash Budgeting in Times of a Sharp Business Downturn
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Bill Young, president and CEO of MTI was in Victoria, BC at the time of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Bill knew... -
Speak-On: Projecting Cash Budgets for a New Venture
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In August 2018, the founder of Speak-On, was finalizing plans for his company's first year of operations. Speak-On was a learning tool used in classrooms... -
Black Coffee and Black Cards (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case follows the recently married Shane and Erin as they explore the world of credit cards. Shane, a musician with an irregular salary and a spotty... -
Sippican Corporation (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Presents a time-driven version of the Wilkerson Co. activity-based costing case (101092). Faced with declining profits, Sippican Corp. is struggling to... -
Case of the Colored Post-It Notes
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details An example of how policies about budgeting and resource decisions are commonly misallocated is presented. -
Understanding Customer Profitability at Charles Schwab
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Charles Schwab is transforming into a customer-centric organization. Central to this cultural and organizational change is the utilization of customer... -
Black Coffee and Black Cards (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details B case to case UV7812 This case continues the story of Shane and Erin as they learn about credit cards. In the A case, Shane researched credit cards... -
Novartis (A): Being a Global Leader
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details For the Novartis leaders, the decision to "use stretch budgets again next year" highlights the tension between candor and empowerment and command-and-control,... -
Jackson Automotive Systems
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Jackson Automotive Systems produces automotive parts for advanced heating and air conditioning systems, engine cooling systems, fuel injection and transfer... -
Kaitlyn Otashi: Budgeting and Spending Analysis
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Kaitlyn Otashi opened her banking app and was shocked to see her balance went down compared to last month. She started a new full-time job six months... -
Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.: Planning and Control System
Finance & Accounting Case Study6.95View Details Detailed description of the planning and control systems in use at Johnson & Johnson. Focuses on the actions of managers in one subsidiary in revising... -
Crear Vale la Pena: Using Budgets as Management Tools
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Portrays the difficult situation that Crear Vale la Pena (CVLP) underwent in 2002 as a result of the 2001 Argentine economic crisis. Also describes the... -
Seattle Public Schools--1995-2002 (B): The Performance Agenda
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Describes the implementation in Seattle Public Schools, under the direction of Superintendent Joseph Olchefske, of a systemwide standards and accountability... -
Octane Service Station
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The owner of a gas station must prepare financial statements.
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How to Build Wealth When You Don't Come from Money
You are worthy of wealth, despite the systems designed to keep it from you. -
Everything You Need to Know About Stock Options and RSUs
Finance & Accounting AdviceJust like salary, you should negotiate equity compensation. -
A Refresher on Net Present Value
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleKnow what your project is worth in today's dollars. -
5 Ways to Manage Your Personal Finances
Finance & Accounting ListicleFirst, let go of your limiting beliefs about money. -
Hostile Takeovers: A Primer for the Decision Maker
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This note introduces the student to the dynamics of the hostile takeover setting and characterizes the decision problem as a "game." In this context,... -
PittaRosso: Artificial Intelligence-Driven Pricing and Promotion, Spreadsheet Supplement
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleSpreadsheet supplement to case 522046. -
Use Bad News to Your Advantage
Finance & Accounting VideoBe honest with your peers and managers during the budgeting process to avoid issues later. -
Aster DM Healthcare: Budgeting for a Crisis
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View 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... -
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... -
Rotary Cove Beach
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The branch manager of the YMCA Goderich-Huron considers a change in operations for the Rotary Cover Beach property, which has been unprofitable for years....