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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 -
Putting the Balanced Scorecard to Work
Balanced scorecard Magazine ArticleWhat do companies like Rockwater, Apple Computer, and Advanced Micro Devices have in common? They’re using the scorecard to measure performance and set strategy. -
What I Learned from Warren Buffett
Financial analysis Magazine ArticleA book on Buffett spurs Gates to reflect on their friendship. -
Contribution Margin: What It Is, How to Calculate It, and Why You Need It
Accounting Digital ArticleDo you know what your most profitable product is? -
Six Rules for Effective Forecasting
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe primary goal of forecasting is to identify the full range of possibilities facing a company, society, or the world at large. In this article, Saffo... -
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... -
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, […] -
CEOs Don’t Care Enough About Capital Allocation
Financial analysis Digital ArticleBut it’s the best way to create value. -
Do You Know How Much Your Business Is Worth?
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleSmaller, privately held firms should conduct a detailed valuation at least once a year. Here's how. -
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... -
Today’s Options for Tomorrow’s Growth
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleSince the rise in the use of discounted cash flow techniques, most managers face an increasingly difficult choice in evaluating complex investment decisions. Should they pursue risky projects that offer a below-target rate of return but could create valuable strategic opportunities later? Or should they stick with a less risky and more immediately profitable bet? […] -
How Much Should a Corporation Earn?
Financial analysis Magazine ArticleThis article presents the research findings of a leading U.S. corporation, AT&T, on a series of important economic questions and issues, with an interpretation of the material by one of the company’s top executives. The subject is corporate earnings patterns in different industries, investment trends, the relation of profits and investment to GNP, and other […] -
How Much Cash Does Your Company Need?
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleIn late 2001, the directors of Pfizer asked that very question. And with good reason. After its 2000 merger with rival Warner-Lambert, the New York-based... -
The Investor Revolution
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues have traditionally been of secondary concern to investors. But in recent years, institutional investors... -
Are You Paying Too Much for That Acquisition?
Mergers and acquisitions Magazine ArticleThe key is knowing what your top price is—and having the discipline to stick to it. -
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. -
3 Things Are Holding Back Your Analytics, and Technology Isn't One of Them
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleThe challenges are organizational. -
Does the Market Know Your Company’s Real Worth?
Financial markets Magazine ArticleNot long ago I asked the officer of a regional investment banking firm why the price-earnings ratio for a small publicly held company was so low. “After all,” I said, “this company has the potential to grow since it’s in the dental equipment industry. It seems to me it warrants a high ratio.” “Don’t you […]
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Under Armour Under Pressure: Ratio Analysis
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details An analyst at Vaux Gibson Inc., a fund that managed a portfolio of North American equities, was tasked with reviewing the fund's holdings of Under Armour... -
Upjohn Co.: The Upjohn - Pharmacia Merger
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In August 1995, the Upjohn Co. and Pharmacia AB announced a "merger of equals." This case provides background information on the industry, the position... -
City of New York
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case examines the economics of a municipality, and then explores its financial position from the perspective of a bond rating firm. -
UK Gilts: Analysis of Bond Investments
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case is about government bonds, using specific bonds issued by the UK Government. It can be used to teach the basics of time value of money and discounting... -
Ryanair Holdings plc
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View 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... -
Qutoutiao: Financial Accounting and Unit Economics of a Mobile Content Platform
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case focuses on the customer loyalty program of Qutoutiao Inc. (QTT, NASDAQ: QTT). Financial analysis, unit economics, and accounting treatments... -
Dynashears, Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details A senior loan officer is reviewing the recent performance of a company that has failed to repay its loan as scheduled. The failure results from a cyclical... -
FJ Management Inc.
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In late 2015, Crystal Call Maggelet, president and CEO of FJ Management, is working with her investment committee to help set the company's strategic... -
Adelphia Communications Corp.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details A bank officer must make a loan application decision for a large but financially troubled cable broadcaster. -
Daktronics (E): Dividend Policy in 2010
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details In early March 2010, Bill Ritterath, Chief Financial Officer of Daktronics, Inc., was meeting in his office with Jim Morgan, CEO, and Alered (Al) Kurtenbach,... -
Financial Accounting Reading: Fair Value Measurement in Accounting
Finance & Accounting Tool40.00View Details The objective of this reading is to enhance understanding of the concept of fair value as used in accounting. It is not intended to expand knowledge of... -
Corrections Corp. of America
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case illustrates a comprehensive valuation of a publicly-traded firm specializing in building and managing prisons. Students must assess the firm's... -
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... -
Understand Financial Statements
Finance & Accounting ToolYour organization's financial statements reveal critical insights into how well it's doing-and steps you can take to help. But to use those insights,... -
Boston Beer Co., Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Capital markets may have overcapitalized the craft brewing industry during a flurry of new IPOs. In the context of this "hot" IPO market each individual... -
Progressive Insurance: Disclosure Strategy
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Progressive Insurance had refused to play Wall Street's earning game. Progressive didn't manage reported earnings nor did management give guidance to... -
Boston Chicken, Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case examines Boston Chicken's franchise strategy for growing its innovative restaurant business, and the associated accounting reporting issues... -
CSI Financial Statements 2014: Using Financial Ratios to Identify Companies
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case raises a number of issues related to the relationship between financial metrics and a company's business model and strategy. Specifically, the... -
Histograms and the Normal Distribution in Microsoft Excel
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Histograms are graphs that provide a large amount of useful information for all types of data and display the frequency of observations in a data set....
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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 -
Putting the Balanced Scorecard to Work
Balanced scorecard Magazine ArticleWhat do companies like Rockwater, Apple Computer, and Advanced Micro Devices have in common? They’re using the scorecard to measure performance and set strategy. -
What I Learned from Warren Buffett
Financial analysis Magazine ArticleA book on Buffett spurs Gates to reflect on their friendship. -
Contribution Margin: What It Is, How to Calculate It, and Why You Need It
Accounting Digital ArticleDo you know what your most profitable product is? -
Six Rules for Effective Forecasting
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe primary goal of forecasting is to identify the full range of possibilities facing a company, society, or the world at large. In this article, Saffo... -
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... -
Under Armour Under Pressure: Ratio Analysis
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details An analyst at Vaux Gibson Inc., a fund that managed a portfolio of North American equities, was tasked with reviewing the fund's holdings of Under Armour... -
Under Armour Under Pressure: Ratio Analysis - Student Spreadsheet
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleStudent spreadsheet for case W18648