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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
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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... -
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... -
3 Things Are Holding Back Your Analytics, and Technology Isn't One of Them
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Prestigious Firms Make Riskier Acquisitions Than Other Firms
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The Best-Performing CEOs in the World 2017
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleMore than 15 years ago Jim Collins, the author of the management best seller "Good to Great," introduced the flywheel as a metaphor for the enduring power... -
When Providing Wait Times, It Pays to Underpromise and Overdeliver
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleFour findings from a decade of research on virtual queues. -
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... -
The Best-Performing CEOs in the World
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThis is a challenging time to be a CEO. Around the world, economic growth is slow, political uncertainty undermines attempts to develop long-term plans,... -
Don't Let Metrics Undermine Your Business
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleEvery day, at almost every company, strategy is being hijacked by numbers. Because strategy is abstract, employees often mentally replace it with the... -
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... -
Why the Best CEOs Are Already Thinking About Their Exits
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Outsider CEOs Are on the Rise at the World's Biggest Companies
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Sustainable Business Went Mainstream in 2021
Global Business 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 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... -
KPIs Aren't Just About Assessing Past Performance
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleA dynamic scorecard can help you predict future performance too. -
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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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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Kangaroo Tail Winery Limited (D)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case TB0499. Two Australian entrepreneurs, Anna Amphlett and Andrew Ferris decided to start a new venture to produce, market and distribute... -
Coca-Cola Co. (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In order to fully appreciate Coca-Cola's profitability, financial risk, and operating risk, Jane Wilson, a security analyst, is considering preparing... -
Identify the Industries--1996
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Common-size balance sheets and financial ratios are given for thirteen companies. Students must identify which company is in which of thirteen industries.... -
Costco Wholesale Corp. Financial Statement Analysis (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details An investor is called on to make a forecast and valuation for Costco. Provides information about the history of Costco as an investment, industry growth... -
Residual Income Valuation Model
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This note explains the residual income valuation model (RIM), how it relates to "traditional" valuation models, the intuition behind its use, and empirical... -
Mercury Athletic: Valuing the Opportunity
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In January 2007, West Coast Fashions, Inc., a large designer and marketer of branded apparel, announced a strategic reorganization that would result in... -
Bed Bath & Beyond: The New Strategy to Drive Shareholder Value
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View 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... -
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... -
Grupo SMU: A Challenging Corporate Restructuring Process
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case tells the story of SMU Group, the third-largest supermarket operator in Chile. Having implemented a second restructuring plan (CIMA) between... -
Gupta Media: Performance Marketing in the Digital Age
Sales & Marketing Case Study15.05View Details Gupta Media is a Digital Marketing firm started in 2005 that places advertisements and marketing promotions for its clients in digital media, mainly social... -
How Operations Impacts Financial Performance
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details This note explains the building blocks of common financial performance metrics and show how operations affect those metrics. Return on assets (ROA) and... -
Assess Financial Health
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The Case of the Unidentified Healthcare Companies -- 2010
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case presents financial statements and selected ratios for 14 unidentified healthcare organizations and asks that each set of financial information... -
Identify the Industries, Supplement
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements Identify the Industries.
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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 -
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
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Under Armour Under Pressure: Ratio Analysis - Teaching Note
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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... -
Profitability Ratios - The Higher the Better (Mostly): The Five You Need to Know
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Book Chapter8.95View Details Profitability ratios help you evaluate your company's ability to generate profits. While there are dozens of them, there are only five that entrepreneurs... -
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,...