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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
Global Business Magazine ArticleLately companies have come to recognize the limitations of the view that they must create value only for shareholders. Recognizing that every stakeholder... -
Market Share—a Key to Profitability
Marketing Magazine ArticleThe March–April 1974 issue of HBR carried an article that reported on Phases I and II of a project sponsored by the Marketing Science Institute and the Harvard Business School. The basic purpose of the project is to determine the profit impact of market strategies (PIMS). The earlier article established a link between strategic planning […] -
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... -
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... -
A Better Way to Assess Managerial Performance
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleTotal shareholder return (TSR) has become the definitive metric for gauging performance. Unlike accounting measures such as revenue growth or earnings... -
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... -
Research: How Management Practices Impact M&A Outcomes
Business management 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 practices. -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Managing for the Long Term, Chinese Version
Organizational Development SpotlightIn this issue's Spotlight we examine how a focus on maximizing shareholder value--which leads to short-termism for management and boards--can threaten... -
How Fintech Can Deliver on Its Social Impact Promises
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleDigital financial companies are making big claims about financial inclusion - but are failing to disclose data that backs up their efforts. -
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... -
The Case for Investing in Underdogs
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleDon't undervalue the overlooked. -
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,... -
The CEO View: Defending a Good Company from Bad Investors, Portuguese Version
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... -
Power Sharing Can Change Corporations for the Better, Japanese Version
Global Business Big IdeaStrategies for ensuring stakeholder voices are heard and ESG goals are met. -
Prestigious Firms Make Riskier Acquisitions Than Other Firms
Strategy & Execution ResearchAnd investors aren't always enthusiastic about it.
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Cavendish Cove Cottages
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Sherry Noonan, a senior business student, is considering purchasing Cavendish Cove Cottages, a complex of 19 cottage rental units marketed to visitors.... -
Mary Chia Holdings Limited: Sell or Hold?
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Mary Chia Holdings Limited (MCH) was a provider of lifestyle and wellness services for women and men in Singapore and Malaysia. Listed on the Singapore... -
Vyaderm Pharmaceuticals: The EVA Decision, Spanish Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View 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.... -
Goldman Sachs and the Big Short: Time to Go Long?
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details On August 21, 2007, David Viniar, Chief Financial Officer of Goldman Sachs, received an e-mail from a trader in Goldman's Mortgage Department. In the... -
Track Financial Performance, Chinese Version
Finance & Accounting ToolWhether you're monitoring an investment you've made or an operational budget you've developed for your group, you need to track the financial performance... -
Roche: ESG and Access to Healthcare
Management Case Study8.95View Details In May 2022, Roche Group, one of the largest healthcare companies in the world, hosted its first ESG investor event focused exclusively on its efforts... -
Fresatrice Bertone Group: Financing in Times of Crisis
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case deals with an Italian company that produces machine tools (milling machines), an expensive product in a very competitive and cyclical industry.... -
Southeastern Asset Management Challenges Buyout at Dell
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In late 2012, Michael Dell wants to take Dell Inc., the company he founded, private. Mr. Dell believes that the successful company's transformation from... -
Drivers of Industry Financial Structure
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case contains common-size balance sheets and financial ratios for 10 companies, each representative of a different industry. Students are asked to... -
First Investments, Inc.: Analysis of Financial Statements
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details A summer intern is asked to perform a financial value analysis of a company's financial report for the period 1987-1994. -
Bubble & Bee Organic: The Need for Pro Forma Financial Modeling
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Stephanie Greenwood, founder and co-owner of Bubble & Bee Organic (B&B) was at a crossroads. She wanted to grow her business, but for that to happen she... -
La Madrilena: Economic Performance Management in 2014
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details La Madrilena, footwear and sport goods' retailer, operated 18 stores -under La Madrilena brand for shoes and Quonam for sports- in Argentina's Patagonia... -
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... -
Hewlett Packard: Performance Measurement in the Supply Chain, Condensed Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View 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... -
"GEnron"? Markopolos versus General Electric (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In August 2019, Harry Markopolos-the forensic accountant known for uncovering Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme-alleged that General Electric had committed... -
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... -
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... -
Note on Financial Analysis
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Serves as an introduction to funds flows and ratio analysis. Includes basic discussion of these tools as assists in the analyst's or manager's job. Supplementary... -
Boston Beer Co., Inc., Japanese Version
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... -
Carbostar: To sell or not to sell? That is the question
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The Morales couple, Carlos and María, and Andrés Córdoba, shareholders of the twenty-year old Colombian mining company Carbostar, wanted to step down...
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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
Global Business Magazine ArticleLately companies have come to recognize the limitations of the view that they must create value only for shareholders. Recognizing that every stakeholder... -
Market Share—a Key to Profitability
Marketing Magazine ArticleThe March–April 1974 issue of HBR carried an article that reported on Phases I and II of a project sponsored by the Marketing Science Institute and the Harvard Business School. The basic purpose of the project is to determine the profit impact of market strategies (PIMS). The earlier article established a link between strategic planning […] -
Cavendish Cove Cottages
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Sherry Noonan, a senior business student, is considering purchasing Cavendish Cove Cottages, a complex of 19 cottage rental units marketed to visitors.... -
Cavendish Cove Cottages Teaching Note
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTeaching Note for NA0274 -
Mary Chia Holdings Limited: Sell or Hold?
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Mary Chia Holdings Limited (MCH) was a provider of lifestyle and wellness services for women and men in Singapore and Malaysia. Listed on the Singapore... -
Vyaderm Pharmaceuticals: The EVA Decision, Spanish Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View 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.... -
Goldman Sachs and the Big Short: Time to Go Long?
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details On August 21, 2007, David Viniar, Chief Financial Officer of Goldman Sachs, received an e-mail from a trader in Goldman's Mortgage Department. In the... -
Track Financial Performance, Chinese Version
Finance & Accounting ToolWhether you're monitoring an investment you've made or an operational budget you've developed for your group, you need to track the financial performance...