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Managing the Liquidity Crisis
Global Business Digital ArticleCompanies are scrambling for cash in the face of the pandemic. -
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. -
Gathering Green Data: Tools and Tips
Costing Digital ArticleIn my last post, I talked about the ways you can use green data — footprinting information on your products and services up and down the value chain — to create enormous value for your company. As they say, you can’t manage what you don’t measure. And those with the best information can cut costs, […] -
Measuring Investment Center Performance
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleA spate of articles and books about return on investment has appeared during the past two or three years. Improving company earnings in relation to the capital used to generate those earnings has become a matter of great concern to many top financial and general managers. Their concern is not surprising. About three years ago, […] -
Mining Gold in Not-for-Profit Brands
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleNonprofits are putting hard numbers on the value of their brands, many of which consumers trust highly. Such organizations are hoping brand valuation... -
Collaborating with Congregations: Opportunities for Financial Services in the Inner City
Economics Magazine ArticleBy pooling the resources of the poor and by sharing information, religious and financial institutions can work together to change inner-city economies. -
Making Smart Investments: A Beginner's Guide
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleReduce the risk factor, increase the reward factor, and generate meaningful returns. -
Meet the New Banker, Same as the Old Banker?
Finance and investing Digital ArticleCitigroup’s appointment of Lloyd TSB’s Terri Dial to head its consumer banking operations is being heralded as part of “widespread changes” being implemented by CEO Vakrim Pandit. To this, I say: “Really?” Dial’s entire professional career has been in retail banking. How much of a change does she really represent? The banking industry is moribund. […] -
The Price of Wall Street’s Power
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleHow the financial sector’s outsize influence is undermining business -
How Private Equity Firms Infuse a Positive Attitude
Private equity Digital ArticleTimes change and markets transform themselves overnight. The half-life of common wisdom is shorter than ever. But top private equity firms have distilled a set of institutional habits that boost the likelihood of their success. What’s critical to this success? Attitude. PE leaders take pains to foster a “results-oriented mind-set”. In short, that means creating […] -
Case Study: Should We Embrace Crypto?
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleThe CFO of an online education platform considers whether to adopt Bitcoin for payments and investments. -
What Will It Take to Make Finance More Gender-Balanced?
Leadership & Managing People ResearchEven in countries that prioritize gender equality, the industry is still dominated by men. -
It's Time to Change How ESG Is Measured
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleCreating separate ratings for E, S, and G would benefit firms, investors, and policymakers. -
Use Failure as an Opportunity to Reflect on Your Strengths
Difficult conversations Digital ArticleRejection hurts — but it isn’t the end. -
A Refresher on Return on Assets and Return on Equity
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleYou need these to understand your company's profitability. -
How to Attract the Right Shareholders
Fundraising Digital ArticleInstead of casting a wide net, try a more strategic approach. -
Cost Cutting That Makes You Stronger
Finance and investing SpotlightHow the most resilient companies position themselves to grow -
How to Get Through the Holidays Without Going Broke
Budgets and budgeting Digital ArticleFour budgeting hacks from a financial advisor. -
Foreclosure Crisis Provides Opportunity for Bankruptcy Reform
Finance and investing Digital ArticleIt is tempting to look on the current foreclosure procedural moratorium as a reprieve for desperate homeowners, giving them more time in their homes. But a sustained backlog not only undermines any housing recovery, it threatens the entire economy, putting the country at risk for another recession — the dreaded double dip. Today over thirty […] -
Bringing the Environment Down to Earth
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleManagers should make environmental investments for the same reason they make other investments: because they expect them to deliver positive returns or to reduce risks.
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Champion International
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Management must decide which first quarter's earnings numbers to report. The company is classified by its securities market as a "growth" company. The... -
Danshui Plant No. 2
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Danshui Plant No. 2 in southern China has a one-year contract with Apple Inc. to assemble 2.4 million iPhones. In the first three months of the contract,... -
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Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details A vice-president of Ventures West, a leading Canadian venture capital firm, must decide what due diligence to conduct in order to recommend an investment... -
Privé Technologies: Digitalization of Asset Management Services in Hong Kong
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details There has been a growing interest in fintech companies in recent years. The case describes how Privé Technologies has grown from a fintech startup to... -
Mathematics for Management: A Self-Paced Learning Program: Finance Section
Finance & Accounting Tool20.00View Details The Finance Section of Mathematics for Management covers the essential concepts in finance that students need to know as part of the MBA curriculum. The... -
Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Long-Term Capital Management, L.P. (LTCM) was in the business of engaging in trading strategies to exploit market pricing discrepancies. Because the firm... -
Antler
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case describes the founding, development, and scaling of Antler, an early-stage investment platform that invests in entrepreneurs pre-team and, in... -
KPMG (B): Risk and Reform
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Under the leadership of Tim Flynn, Chairman and CEO of KPMG, the firm made a number of changes in compensation, governance, and culture in order to address... -
Media Markets Down South: Goldman Sachs' Investment in Grupo Clarín
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Founded in 1945, Grupo Clarín expanded over several decades to become Argentina's largest media conglomerate. With leading positions in newspapers, broadcast... -
Finance in Motion: Investing in Development
Management Case Study11.95View Details The impact asset manager Finance in Motion (FiM) was founded in 2009 by Sylvia Wisniwski in Frankfurt. The company has grown significantly over the years... -
Go Beyond Investing
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In 2013, Brigitte Baumann, founder of the Pan-European angel investing provider Go Beyond Investing, reflected on the evolution of her venture and the... -
Loblaw and Shoppers Drug Mart
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In mid-2013, the executive chairman of Loblaw Companies Ltd. was considering whether it was in his company's best interest to acquire Shoppers Drug Mart.... -
Harvard Business School Executive Education: Balancing Online and Offline Marketing
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details How does a small business set its online media budget? The HBS Executive Education Division can be viewed as a small-to-medium sized business unit with... -
ACP, Inc. (A)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details A division president of a Fortune 50 company must decide whether to initiate an immense capacity expansion. The critical question is whether revenue from... -
Borealis
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details When Borealis, a European producer of plastics, used a traditional, time-consuming budgeting process, the budget was quickly out of date in a competitive... -
Duke Heart Failure Program
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Duke University Health System has for the past five years operated a specialized clinic for the management of congestive heart failure, a very common... -
Matrix Capital Management (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Ben Balbale, a partner at hedge fund Matrix Capital, must decide whether to exit their investment in Rovi Corporation, a company with a diverse portfolio... -
Yamanote Kaikan
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In 2001, James O'Connell, president of Holyoke Japan, an affiliate of Larson Capital, a distress debt private equity firm, wants to bid on a 90 billion... -
SAPMER: Strategic Growth and Its Financial Implications
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details SAPMER SA was a Southern Ocean fishing company started by three Réunion Island entrepreneurs with one ship in 1947. The company grew from an entrepreneurial...
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Managing the Liquidity Crisis
Global Business Digital ArticleCompanies are scrambling for cash in the face of the pandemic. -
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. -
Gathering Green Data: Tools and Tips
Costing Digital ArticleIn my last post, I talked about the ways you can use green data — footprinting information on your products and services up and down the value chain — to create enormous value for your company. As they say, you can’t manage what you don’t measure. And those with the best information can cut costs, […] -
Measuring Investment Center Performance
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleA spate of articles and books about return on investment has appeared during the past two or three years. Improving company earnings in relation to the capital used to generate those earnings has become a matter of great concern to many top financial and general managers. Their concern is not surprising. About three years ago, […] -
Mining Gold in Not-for-Profit Brands
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleNonprofits are putting hard numbers on the value of their brands, many of which consumers trust highly. Such organizations are hoping brand valuation... -
Collaborating with Congregations: Opportunities for Financial Services in the Inner City
Economics Magazine ArticleBy pooling the resources of the poor and by sharing information, religious and financial institutions can work together to change inner-city economies. -
Making Smart Investments: A Beginner's Guide
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleReduce the risk factor, increase the reward factor, and generate meaningful returns. -
Meet the New Banker, Same as the Old Banker?
Finance and investing Digital ArticleCitigroup’s appointment of Lloyd TSB’s Terri Dial to head its consumer banking operations is being heralded as part of “widespread changes” being implemented by CEO Vakrim Pandit. To this, I say: “Really?” Dial’s entire professional career has been in retail banking. How much of a change does she really represent? The banking industry is moribund. […] -
Champion International
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Management must decide which first quarter's earnings numbers to report. The company is classified by its securities market as a "growth" company. The... -
Danshui Plant No. 2
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Danshui Plant No. 2 in southern China has a one-year contract with Apple Inc. to assemble 2.4 million iPhones. In the first three months of the contract,...