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The Other Diversity Dividend
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleResearchers have struggled to establish a causal relationship between diversity and financial performance--especially at large companies, where decision... -
Give Your Employees Specific Goals and the Freedom to Figure Out How to Reach Them
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIt's an idea that needs to be a part of the future of work. -
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... -
When Providing Wait Times, It Pays to Underpromise and Overdeliver
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleFour findings from a decade of research on virtual queues. -
The Case for Investing in Underdogs
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleDon't undervalue the overlooked. -
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. -
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... -
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... -
Why Are Companies That Lose Money Still So Successful?
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleNew research on how to identify investments that produce delayed but real profits - not just those that produce short-term accounting profits. -
KPIs Aren’t Just About Assessing Past Performance
Performance indicators Digital ArticleA dynamic scorecard can help you predict future performance too. -
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... -
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... -
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. -
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,... -
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 […] -
6 Factors That Determine Your Company’s Valuation
Corporate finance Digital ArticleInvestors have a quantitative understanding of how the market values a company. Management teams should too. -
Why the Best CEOs Are Already Thinking About Their Exits
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleYour legacy depends on a good succession plan. -
Using Scorecards for Governance in the Corporate and Public Sector
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleI didn't anticipate that I would leave the country of Iceland with a renewed awareness of the different governance challenges faced by private and public... -
Data Quality Should Be Everyone's Job
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleHow to be a data provocateur. -
The Error at the Heart of Corporate Leadership
Organizational Development SpotlightIn "The Error at the Heart of Corporate Leadership," Joseph Bower and Lynn Paine examine the foundations and flaws of agency theory, which views shareholders...
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FedEx Corp. Versus United Parcel Service of America, Inc.: Who Will Deliver Returns from China?
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In early 2006, the anticipated expansion of package delivery services in China provided a great opportunity for the two package delivery giants FedEx... -
Identifying Value Creators
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Presents measures of financial performance and health for pairs of Asian and American companies in different industries from 1996 to 2000. The measures... -
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... -
Remington, Inc.: Instant Insights for Financial Ratios
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Traditional financial-ratio analysis is a popular after-the-fact look at financial and managerial performance. This case introduces a means for incorporating... -
Note on Retail Economics
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Reviews some elementary statistics on financial ratios that are commonly used to evaluate retailing companies. -
A Primer on OKRs
Management Case Study8.95View Details The OKR framework is a popular goal-setting and strategy execution tool that uses goal setting through "Objectives" and measuring performance using "Key... -
International Business Machines Corp. (C)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details A financial analyst is examining IBM's 1998 tax note to understand better how the company's 1998 tax note was determined. Teaching purpose: Illustrates... -
Introduction to Financial Ratios and Financial Statement Analysis
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Introduces and describes meaning and uses for financial ratios to assess profitability, activity, solvency and leverage, and returns to shareholders. -
Maumee Commercial Dining Products, Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In this case students must ascertain what financial ratios they recommend the company focus on and they must also decide how best to communicate, explain,... -
Financial Accounting Reading: Introduction to Valuation
Finance & Accounting Tool40.00View Details The objective of this reading is to introduce two fundamental investment principles that underlie stock valuations and how these principles apply to two... -
Bob's Baloney
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case examines the financial performance of Bob's Baloney, a leader in the ultrapremium bologna market. While the business appears to be doing well... -
Off-Balance Sheet Leases in the Restaurant Industry
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Amid mounting concern by credit agencies about off-balance sheet liabilities, an analyst for one of the leading credit-rating agencies has been asked... -
Coca-Cola Co. (C)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Boeing 737 Manufacturing Footprint: The Wichita Decision
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The case examines the circumstances leading up to the Boeing Company's decision to spin-off its Wichita Division. This case is intended to be taught with... -
Saint Honore: Benchmarking Store-Level Performance
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case study applies data envelopment analysis (DEA), a well-known performance measurement methodology, to assess and compare individual store's efficiency... -
Case of the Unidentified Industries--2006
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Helps students to understand how the characteristics of a business are reflected in its financial statements. -
Alibaba vs. JD.com: An Analysis of Financial Statements and Investment Value
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case describes how Alibaba and JD built their business empires and delivered results using their respective business models after going public. Shortly... -
Cavendish Cove Cottages
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Sherry Noonan, a senior business student, is considering purchasing Cavendish Cove Cottages, a complex of 19 cottage rental units marketed to visitors.... -
The Dividend Discount Model
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This note focuses on the dividend model (DDM), or Gordon Growth Model, as it is sometimes known. The DDM appears in many forms in practice. The note examines... -
The Game of Financial Ratios
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This exercise revolves around the rivalry between two financial analysts. Upset by their constant game of one-upmanship, an advisor to the governor of...
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FedEx Corp. Versus United Parcel Service of America, Inc.: Who Will Deliver Returns from China?
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In early 2006, the anticipated expansion of package delivery services in China provided a great opportunity for the two package delivery giants FedEx... -
The Other Diversity Dividend
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleResearchers have struggled to establish a causal relationship between diversity and financial performance--especially at large companies, where decision... -
Identifying Value Creators
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Presents measures of financial performance and health for pairs of Asian and American companies in different industries from 1996 to 2000. The measures... -
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... -
Remington, Inc.: Instant Insights for Financial Ratios
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Traditional financial-ratio analysis is a popular after-the-fact look at financial and managerial performance. This case introduces a means for incorporating... -
Note on Retail Economics
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Reviews some elementary statistics on financial ratios that are commonly used to evaluate retailing companies. -
A Primer on OKRs
Management Case Study8.95View Details The OKR framework is a popular goal-setting and strategy execution tool that uses goal setting through "Objectives" and measuring performance using "Key... -
Inside BMW’s Decarbonization Strategy
If you’re making complex strategic decisions based off of big, emerging trends in your industry, this episode is for you. -
International Business Machines Corp. (C)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details A financial analyst is examining IBM's 1998 tax note to understand better how the company's 1998 tax note was determined. Teaching purpose: Illustrates... -
Introduction to Financial Ratios and Financial Statement Analysis
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Introduces and describes meaning and uses for financial ratios to assess profitability, activity, solvency and leverage, and returns to shareholders.