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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. -
Setting Your Annual Budget Amid Economic Uncertainty
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleFour steps to prepare your company - before it's too late. -
Big Companies Don't Pay as Well as They Used To
Organizational Development ResearchAnd it's one reason inequality has increased. -
How Fast Should Your Company Grow?
Financial analysis Magazine ArticleThe phrase “fast growth” conjures up a picture of a high-technology company serving markets that have seemingly inexhaustible appetites for its products. Panting investors and rising stock prices are generally part of the image. A typical example of such a high-growth company is Tandy Corporation, owner of the Radio Shack chain and manufacturer of the […] -
The Two Big Reasons That Digital Transformations Fail
Leadership & Managing People ResearchResults from a study of 1,350 companies. -
Managing as if Tomorrow Mattered
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleFew economic decisions are as difficult as those involving the choice between present and future consumption. Some people, unable to place much faith in the future, happily borrow to fund present pleasures; others, with longer time horizons, are wary of such “fly now, pay later” policies. They fear that the required payments, when viewed up […] -
Seven Ways to Fail Big
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhat causes companies to fail spectacularly? A recent study of 750 of the biggest U.S. business disasters of the past 25 years reveals that seven popular... -
“Showcase Projects” Can Deepen Your Relationships with Profitable Customers
Financial analysis Digital ArticleThree key tactics that make these projects successful. -
Can Zombie Firms Survive Rising Interest Rates?
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleThey feast on cheap credit, which is drying up. -
Don’t Be a Hypocrite About Failure
Career coaching Digital ArticleOwn up to your shortcomings. -
How Chief Data Officers Can Get Their Companies to Collect Clean Data
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleIt's in everybody's interest. -
3 Reasons New Coaches and Consultants Fail
Career coaching Digital ArticleOne mistake: Not taking low-fee, brand-building work early on. -
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... -
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. -
Research: Family Firms Are More Innovative Than Other Companies
Innovation & Leadership ResearchThey spend less on R&D but get higher returns. -
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... -
Content Marketers Need to Act Like Publishers
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleNot just think like them. -
Kodak's Downfall Wasn't About Technology
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleWhat it missed was the business model. -
The Art of Admitting Failure
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThis post is part of HBR's special issue on failure. When it comes to business, we are incredibly unaccepting and fearful of making mistakes. And forget... -
The Case for Investing in Underdogs
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleDon't undervalue the overlooked.
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F&S Investments: Understanding Value at Risk
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Within the context of a fictitious hedge fund, a new analyst has been asked to use value at risk (VaR) to evaluate two potential additions to its portfolio... -
Gupta Media: Performance Marketing in the Digital Age
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View 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... -
The Case of the Unidentified Ratios
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details An investment banking analyst seeks to reconstruct which financial ratios go with which companies. -
Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In March 2013, Apple Inc. has a very large cash balance and is under pressure to return cash to shareholders. Hedge fund manager David Einhorn thinks... -
AT&T Versus Verizon: A Financial Comparison
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case asks students to prepare a report comparing the financial and operating performance of AT&T and Verizon. Taking the perspective of a communications... -
Hotel Vertu: Financing the Venture in the Boutique Hotel Industry
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Two recent MBA graduates are considering a business opportunity in the boutique hotel industry. Having found a seemingly attractive property in Savannah,... -
Boston Beer Co., Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View 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... -
Note on Marketing Performance Assessment
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details A review of the dimensions and metrics marketers use to project and assess market and marketing performance. -
Fail Better: Design Smart Mistakes and Succeed Sooner
Strategy & Execution Book30.00View Details If you're aiming to innovate, failure along the way is a given. But can you fail better? Whether you're rolling out a new product from a city-view office... -
HYFLUX LTD.'s PERPETUAL CAPITAL SECURITIES: DEBT OR EQUITY?
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Hyflux Ltd., a Singapore Exchange (SGX) listed sustainable water and energy solutions company, declared losses for the first time since its listing more... -
Note on U.S. Public Education Finance (B): Expenditures
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Describes the cost structure and spending policies of U.S. public school districts. -
WestJet Airlines Ltd.: Investment Strategy
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In August 2009, a portfolio manager for Resolute Funds Inc. is considering adding to his fund's holdings, WestJet Airlines, a fast-growing airline based... -
Easter Seal Foundation of New Hampshire and Vermont
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details A nonprofit that has grown from a "family business" into a large, multimillion dollar entity with a resulting need for more professional management. Case... -
Gazi (C): Getting organized
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Ostensibly there are two issues to be resolved: How to organize for the future, and the future roles and responsibilities of Gazi himself as the organization... -
International Business Machines Corp. (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Perform financial ratio analysis to identify changes in IBM's business mix and profitability. -
Ça Va de Soi: A Phoenix Rises from the Ashes of a Failed IT Project - Part B - The Rise
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case HEC138. This two-part case study of a Canadian knitwear SME called Ça Va de Soi (CVDS) presents a real-life situation: an IT project... -
Note on Comdisco's Lease Accounting
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details A series of examples are used to illustrate Comdisco's leasing transactions. -
Note on Financial Forecasting, Problems
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Presents a problem set. -
KBC Alternative Investment Management (A): Convertible Bond Arbitrage
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Case A: To extract cheap volatility in Duke Energy convertible bonds, Mark Punt, a convertible arbitrageur at KBC AIM, purchases the bonds and delta hedges... -
Hospital Corp. of America (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details HCAs ratio of debt to total capital is approaching 70%, jeopardizing its single-A bond rating. Students must determine an appropriate target debt ratio...
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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. -
F&S Investments: Understanding Value at Risk
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Within the context of a fictitious hedge fund, a new analyst has been asked to use value at risk (VaR) to evaluate two potential additions to its portfolio... -
Gupta Media: Performance Marketing in the Digital Age
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View 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... -
The Case of the Unidentified Ratios
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details An investment banking analyst seeks to reconstruct which financial ratios go with which companies. -
Setting Your Annual Budget Amid Economic Uncertainty
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleFour steps to prepare your company - before it's too late. -
Big Companies Don't Pay as Well as They Used To
Organizational Development ResearchAnd it's one reason inequality has increased. -
Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In March 2013, Apple Inc. has a very large cash balance and is under pressure to return cash to shareholders. Hedge fund manager David Einhorn thinks... -
AT&T Versus Verizon: A Financial Comparison
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case asks students to prepare a report comparing the financial and operating performance of AT&T and Verizon. Taking the perspective of a communications... -
Hotel Vertu: Financing the Venture in the Boutique Hotel Industry
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Two recent MBA graduates are considering a business opportunity in the boutique hotel industry. Having found a seemingly attractive property in Savannah,... -
Boston Beer Co., Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View 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...