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20 Tips To Save Time & Money In Your Small Business And At Home
Sep 2009
These are difficult times and every small business (and large ones) needs to find ways to save money and time without delivering less value to their customers. Service to customers must be...
Provided by American Express
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Where Is The Business Going? Succession Planning Points For Consideration
Jul 2009
This paper explains some points for consideration in developing your own business succession plan. Having an exit strategy is crucial, and often overlooked. Although it is tough to know what your...
Provided by American Express
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7 Reasons Why Your Marketing Plan Doesn't Work
Sep 2009
Every business should operate with a set of plans - a plan for the business, a plan for cash, a plan for growth, and certainly a plan for marketing. Opening a business with no plan is kind of like...
Provided by American Express
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Some Quick Tips For Small Businesses In This Financial Crisis
Oct 2008
Make sure you to take the right professional advice for each type of issue you are tackling. Your accountant can be your best friend, so consider allowing him electronic access to your books and...
Provided by American Express
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Borrow Better: How To Get A Loan And Keep It
May 2009
Loans are big business for small business owners. Even applying for a simple credit facility can mean risking a lot. But a well-prepared borrower can negotiate from a position of strength, saving...
Provided by American Express
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Best Practices In Finance: A Roadmap For Funding
May 2009
Not everyone who runs a business is a financial wizard. And why should they be? People go into business for a variety of reasons - to transform something they love into something that pays; to...
Provided by American Express
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Consumer Savings During Times Of Economic Downturn
May 2009
The upshot is that there is a "New normal" looming. Rather than the cheery 3.4% real GDP growth that we have seen globally in recent years, we will return to growth, but at a considerably lower...
Provided by American Express
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Cash Management: Five Tips To Help Small Companies
May 2009
In today's economy, many small and mid-size companies lack sufficient cash reserves to ride out the storm. Finding new customers is tougher than usual. And, as you know, raising prices isn't...
Provided by American Express
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The Great Test Of Economic Intervention
Jun 2009
One of the constant refrains of the new boomsayers, rally-rompers, and green shootists is that we're not likely to experience a redux of the Great Depression. This time things will be different,...
Provided by American Express
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5 Ways To Save Your Business Money Now
Jun 2009
If sales are down and cash flow is tight, small business owners can find ways to reduce expenses and save money. This paper shows five ways you can get started. You can conserve cash yet obtain...
Provided by American Express
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How To Preserve Cash For Your Business
Jun 2009
If you're running a small business today and aren't thinking about how to tighten your belt, you are surely in rarefied company. But if you're like the rest of us, you're scrambling to cover...
Provided by American Express
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Learning To Cut To Win
Jun 2009
If only everyone had cut out all the excessive crap back in 2006 when it might have mattered. Since most small businesses didn't, many have streamlined and are quickly learning how to tighten...
Provided by American Express
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Building Some Protection Against A Down Economy
Jul 2009
Today, business owners find themselves pressed to keep up with uncertain economic conditions. But even in an economic downturn there are opportunities to be had - if you are prepared to take...
Provided by American Express
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When And How To Offer Discounts For Early Payment
Jul 2009
Offering discounts for cash, upfront and early payment can be an integral part of a comprehensive business management strategy, not just the domain of the accounts receivable department. Bring up...
Provided by American Express
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How Strong Is Your Business? Can You Pass The 3 To 6 Test?
Sep 2009
The "3 to 6 test" is simple. Set aside 3-to-6 months' fixed costs as a cash cushion for your business. The "3 to 6 test" is a rule of thumb. If you have that amount set aside, it can liberate you...
Provided by American Express
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Where To Find Diversification In A Highly Correlated World
Sep 2009
One of the basic tenets of portfolio construction is diversification, the strategy of owning multiple asset classes with different risk characteristics. In theory, diversifying a portfolio with...
Provided by FMR
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Solutions Brief: Dell EqualLogic PS Series and Microsoft WS2008 Hyper-V: Enabling The Next Generation Virtualized Data Center
Nov 2009
Server virtualization is one of the most significant technology trends in IT environments today, and a key enabler of the next generation virtualized data center. Server virtualization relies on...
Provided by Dell EqualLogic
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Optimizing The Business Value Of IT
Feb 2008
Chief information officers have their hands full - very full. They're under growing pressure to demonstrate the value of IT - delivering the changes and capabilities that the business needs to...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Rapid And Sustained Cost Management: Managing Front-Office Costs
Feb 2009
The prospect of an extended period of economic uncertainty presents organizations with a difficult challenge: reduce front-office costs while remaining responsive to changing customer needs, new...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
How To Minimize Cash Flow Problems
Jul 2008
Consistent growth is the best way to smooth out bumps in cash flow. When opportunities for growth present themselves, plan carefully. Make a conscious decision about how much you have to spend to...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Designing High Availability for Internet Information Services
Nov 2009
End downtime forever! - Organizations today are relying more and more on Web services for the implementation of mission-critical applications. With the advent of Service-Oriented Architectures...
Provided by CA XOsoft
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White Papers
Optimizing Your Facility Investment Strategy: Good Planning Will Extend Building Life Cycles
Jan 2009
Applying financial management techniques to facility maintenance, repair and replacement plans will optimize your facility investment strategy and help plan a successful sustainment and ultimate...
Provided by FMLink Group
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Linking operational and financial planning in global organizations
May 2008
In February 2008, CFO Research Services, a unit of CFO Publishing and part of The Economist Group, began a research project with Business Objects, an SAP company,asking senior finance executives...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Quantifying the benefits of HP Server Automation white paper
Dec 2009
IT organizations can capture the expertise of their best IT staff and leverage this expertise across numerous servers, server types, and data centers. With HP Server Automation, HP customers have...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
What's Your Budget?
Jan 2010
Regardless of which budget style you choose, you make very important choices as you plan your profit and loss. This is where you plan your expenses. You are estimating expenditures across the...
Provided by Palo Alto Software
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A Simpler Plan For Startups
Jan 2010
Business advisors, experienced entrepreneurs, bankers, and investors generally agree that you should develop a business plan before you start a business. A plan can help you move forward, make...
Provided by Palo Alto Software
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Whitepapers
Creating A Budget For Your Small Business: The Basics
Jan 2010
Your small business budget is one of the most powerful planning tools you have, as long as you use it well. Along with your business plan, the financial blueprint you create with your business...
Provided by Intuit
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How To Apply A SWOT Analysis In An Audit
Jan 2010
Applying a SWOT analysis to any part of business management is largely based on intellectual, honest and critical thinking. To apply a SWOT analysis to an audit, you must analyze all expenditures...
Provided by eHow
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White Papers
What Are Business Plans Used For?
Sep 2008
Are you in the mist of developing yourself a business plan? If so, there is a good chance that you are interested in starting up your own business. It has often been said that business plans are...
Provided by Content4Reprint.com
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White Papers
What To Consider When Making A Business Plan
Sep 2008
Have you recently made the decision to develop yourself a business plan, for your new business venture? If so, congratulations; you are taking a step in the right direction. Business plans are a...
Provided by Content4Reprint.com
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Business Plan Consultants: What Value Do They Provide?
Jan 2010
A good business plan writer can help take your ideas, research, and calculations and structure them into a professional business plan. A business plan consultant can offer much more value,...
Provided by Growthink
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The Addictive Business Plan: Why Business Plans Are Really Marketing Documents
Jan 2010
While the average business plan ranges from twenty to thirty pages in length; on average, investors only read one page of each business plan they receive. Obviously, for a business plan to receive...
Provided by Growthink
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White Papers
Cafe Business Plan Outline
Jan 2010
The business plan for your cafe should follow a standard structure. To distinguish yourself, make sure you have the best and clearest writing within each section. Playing with the outline...
Provided by Growthink
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White Papers
Hair Salon Business Plan Tips
Jan 2010
Getting the numbers right for your hair salon business plan is the key to creating a compelling and valuable plan and, therefore, to the successful launch of your salon. The "Right" type of...
Provided by Growthink
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White Papers
Liquor Store Business Plan
Jan 2010
This paper provides tips on how to develop a professional liquor store business plan. In particular, it focuses on "Cost of goods sold." Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) for a liquor store is the total...
Provided by Growthink
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Music Industry Business Plan: Live And Recorded Music
Jan 2010
Whether you are a band, artist manager, record label, or music store, if you can learn how to take the best advantage of both live and recorded revenue streams, you may be able to beat competitors...
Provided by Growthink
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Real Estate Business Plan: Calculating Startup Costs
Jan 2010
Showing that you have a good sense of the cost of starting up your real estate business is absolutely essential to your success in raising funds and launching. Showing funders that you've done...
Provided by Growthink
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White Papers
Retail Business Plan: Planning Your Exit Strategy
Jan 2010
For some investors in your retail store, exit strategy might not be a concern. If they are funding your launch through debt, they are promised their principal plus interest. Others who purchase...
Provided by Growthink
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White Papers
Write Business Plans For Your Audience
Jan 2010
When writing your business plan, tailor your focus towards the audience you will seek to read it. While this may not lead to totally different plans for different audiences, it may lead you to...
Provided by Growthink
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White Papers
Write A Business Plan Faster With A Proven Template
Jan 2010
A business plan template can decrease the amount of time you need to spend on creating your business plan significantly. Basic templates are available for a nominal fee, but can often save you...
Provided by Growthink
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A Framework For The Integration Of Environmental Legitimacy, Accountability And Proactivity (ELAP)
Jul 2010
This paper shows linkages between three conceptually distinct, but interrelated dimensions of corporate environmental behaviour, namely environmental legitimacy, environmental accountability and...
Provided by University of Canterbury
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Why Do Analysts Issue Long-Term Earnings Growth Forecasts? An Empirical Analysis
Sep 2007
The authors examine analysts' motives to issue Long-Term earning Growth (LTG) forecasts. They find that analysts are more likely to issue LTG forecasts when their incentive to please managers is...
Provided by University of Alabama
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Pre-Issue Investor Optimism And Post-Issue Underperformance
Sep 2007
Prior studies have documented long-run underperformance of security offerings, with equity issuers underperforming debt issuers. The authors use an investor optimism index based on analyst...
Provided by California State University
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The Methodological Steps In Management Accounting And Cost Calculation - A Comparative Analysis Between The Traditional Methods Used In Romania And The Activity-based Costing (abc) Method
Nov 2010
In this paper, the author discusses the methodological steps taken in the Romanian management accounting, according to the specifics of the ABC method. The author also makes a comparative analysis...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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Transforming Finance into a Strategic Resource
Dec 2010
As the economic crisis eases and companies begin pursuing new opportunities, they are looking to finance for advice on investment options and business decisions. By providing insights into...
Provided by Sage Software
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Whitepapers
Green and beyond: Getting smarter about the environment
Apr 2011
Environmental sustainability is now a mandate for today's global businesses. More and more, CEOs understand how their business decisions impact the planet. This executive report discusses how...
Provided by IBM
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The Status Of Planning Processes In Familyowned Businesses: A Study Of Transformational Economy And Its Relationship To The Financial Performance Of Family-Owned Ukrainian Firms
Jul 2009
Numerous papers in academic publications have been examining the relationship between planning process and performance. However, the obtained findings are controversial. Even less research has...
Provided by University of York
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Whitepapers
Clabby Analytics advisory: IBM offers clear advantages over EMC for small and medium enterprises
Mar 2011
If you're researching storage solutions for a small or medium enterprise (SME) you need to look at features, cost, reliability, service and support. Read why IBM's breadth of offerings, ability to...
Provided by IBM
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Risk-Adjusted Performance, Selectivity, Timing Ability And Performance Persistence Of Hong Kong Mutual Funds
Jan 2008
This paper examines the performance of thirty Hong Kong mutual funds during the period from August 1995 to July 2005. The issues of risk-adjusted performance, selectivity, timing ability and...
Provided by Brunel University
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Rebuilding Trust: Next Steps For Risk Management In Financial Services
May 2010
The global financial crisis had many causes but failures in risk management were clearly a contributory factor. Although there were technical shortcomings, especially related to the use of risk...
Provided by Economist Intelligence Unit
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Management Magnified: Sustainability And Corporate Growth
Nov 2009
As the link between sustainability and corporate growth is typically indirect and intangible, skeptics often dismiss initiatives in this area as window dressing. But in the survey conducted for...
Provided by Economist Intelligence Unit
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Thriving in the Recovery: How CFOs and CIOs Can Work Together To Improve Their Use Of Technology For Forecasting And Planning
Feb 2011
Finance and IT executives often see information improvement priorities differently, but they agree that dedicated technology systems¯particularly best-of-breed EPM applications¯contribute to...
Provided by Oracle
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The Empowered CFO: The Emerging Role Of The Finance Office In Large Corporations
Mar 2008
There is a trend towards centralized, higher-profile finance functions with authority to monitor performance and liaise with business units at all levels. Finance departments are increasingly...
Provided by Economist Intelligence Unit
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From Profit Mystery To Profit Mastery: Hidden Costs = Profits Lost
Oct 2010
It would be unusual to see a profit and loss statement with an expense category called "Hidden costs," but any company that carries inventory or accounts receivable should know that these costs...
Provided by Vistage International
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Price Dispersion In OTC Markets: A New Measure Of Liquidity
May 2008
In this paper, the authors model price dispersion effects in Over-The-Counter (OTC) markets to show that in the presence of inventory risk for dealers and search costs for investors, traded prices...
Provided by New York University
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Bond Supply And Excess Bond Returns
Apr 2008
The authors examine empirically how the maturity structure of government debt affects bond yields and excess returns. The analysis is based on a theoretical model of preferred habitat in which...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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Has The Inclusion Of Forward-Looking Statements In Monetary Policy Communications Made The Bank Of Canada More Transparent?
Nov 2010
To investigate the extent to which the transparency of the Bank of Canada's monetary policy has improved, the authors examine empirically - over the period 30 October 2000 to 31 May 2007 - the...
Provided by Bank of Canada
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Market Timing Of Long-Term Debt Issuance
Dec 2009
The literature on market timing of long-term debt issuance yields mixed evidence that managers can successfully time their debt-maturity issuance. The early results that are indicative of...
Provided by Bank of Canada
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Run Your Business Better With Oracle's EPM Solutions
Feb 2011
Comprehensive and effective performance management is an ongoing challenge for organizations with increasingly complex systems and processes. In addition to the in-depth strategic, financial and...
Provided by Oracle
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Pre-Planning Your Sales Calls
Nov 2009
Pre-planning means using a card-index system. Sales representatives for consumer goods are so sure they know everything about their regular customers that they feel there is no need to keep such...
Provided by TACK-USA
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Specialization In Your Business Leads To Success
Mar 2010
Your natural talent for achieving order and creating systems could give you a profitable opportunity to turn your talents into a successful business as a Professional Organizer. However, the...
Provided by ProfessionalOrganizers.com
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Financial Risk Analysis In The Building Sector: A Case Study Of Romania (Galati County)
May 2010
The importance given to the problem of capital structure comes from the influence of debt on equity profitability (financial leverage) and the financial risk induced by debt. This paper is...
Provided by Universitatea Dunarea de Jos - Galati
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Rating Estimations Of The Enterprises: Problems And Modeling
Jan 2010
In modern times improvement of the estimation techniques related to the productivity of economic objects y is topical. This paper deals with the problems of construction of the rating systems for...
Provided by Kyiv University
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Beyond The ESS Conceptualizing And Applying Strategy Analysis - The Example Of EU Security And Defense
Apr 2009
This paper will develop an analytical approach to strategy and give first indications on the plausibility of this approach, drawing on the results of three case studies carried out in the area of...
Provided by University of North Carolina
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A System Of Analysis Of The Total Liabilities To Total Assets Ratio
Jun 2010
The problem of solvency, which has been dealt with in many authors' works, is exceptionally topical nowadays when settlements among companies are performed not in a timely manner, disturbing...
Provided by Vilnius University
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Insolvency Of An Enterprise And Methods Of Financial Analysis For Predicting It
May 2010
The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to the topical problem of entity-level insolvency and the insolvency prediction models. Definitions, symptoms, causes and factors affecting...
Provided by Vilnius University
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Components Of The Profitability Of Technical Currency Trading
Apr 2009
This paper investigates the sources of the profitability of 1024 moving average and momentum models when trading in the German mark (euro)/U.S. dollar market based on daily data. The main results...
Provided by Austrian Institute of Economic Research
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Building A Financially Resilient Government Through Long-Term Financial Planning
Nov 2009
The concept of "Sustainability" has captured the attention of local government leaders across the United States and Canada over the past few years. This includes finance officers, as the term...
Provided by Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada
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Accountability And Control As Catalysts For Strategic Exploration And Exploitation: Field Study Results
Jan 2010
This paper reports the collective finding from 102 field studies that look at the relationship between two organization design variables: span of control and span of accountability. Clustering the...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
Strengthening The Resilience Of An Economy: Enlarging The Menu Of Stabilization Policy As To Prevent Another Crisis
Aug 2009
The financial crisis has affected the real economy in stages yet nevertheless at an unexpected rate and with all regions being affected simultaneously. It advanced almost independently of the...
Provided by OECD
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Financial Liberalization, Financial Development And Growth In Sub-Saharan Africa-s Economic Reform: An Empirical Investigation
Jun 2008
This paper uses the recent development in unit root tests and cointegration as applied to panel data and dynamic time series to estimate the relationship between financial liberalization,...
Provided by Victoria University
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White Papers
Strategic Planning In Logistics Business Concept: A Show Case In Malaysian Airlines Cargo Sdn Bhd (MASkargo) Malaysia
Jun 2008
Air transport is one of the most dynamic logistics industries in the world. The global airline industry is in a state of turmoil and it is increasingly clear that the survivors and most certainly...
Provided by Universiti Kuala Lumpur
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Sustainability In Management Accounting: Modelling -Profit- Forecasting
Jun 2008
An important component in explaining strategic adaptability is strategic planning. Strategic planning has long asserted that formal planning provides benefits that ultimately produce economic...
Provided by Queensland University of Technology
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An Analysis Of The Day Of The Week Effect And The January Effect On The Stock Exchange Of Mauritius
Apr 2008
This paper investigates the day of the week effect and the January effect on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM). Positive and statistically significant Wednesday and Friday effects are...
Provided by University of Mauritius
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Webcasts
Are You Ready For IPO? Strategies And Steps For How And When To Take Your Company Public
Jan 2008
In the mid-90s, Jonathan Bush started a health care IT business in the cellar of his Boston-area home, with the server sitting on a basement dryer. After a failed initial attempt to "Create an...
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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White Papers
Economic Freedoms And Public Corruption: A Global Analysis
Feb 2010
The economic meltdown has aroused, indeed in some quarters reinforced, suspicions that the world's economic systems foster corruption and greed, at least among the more powerful members of...
Provided by Valparaiso University
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White Papers
Globalization And Poverty: Comparative Analysis Of Bangladesh And Nigeria
Feb 2009
Globalization and Poverty are two key contemporary issues in economic development with the former assumed to be causing the latter in developing countries. Developing countries are characterized...
Provided by Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, Nigeria
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Webcasts
U.S. Macroeconomic Policy: Steps Toward Recovery
Oct 2009
This webcast focuses on the topic "U.S. Macroeconomic Policy: Steps Toward Recovery". The panelists are: Peter Borish is Chairman and CEO of Computer Trading Corporation; Charles L. Evans is...
Provided by Regents of the University of Michigan
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Webcasts
Philanthrocapitalism: Dawn Of A New Era?
Aug 2010
When Bill Gates and Warren Buffett stood on stage together at the New York Public Library and the elder billionaire announced the he was going to give away most of his fortune through the Bill and...
Provided by INSEAD
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Webcasts
Re-Tooling The Microfinance Model In Asia
Aug 2010
More than three billion people live in poverty around the world, but millions are managing to raise their living standards to some degree, thanks to microfinance. Even so, there's plenty of scope...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Optimizing The Business Value Of IT
Feb 2008
Chief information officers have their hands full - very full. They're under growing pressure to demonstrate the value of IT - delivering the changes and capabilities that the business needs to...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Rapid And Sustained Cost Management: Managing Front-Office Costs
Feb 2009
The prospect of an extended period of economic uncertainty presents organizations with a difficult challenge: reduce front-office costs while remaining responsive to changing customer needs, new...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
How To Minimize Cash Flow Problems
Jul 2008
Consistent growth is the best way to smooth out bumps in cash flow. When opportunities for growth present themselves, plan carefully. Make a conscious decision about how much you have to spend to...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Designing High Availability for Internet Information Services
Nov 2009
End downtime forever! - Organizations today are relying more and more on Web services for the implementation of mission-critical applications. With the advent of Service-Oriented Architectures...
Provided by CA XOsoft
-
White Papers
Optimizing Your Facility Investment Strategy: Good Planning Will Extend Building Life Cycles
Jan 2009
Applying financial management techniques to facility maintenance, repair and replacement plans will optimize your facility investment strategy and help plan a successful sustainment and ultimate...
Provided by FMLink Group
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White Papers
Linking operational and financial planning in global organizations
May 2008
In February 2008, CFO Research Services, a unit of CFO Publishing and part of The Economist Group, began a research project with Business Objects, an SAP company,asking senior finance executives...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Quantifying the benefits of HP Server Automation white paper
Dec 2009
IT organizations can capture the expertise of their best IT staff and leverage this expertise across numerous servers, server types, and data centers. With HP Server Automation, HP customers have...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
What's Your Budget?
Jan 2010
Regardless of which budget style you choose, you make very important choices as you plan your profit and loss. This is where you plan your expenses. You are estimating expenditures across the...
Provided by Palo Alto Software
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White Papers
A Simpler Plan For Startups
Jan 2010
Business advisors, experienced entrepreneurs, bankers, and investors generally agree that you should develop a business plan before you start a business. A plan can help you move forward, make...
Provided by Palo Alto Software
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Whitepapers
Creating A Budget For Your Small Business: The Basics
Jan 2010
Your small business budget is one of the most powerful planning tools you have, as long as you use it well. Along with your business plan, the financial blueprint you create with your business...
Provided by Intuit
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White Papers
How To Apply A SWOT Analysis In An Audit
Jan 2010
Applying a SWOT analysis to any part of business management is largely based on intellectual, honest and critical thinking. To apply a SWOT analysis to an audit, you must analyze all expenditures...
Provided by eHow
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White Papers
What Are Business Plans Used For?
Sep 2008
Are you in the mist of developing yourself a business plan? If so, there is a good chance that you are interested in starting up your own business. It has often been said that business plans are...
Provided by Content4Reprint.com
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White Papers
What To Consider When Making A Business Plan
Sep 2008
Have you recently made the decision to develop yourself a business plan, for your new business venture? If so, congratulations; you are taking a step in the right direction. Business plans are a...
Provided by Content4Reprint.com
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White Papers
Business Plan Consultants: What Value Do They Provide?
Jan 2010
A good business plan writer can help take your ideas, research, and calculations and structure them into a professional business plan. A business plan consultant can offer much more value,...
Provided by Growthink
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White Papers
The Addictive Business Plan: Why Business Plans Are Really Marketing Documents
Jan 2010
While the average business plan ranges from twenty to thirty pages in length; on average, investors only read one page of each business plan they receive. Obviously, for a business plan to receive...
Provided by Growthink
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White Papers
Cafe Business Plan Outline
Jan 2010
The business plan for your cafe should follow a standard structure. To distinguish yourself, make sure you have the best and clearest writing within each section. Playing with the outline...
Provided by Growthink
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White Papers
Hair Salon Business Plan Tips
Jan 2010
Getting the numbers right for your hair salon business plan is the key to creating a compelling and valuable plan and, therefore, to the successful launch of your salon. The "Right" type of...
Provided by Growthink
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White Papers
Liquor Store Business Plan
Jan 2010
This paper provides tips on how to develop a professional liquor store business plan. In particular, it focuses on "Cost of goods sold." Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) for a liquor store is the total...
Provided by Growthink
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White Papers
Music Industry Business Plan: Live And Recorded Music
Jan 2010
Whether you are a band, artist manager, record label, or music store, if you can learn how to take the best advantage of both live and recorded revenue streams, you may be able to beat competitors...
Provided by Growthink
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White Papers
Real Estate Business Plan: Calculating Startup Costs
Jan 2010
Showing that you have a good sense of the cost of starting up your real estate business is absolutely essential to your success in raising funds and launching. Showing funders that you've done...
Provided by Growthink
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White Papers
Retail Business Plan: Planning Your Exit Strategy
Jan 2010
For some investors in your retail store, exit strategy might not be a concern. If they are funding your launch through debt, they are promised their principal plus interest. Others who purchase...
Provided by Growthink
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White Papers
Write Business Plans For Your Audience
Jan 2010
When writing your business plan, tailor your focus towards the audience you will seek to read it. While this may not lead to totally different plans for different audiences, it may lead you to...
Provided by Growthink
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White Papers
Write A Business Plan Faster With A Proven Template
Jan 2010
A business plan template can decrease the amount of time you need to spend on creating your business plan significantly. Basic templates are available for a nominal fee, but can often save you...
Provided by Growthink
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White Papers
What Is A Business Plan?
Jan 2010
A business plan is a document created at the beginning of a new venture, whether it is an entirely new business or a new venture within an existing business. Plans created internally are generally...
Provided by Growthink
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White Papers
Top-Biz Guru's Top Ten Tips For Writing A Business Plan
Jan 2010
Put Yourself In Their Shoes. Meaning the people who will read your plan - who are they and what do they want to hear? They'll either be investors or a bank or loan company who are lending you the...
Provided by Hubpages
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White Papers
4 Reasons To Create A Business Plan
Jan 2010
A business plan is a blueprint and communication tool for your business. It is a device that helps you, as the owner, spell out how you intend to operate your business and serves as a road map to...
Provided by BusinessKnowledgeSource.com
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White Papers
Financial Planning In A Volatile Economy
Nov 2009
You can't run a business without a plan. That means developing a realistic budget and a thorough understanding of current and future cash flow. But, how can you plan when it's tough to predict...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
More Secure. More Manageable. Intelligent Performance. That's Smart ROI
Jan 2010
PCs powered by a new 2010 Intel® Core™ vPro™ processor help businesses cut costs and increase efficiency, so you can reap a positive ROI for years to come.1 How? The all new 2010 Intel Core vPro...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
Sustainability Matters Why & How Bus is Widening Focus to Consider Needs of Stakeholders
Jan 2010
Companies of all sizes and across many industries have realized that traditional ways of measuring business performance do not account for the needs of all stakeholders. In order to ensure...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Achieving Reliability in Financial Reporting
Jan 2010
Read this white paper to learn more about how Oracle's financial governance solution can focus resources on high-risk areas, improve the quality and efficiency of the financial reporting process,...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Hyperion Strategic Finance Datasheet
Jan 2010
Oracle Hyperion Strategic Finance is a prepackaged financial modeling application that lets executives understand the full financial impact of alternative corporate strategies. Why spend time on...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Smart Decision Making in the Era of New Financial Challenges
Jan 2010
An era of new financial challenges calls for innovative financial planning approaches. Monte Carlo modeling can help manage risk, improve forecasting, and drive growth in turbulent times. Read...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Achieving Management Excellence (LAD)
Jan 2010
ERP has played an important role in making companies more efficient, but it will not be a competitive differentiator for 21st century companies. As global economies begin to rebound, it's more...
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Podcasts
Podcast: The Finance Challenge of Aligning The Business With Strategic Goals
Jan 2010
Complexity, uncertainty, global competition and shrinking cycle times are all challenges organizations face today. As a result, finance needs to take on the role of a business partner and work...
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White Papers
Uncover the Benefits of Virtualization
Dec 2009
BMC Software's internal IT organization launched a virtualization and automation initiative that achieved financial payback in less than six months. The effort not only improved productivity and...
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White Papers
Learning For The Sustainable Enterprise
Mar 2010
Sustainability is now a hot trend, and often it is associated with environmental responsibility. However, the environmental benefit is just one of the positive outcomes of a sustainable approach....
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White Papers
Maximizing Chapter 11 Success: Five Critical Areas For Chief Restructuring Officers
Dec 2009
A staggering 85% of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy cases never make it to a confirmed plan of reorganization. In fact, lack of cash causes many companies to liquidate within a few weeks after filing. Many...
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White Papers
How To Identify Hidden Deal Risks Within The Information Technology Landscape
Apr 2010
When contemplating a mid-market asset acquisition, buyers should take sufficient time to assess the hidden deal risks within the information technology (IT) landscape. Mid-market companies,...
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White Papers
Eliminate Your Financial Bad Habits
Jan 2010
Individuals aren't the only ones who can have bad spending habits - sometimes businesses do too. Find ways to curb your business's worst spending habits. You have to spend money to make money, so...
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White Papers
Franchising Series: How Much Will That Franchise Cost?
Apr 2010
If you plan to open a popular franchise retail store, restaurant or coffee shop, you are looking at considerable initial costs in addition to whatever franchise fee the franchisor charges. The...
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