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The Role Of Finance In Achieving M&A Results
Apr 2009
The current credit crisis may have put a squeeze on some deal-making dreams, but for strategic buyers with strong balance sheets and the wherewithal to withstand the pressures of a major...
Provided by Bank of America
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Seven Tactics For Restructuring In A Turbulent Market
Feb 2010
Restructuring troubled businesses typically involves some form of financial restructuring: changing the mix of equity and debt, renegotiating loans, or finding one lender to take out another. The...
Provided by Bank of America
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Management Consulting And Integrated Markets Globalization: A Challenge And An Opportunity For The Finance Function
Jun 2008
Globalization, a force that has been shaping the political and commercial world for decades, is entering a new and more complex phase. It is no longer a concept exported to the emerging world by...
Provided by Accenture
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Why Middle-Market Deals Keep Plugging Along In A Tough Economy
Dec 2008
Big buyout firms like the Blackstone Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts do headline-grabbing transactions and collect eye-popping paychecks. But when the economy slows down and lenders turn wary,...
Provided by Bank of America
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Seller Due Diligence
Apr 2010
When the economy plummeted in 2009, the M&A landscape changed quite dramatically. For deals to close in this environment, the gap between buyer and seller expectations needs to be bridged¯allowing...
Provided by Bank of America
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High Performance After The Crisis: How Australian CFOs Are Managing And Transforming The Finance Function
Oct 2009
Australia has been fortunate to escape even a technical recession. However, the past two years have been far from easy for most businesses and there is potential for continued challenges ahead -...
Provided by Accenture
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How Today's Credit Market Is Impacting Smaller Middle-Market Deals
Oct 2008
The volatility in the credit markets has been one of the most widely covered topics in the financial industry since the beginning of 2008. The impact of this volatility has been felt throughout...
Provided by Bank of America
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Special Report: Dealing With The Downturn Risk Management - Constructive Tension
May 2009
Enterprise risk management and enterprise performance management are really two sides of the same coin. To achieve balance between the two, companies must fully integrate risk management with...
Provided by Accenture
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How Worsening Economic Conditions Have Put Buyers In The Driver's Seat
Apr 2009
Recent economic turmoil has changed the M&A playing field. With credit markets frozen and the wild and often downward swings of a volatile stock market, sellers are now finding the world is no...
Provided by Bank of America
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How Cost-Focused Due Diligence Can Add Value To A Deal
Aug 2008
Many buyers are drilling deeper into prospective acquisitions these days, going well beyond testing the revenue-based assumptions to focus on cost structures of a target's income statement. Such...
Provided by Bank of America
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Navigating The Multi-Polar World: How Multinationals In China And Chinese Companies Expanding Overseas
Mar 2008
Every generation lives in a new world - created by the rolling force of change. On that we can depend. What's distinctive about change in the time is how quickly it occurs and how radically...
Provided by Accenture
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How To Overcome Roadblocks To A Successful M&A
Aug 2009
Current economic conditions have landed a lot of companies on the block, many of which have never experienced this type of downturn before. Pragmatic CEOs are looking at survival scenarios, either...
Provided by Bank of America
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How Changes In Canadian Tax Law May Impact Cross-Border M&A
Aug 2007
Near the end of March 2007, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty outlined a 2007 federal budget proposing a variety of tax changes that could have major implications, both good and bad, for...
Provided by Bank of America
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Case Studies
Finance Transformation In Financial Services
Jun 2008
A large insurance company wanted its finance function to provide strategic analysis and valuable business insights. However, it realized that its finance associates were spending around 75% of...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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Case Studies
Finance Transformation In Pharmaceuticals: When The Party's Over
Jun 2008
The 1990s saw the whole pharmaceutical industry register exceptional growth and record profits and hence not much attention paid to the inefficient way the industry functioned. It is the recent...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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Case Studies
Finance Transformation In Pharmaceuticals - From The F Troop To The 82nd Airborne
Jun 2008
The finance function of one of the leading pharmaceutical company was generating significant business value through its understanding of company issues, its analytical capabilities, and its...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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Case Studies
Finance In Focus
May 2010
When two large banks merged, the challenge for the resulting Finance function was to make sense of two very different ways of doing business in quick time so as to get its functioning in sync....
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Avoiding Pitfalls Of Working Capital True-Ups
Feb 2010
While optimism about M&A activity is increasing, deals remain highly sensitive to pricing. Because working capital true-ups may result in a significant purchase price adjustment, private equity...
Provided by Bank of America
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Webcasts
How To Value Of Goodwill In Modern Economies
Apr 2009
The presenter of the webcast talks about the valuation of intagible assets in quoted companies.
Provided by Howcast
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White Papers
Importance Of Financial Assumptions In A Business Plan:
Feb 2010
Financial projections are one of the most important sections in a business plan that requires careful planning. It is necessary that the assumptions you have made in financial statements should be...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
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White Papers
The CFO's Role In Achieving Operational Excellence
Apr 2009
Over the past several years, CFO Research Services has documented the expansion of the role of the CFO from a traditional oversight function to that of performance manager. This current paper...
Provided by CFO Publishing
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White Papers
The Impact Of New M&A Accounting Standards In An Improving Marketplace
Jun 2010
The new M&A accounting standards increase the potential for dilution and volatility to be reported in post-acquisition results. Sophisticated dealmakers who plan to be active in an M&A rebound...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
Bank Of America Business Capital: Perspectives On U.S. Economic Performance
May 2010
For the past 12 years, Bank of America Merrill Lynch has conducted a survey of financial executives at U.S. manufacturing companies to understand better how CFOs view the economy and get their...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
CFOs Assume Leadership Roles To Drive Greater Value From Operational Excellence Programs
Apr 2010
To generate greater value from operational excellence programs, CFOs need to take a more active role. They can serve as trusted business advisors to CEOs, thereby helping to set a firm foundation...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
High Performance Business In China: Pioneering The Future Amidst Financial Crisis
Nov 2008
China presents a fascinating landscape for studying business performance. The author continues to believe that companies seeking to compete on the global stage must have a growth strategy for...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
How To Recover From Bankruptcy
Jan 2010
You can get back on track after filing for bankruptcy. While you're recovering from bankruptcy, the financial moves you make will impact how fast your credit score improves. Here's how to recover...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
Masters Of Rural Markets: The Hallmarks Of High Performance
Feb 2010
India is on the march. Its momentum is not only evident in metros - it is apparent in small towns and villages as well. This paper chronicles the business sector's growing confidence in India's...
Provided by Accenture
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Case Studies
Supporting New Business Start-Ups
Jun 2008
Barclays is a major global financial services provider. It operates in over 50 countries and employs 135,000 people. In 2007, Barclays had an income of £23 billion, generating a profit before tax...
Provided by Barclays
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Case Studies
Vikram Akula's SKS Microfinance Pvt. Ltd.: The Making Of A Successful Microfinance Institution
Feb 2010
"Vikram Akula (Akula), the founder of one of the world's fastest growing microfinance institution (MFI), SKSMicrofinance Private Limited (SKS), was recognized by the Time magazine in its list of...
Provided by IBS Case Development Centre
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Case Studies
Cosmetics Company Uncovers Hidden Cash
Jan 2010
Sometimes even the best-managed companies can overlook a hidden store of cash. Consider the case of Cosmetica Laboratories Inc., a highly successful, fast growing Toronto cosmetics manufacturer....
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Protect Your Finances While On Vacation: Control Costs And Enjoy Peace Of Mind When Traveling
Jan 2010
Does your vacation-planning checklist include controlling costs and protecting your money while you travel? If not, it should. Before you head off on holidays, here are a few suggestions to keep...
Provided by Bank of America
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Case Studies
US Financial Crisis: Is It theMoment For Bretton Woods II?
Feb 2010
To discuss the US financial crisis (2008) that has engulfed the whole world and therefore requires synchronized coordinated global action, the US President George Bush invited the leaders of the...
Provided by IBS Case Development Centre
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White Papers
Corporations And Ethics: Lessons From The Front Lines Of The Financial Meltdown
Mar 2010
The global financial meltdown has placed business behavior under the microscope, resulting in no shortage of guilty parties charged with responsibility for the fiasco. But which groups deserve...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Predicting Short-Term Eurodollar Futures
Nov 2008
The authors of this paper propose and illustrate a structural model for the forward curve produced by Eurodollar futures contracts. The model provides a three-part functional decomposition of the...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
"US Monetary Policy Surprises And Currency Futures Markets: A New Look"
Mar 2008
Intraday currency futures prices react to both surprises in the federal funds target rate (the target factor) and surprises in the anticipated future direction of Federal Reserve monetary policy...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
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White Papers
Stocks Of Bad Companies Often Outperform Those Of Good Ones
Feb 2008
According to a study by Deniz Anginer, a doctoral student in finance at Michigan's Ross School of Business, stocks of admired companies have lower returns, on average, than stocks of despised...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
Into Africa
Dec 2009
African nations soon could surpass India and China to form the next hub for low-cost labor, resources, and production, said experts at the first Africa Business Seminar at Ross. In addition, the...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
Financial Experts See Hope For Mid-Market Firms
Jun 2010
As the economy moves from recession into recovery, the nation's largest companies have been more successful in securing loans and capital than their smaller counterparts. Still, recovery for small...
Provided by University of Texas (Dallas)
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White Papers
The Dark Side Of Stakeholder Management
Jan 2009
Can a company act ethically and make a profit? Stakeholder Management (SM) theory suggests so: If managers take everyone with an interest in the company into account, they will act responsibly. It...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Beating The Crowd At Picking Stocks
Jan 2010
Charles Lee's portfolio management style requires accounting for human biases to nudge prices closer to their real value. By now, the fallout from the epic financial crisis is both familiar and...
Provided by Stanford University
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A Key To Smart Sourcing: Hedging Against Risk
Sep 2007
Commodity risk can jeopardize even the best-laid business strategy. Unexpected price swings or supply shortages can hinder production, disrupt earnings, and derail growth plans. But by making a...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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Health Care Regulation Across Europe: From Funding Crisis To Productivity Imperative
Sep 2007
Scarcely a month passes without some striking regulatory change in one European health-care system or another. New measures supplement, and often contradict, existing measures; reforms reform...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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Whitepapers
ITIC 2009 Global Server Hardware and Server OS Reliability Survey
Nov 2010
The ITIC 2009 Global Server Hardware and Server OS Reliability Survey polled C-level executives and IT managers at 400 corporations from 20 countries worldwide. IBM AIX UNIX running on the Power...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Strategy Type And Performance: The Influence Of Sales Force Management
Oct 2010
Marketing does not operate in a vacuum. Marketing decisions are strongly influenced by both market-level and organizational forces, and strongly influence a firm's success at achieving competitive...
Provided by John Wiley & Sons
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Delivering Strategic Business Value
Jul 2009
The term "Business intelligence" was spawned by the data warehousing industry in the 1990s to convey the concept that businesses can harness the blizzard of transactional information generated by...
Provided by DecisionPath Consulting
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White Papers
It#$#s Not Academic: Dealing With Expenses in Education
Sep 2010
Universities and other higher education establishments increasingly have to address the need for savings across the board. One area of focus has to be expenses from faculty members and others...
Provided by Quocirca
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Webcasts
Creating True Value Proposition In Clean Tech
Apr 2010
Improved safety and water quality aren't the only results of displacing chlorine as a water purifier. Carlos Perea, Miox CEO, points out that saving money is the main reason that his private and...
Provided by Stanford University
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Webcasts
On The Verge Of An Acquisition?
May 2008
Microsoft came knocking, but they and Yahoo! could not agree on a price, says Sue Decker, president of the search engine and online community. Decker attributes the incomplete partnership to a...
Provided by Stanford University
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Webcasts
The Challenges Of Building A Company
Apr 2010
Improved safety and water quality aren't the only results of displacing chlorine as a water purifier. Carlos Perea, Miox CEO, points out that saving money is the main reason that his private and...
Provided by Stanford University
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Webcasts
Leadership, Communication, And Facilitation Skills
May 2008
Microsoft came knocking, but they and Yahoo! could not agree on a price, says Sue Decker, president of the search engine and online community. Decker attributes the incomplete partnership to a...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Survival Tips For Managing During An Economic Downturn
Oct 2008
Running or managing a small business often leaves little time to keep track of national, and even regional, economic indicators that might affect your industry and your specific operation. Yet...
Provided by SBA
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Small Businesses Can Face Economic Cycles With Confidence
Oct 2008
Dealing with an uncertain economy is never easy, especially for small businesses. Unlike their larger counterparts, small businesses rarely have the resources to monitor and take corrective action...
Provided by SBA
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White Papers
Who Will Foot The Bill?
Aug 2010
In recent months, discussion surrounding the financial soundness of state pension plans has been hotly contested. In fact, recent research by the Kellogg School suggests that pension programs in...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Kellogg Impact Series: San Francisco
May 2010
The economic meltdown may have left venture capitalists down for the count - but they're not out of the game. During the hour-long discussion with Interim Dean Sunil Chopra, Haque talked about the...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Creating Value Now
Aug 2010
The new, more cautious environment has stripped away the flash and dash of financial engineering. It is now requiring firms to deliver value to their investors the old-fashioned way, by investing...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Trust In Stock Market Stabilizes
Oct 2009
Trust in America's financial system continues to edge upward, according to the latest quarterly findings in the Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index. Most notably, the researchers...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Webcasts
Playing It Small Doesn't Mean Not Making Money
Jan 2010
Skewed expectations present a major risk when accepting venture capital. Most venture capitalists expect to make a lot of money, and they expect the company they help to become billion-dollar...
Provided by Stanford University
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Downturn Can Mean Opportunities For Entrepreneurs, Kellogg Speaker Says
Nov 2008
Ferro said that even during an economic crisis there are people sitting on the sidelines with cash to invest, but they generally want to put money into deals that will save existing jobs and...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Webcasts
The Overfunded Start-Up?
Jan 2008
Too much money in a start-up can be toxic, says angel investor Mike Maples, and that there's an inverse correlation between the amount of money a start-up receives and their success.
Provided by Stanford University
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The Start-Up During Economic Crisis
May 2009
Critical screening, careful thought processes, and cash-conscience customers don't signal the end of the start-up, says Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. But they do indicate that only the best and...
Provided by Stanford University
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Webcasts
Structural Changes In Venture Capital
May 2010
The "Venture capital industry" does not exist, says serial entrepreneur Marc Andreessen. Rather, the landscape is a loosely-affiliated network of over 600 investment organizations, with only about...
Provided by Stanford University
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Disadvantages Of Venture Capital
Jan 2008
While entrepreneur and former Lotus 1-2-3 founder Mitch Kapor understands how selling finance can boost a burgeoning enterprise, his experience has also acquainted him with some of the...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Capital Idea: Kellogg Finance Professors' New Research A Winner
Nov 2007
Ask a different question and get a different - and perhaps more illuminating - answer. Mitchell Petersen, the Kellogg School's Glen Vasel Professor of Finance, and Michael Faulkender, visiting...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Finance Conference Targets 'Inexcusable Mistakes'
Nov 2007
When David Fitzpatrick '77 left United Technologies in 2002 to become chief financial officer of Tyco International - one of the poster children of corporate wrongdoing in the early years of this...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Kellogg Team Meets 'Challenge' From JPMorgan
Jan 2008
A team of six Kellogg School of Management students had an outstanding performance in the JPMorgan Mergers & Acquisition Challenge held Jan. 11 in Chicago. This year's case competition pitted...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Decade's Best Stock Picker Is Kellogg Grad Joel Tillinghast '83
Feb 2008
A portfolio manager needs to be good to beat the market, and even better to stay ahead of investment gurus like Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway CEO. Over nearly two decades, Kellogg graduate...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Kellogg Grad Highlights Global Trends In Private Equity
Feb 2008
Supply and demand are not the only laws impacting investment decisions for some, including Bahrain-based private equity firm Arcapita. "Back in the '70s and '80s, the Middle East was basically...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Silver Spring Networks CEO Speaks On Investing In Energy Tech
Feb 2008
The landscape confronting the energy business today isn't exactly a stroll in the park, according to some in the field. First, said Silver Spring Networks President and CEO Scott Lang, the energy...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Environmental Issues Likely To Heat Up In 2009, Say Kellogg Policy Experts
Jan 2009
The incoming Obama administration will list combating climate change high on its policy agenda when it takes office, although the policy that is most likely to result might take an entire...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Smaller Deals, Less Debt
Jan 2009
Private equity will survive the recession, but when the fallout ends, the industry will be much smaller and a lot wiser. That was the prediction of David Rubenstein, co-founder and managing...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
'A Trust Crisis'
Jan 2009
Trust is a vital element in financial decision-making, whether one is turning a check over to a banker or asking a broker for investment advice. But the deepening economic crisis has tested that...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Capitalizing On 'An Amazing Moment'
Feb 2009
Debate still rages over how much the racial divide in the United States has been narrowed by the election of the country's first black president. But speakers at the Kellogg School's 22nd Black...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Webcasts
Financial Crisis: Caution Urged By Faculty Panel - Panelist: Robert C. Merton
Jan 2010
Robert C. Merton is the John and Natty McArthur University Professor and a winner of the 1997 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Provided by President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Webcasts
The Credit Crisis Hits Sand Hill Road
Oct 2008
Will the nation's famed investment avenue suddenly reach a dead end? The map toward future investment could be marred with tighter coffers in a poor economic climate, says Mohr Davidow Ventures...
Provided by Stanford University
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Webcasts
The Benefits Of Stockpiling Cash
Jan 2009
Hugh Martin, Chairman and CEO of Pacific Biosciences, is proud to point out that his previous enterprise, ONI Systems, was the first to be taken IPO after the dot-com crash of 2000 - and that they...
Provided by Stanford University
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Webcasts
The State Of Venture Capital
May 2010
The VC industry is suffering from a severe lack of liquidity, says Intel Capital's Vice President Lisa Lambert. Lambert offers her analysis on the current shape of the investment community - and...
Provided by Stanford University
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Webcasts
An Emerging Market: Investing In Nanosolar
Oct 2008
In this clip, Erik Straser, a partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures, discusses a case study of his firm's investment in a new solar technology modeled after printing a daily newspaper. Straser speaks...
Provided by Stanford University
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Whitepapers
Scalable and Reliable Systems Management for Cloud Computing
Oct 2010
With the advent of cloud computing, massive and automated system management has become more important for successful and economical operation of computing resources. However, traditional...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
The Ties That Bind: Measuring International Bond Spillovers Using The Inflation-Indexed Bond Yields
Jun 2007
This paper explores international bond spillovers using daily and intra-day data on yields on inflation-indexed bonds and associated inflation expectations for the United States, Australia,...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Asia Rising: A Sectoral Perspective
Jun 2007
This paper undertakes a cross-country analysis of productivity growth at both the aggregate and sectoral level. It finds that Asia's remarkable output growth over the past 40 years reflected both...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Case Studies
Finance In Focus
May 2010
When two large banks merged, the challenge for the resulting Finance function was to make sense of two very different ways of doing business in quick time so as to get its functioning in sync....
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Avoiding Pitfalls Of Working Capital True-Ups
Feb 2010
While optimism about M&A activity is increasing, deals remain highly sensitive to pricing. Because working capital true-ups may result in a significant purchase price adjustment, private equity...
Provided by Bank of America
-
Webcasts
How To Value Of Goodwill In Modern Economies
Apr 2009
The presenter of the webcast talks about the valuation of intagible assets in quoted companies.
Provided by Howcast
-
White Papers
Importance Of Financial Assumptions In A Business Plan:
Feb 2010
Financial projections are one of the most important sections in a business plan that requires careful planning. It is necessary that the assumptions you have made in financial statements should be...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
-
White Papers
The CFO's Role In Achieving Operational Excellence
Apr 2009
Over the past several years, CFO Research Services has documented the expansion of the role of the CFO from a traditional oversight function to that of performance manager. This current paper...
Provided by CFO Publishing
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White Papers
The Impact Of New M&A Accounting Standards In An Improving Marketplace
Jun 2010
The new M&A accounting standards increase the potential for dilution and volatility to be reported in post-acquisition results. Sophisticated dealmakers who plan to be active in an M&A rebound...
Provided by Bank of America
-
White Papers
Bank Of America Business Capital: Perspectives On U.S. Economic Performance
May 2010
For the past 12 years, Bank of America Merrill Lynch has conducted a survey of financial executives at U.S. manufacturing companies to understand better how CFOs view the economy and get their...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
CFOs Assume Leadership Roles To Drive Greater Value From Operational Excellence Programs
Apr 2010
To generate greater value from operational excellence programs, CFOs need to take a more active role. They can serve as trusted business advisors to CEOs, thereby helping to set a firm foundation...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
High Performance Business In China: Pioneering The Future Amidst Financial Crisis
Nov 2008
China presents a fascinating landscape for studying business performance. The author continues to believe that companies seeking to compete on the global stage must have a growth strategy for...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
How To Recover From Bankruptcy
Jan 2010
You can get back on track after filing for bankruptcy. While you're recovering from bankruptcy, the financial moves you make will impact how fast your credit score improves. Here's how to recover...
Provided by Bank of America
-
White Papers
Masters Of Rural Markets: The Hallmarks Of High Performance
Feb 2010
India is on the march. Its momentum is not only evident in metros - it is apparent in small towns and villages as well. This paper chronicles the business sector's growing confidence in India's...
Provided by Accenture
-
Case Studies
Supporting New Business Start-Ups
Jun 2008
Barclays is a major global financial services provider. It operates in over 50 countries and employs 135,000 people. In 2007, Barclays had an income of £23 billion, generating a profit before tax...
Provided by Barclays
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Case Studies
Vikram Akula's SKS Microfinance Pvt. Ltd.: The Making Of A Successful Microfinance Institution
Feb 2010
"Vikram Akula (Akula), the founder of one of the world's fastest growing microfinance institution (MFI), SKSMicrofinance Private Limited (SKS), was recognized by the Time magazine in its list of...
Provided by IBS Case Development Centre
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Case Studies
Cosmetics Company Uncovers Hidden Cash
Jan 2010
Sometimes even the best-managed companies can overlook a hidden store of cash. Consider the case of Cosmetica Laboratories Inc., a highly successful, fast growing Toronto cosmetics manufacturer....
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
White Papers
Protect Your Finances While On Vacation: Control Costs And Enjoy Peace Of Mind When Traveling
Jan 2010
Does your vacation-planning checklist include controlling costs and protecting your money while you travel? If not, it should. Before you head off on holidays, here are a few suggestions to keep...
Provided by Bank of America
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Case Studies
US Financial Crisis: Is It theMoment For Bretton Woods II?
Feb 2010
To discuss the US financial crisis (2008) that has engulfed the whole world and therefore requires synchronized coordinated global action, the US President George Bush invited the leaders of the...
Provided by IBS Case Development Centre
-
White Papers
Corporations And Ethics: Lessons From The Front Lines Of The Financial Meltdown
Mar 2010
The global financial meltdown has placed business behavior under the microscope, resulting in no shortage of guilty parties charged with responsibility for the fiasco. But which groups deserve...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
-
White Papers
Predicting Short-Term Eurodollar Futures
Nov 2008
The authors of this paper propose and illustrate a structural model for the forward curve produced by Eurodollar futures contracts. The model provides a three-part functional decomposition of the...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
-
White Papers
"US Monetary Policy Surprises And Currency Futures Markets: A New Look"
Mar 2008
Intraday currency futures prices react to both surprises in the federal funds target rate (the target factor) and surprises in the anticipated future direction of Federal Reserve monetary policy...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
-
White Papers
Stocks Of Bad Companies Often Outperform Those Of Good Ones
Feb 2008
According to a study by Deniz Anginer, a doctoral student in finance at Michigan's Ross School of Business, stocks of admired companies have lower returns, on average, than stocks of despised...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
-
White Papers
Into Africa
Dec 2009
African nations soon could surpass India and China to form the next hub for low-cost labor, resources, and production, said experts at the first Africa Business Seminar at Ross. In addition, the...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
-
White Papers
Financial Experts See Hope For Mid-Market Firms
Jun 2010
As the economy moves from recession into recovery, the nation's largest companies have been more successful in securing loans and capital than their smaller counterparts. Still, recovery for small...
Provided by University of Texas (Dallas)
-
White Papers
The Dark Side Of Stakeholder Management
Jan 2009
Can a company act ethically and make a profit? Stakeholder Management (SM) theory suggests so: If managers take everyone with an interest in the company into account, they will act responsibly. It...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Beating The Crowd At Picking Stocks
Jan 2010
Charles Lee's portfolio management style requires accounting for human biases to nudge prices closer to their real value. By now, the fallout from the epic financial crisis is both familiar and...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Inspiring Innovation In The Silicon Valley Housing Market
Jan 2008
Deep in the gloom of today's declining housing market, few investors see any reason for optimism. But an ACT team focused on affordable housing in the Bay area found a silver lining amidst the...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
The Inexplicable Vitality Of Pension Funds
Feb 2008
Despite promises of returns on pension plans, the fact is that with these investments, the loss column is outweighing the profits. Yet, judging by the rate of investment in these plans, the lack...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Should Managers Provide Forecasts Of Earnings?
Sep 2009
Despite the risk of manipulation, management forecasts of earnings in investor communications are beneficial, says a University of Michigan researcher. In a new study commissioned by the...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
A New Benchmark For High-Performance Investment
Jan 2008
Equity indices play an important role in passive and active portfolio management. In the vast majority of cases, the assets in these benchmarks are weighted by market capitalization. There have...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Faulty Judgment In Valuation
Jan 2008
Financial experts tend to agree that book value is not a good determinant of share value, especially in the case of well-established companies whose future direction seems assured. However,...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Black Swans, A Wild Goose Chase
Jan 2009
From the Black Monday of October 19, 1987, to the September 11 attacks: When the seemingly impossible comes to pass, has a massive impact and seems to be predictable in retrospect, then we have...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Hedge Fund Manager's Alma Mater Matters
Aug 2007
Hedge fund investors seeking superior performance are well-advised to select younger, well-educated fund managers who are highly devoted to their jobs, says a University of Michigan business...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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India's New Stock Market Story And Its' Next Trillion Dollar Opportunity'
Apr 2009
If there's one thing Raamdeo Agrawal has learned over 22 years as an investor, it's that the stock markets "always come up with a story every four or five years." Soya processing and leasing...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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Directors And Professors Treat Market Risk Differently
Jan 2008
In "Market Risk Premium Used: Survey 2008," IESE Prof. Pablo Fernández put three simple questions to 424 business executives and professors, mostly Spaniards. What market risk premium does your...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Do Financial Counseling Mandates Improve Mortgage Choice And Performance?
Jun 2009
The paper explores the effects of mandatory third-party review of mortgage contracts on the terms, availability, and performance of mortgage credit. Study is based on a legislative experiment in...
Provided by Ohio State University (Fisher)
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Shareholder Vs. Stakeholder: Two Approaches To Corporate Governance
Jan 2008
In countries with an Anglo-Saxon legal tradition, such as the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, corporate governance typically focuses on the firm's outside investors, mainly...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Control Motivations And Capital Structure Decisions
Sep 2009
This paper investigates the use of leverage as one channel through which control-motivated blockholders can defend their corporate control. Such blockholders face a trade-off between raising...
Provided by Indiana University
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Corporate Financial And Investment Policies When Future Financing Is Not Frictionless
Sep 2008
The paper studies a model in which future financing constraints lead firms to have a preference for investments with shorter payback periods, investments with less risk, and investments that...
Provided by Ohio State University (Fisher)
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The Impact Of Changes In Bank Ownership Structure On The Allocation Of Capital
Jul 2007
A new wave of bank privatizations has significantly changed the ownership structure of banking systems around the world. This paper explores how these changes affect the efficiency of capital...
Provided by Ohio State University (Fisher)
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Why Do U.S. Firms Hold So Much More Cash Than They Used To?
Oct 2009
The average cash-to-assets ratio for U.S. industrial firms more than double from 1980 to 2006. A measure of the economic importance of this increase is that at the end of the sample period, the...
Provided by Ohio State University (Fisher)
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Interbank Market Liquidity And Central Bank Intervention
Jun 2008
Interbank markets are among the most important in the financial system. They are the focus of central banks' implementation of monetary policy and have a significant effect on the whole economy....
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
