Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2012

The result: the Nook debuted in 2009 and leapfrogged the Kindle in key features, capturing nearly a third of the e-reader market and probably saving the company's life. EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) is the equivalent of corporate blood pressure. Consider how narrow B&N's window was.

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EBITDA How To Crisis Depreciation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Pfizer divested its consumer health care business in 2006, selling it to J&J for more than 20x EBITDA. Some of those capabilities, incidentally, came back to Pfizer in 2009, as part of its acquisition of Wyeth, which had a consumer health business of its own.). A spectacular move — or was it?

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EBITDA Due Diligence Health Care Gordon 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2012

The chart below shows the company's strong financial performance from 2009 to the present. billion in revenue, over $1 billion in gross profit and $500 million in EBITDA. With over $1 billion in revenue, 2000 employees and a market capitalization of over $6 billion, Akamai has become a role model for scalable start-ups.

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P&L Lewin EBITDA Ries 13

Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 3, 2010

The Right Team on the Field – I think that many companies put off adjusting their teams towards the end of 2009. We’re in the middle of an employee survey to better understand what went right and wrong in 2009 and figure out what our priorities should be in 2010. Now is the time to get the team set for a fresh start.

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Leadership Ethics Course Learning-by-Doing 418

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Poverty has fallen from 22 percent of the population to 7 percent between 2003 and 2009. In developing countries like Brazil, for example, we are seeing the resounding positive effects of Bolsa Familia, a social program which has changed the economic demographic of the country.

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Suri Construction Class EBITDA 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Financial services professionals may sidetrack us by slinging around financial terms like market cap, P/E, or EV/EBITDA, but investing is ultimately about achieving two goals at once — financing our personal dreams and making a down payment on the world we want. Investing is about taking stock in you.

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Finance P&L Due Diligence Hedge 8