Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2012

The arguments center on the value of establishing increased transparency with investors, and include: Higher Stock Price: The advocates for guidance argue that it can result in a higher stock price. First, let's review the case for guidance. Otherwise, they may be shackled by Fair Disclosure (Reg. FD) constraints.

CFO 11

CFO Metrics Price Depreciation 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

Nikon watched its profits sink and its stock price at one point fell below liquidation value. Then a new CFO joined the company: Masashi Oka, a financial industry veteran who had played a key role in transforming Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group-owned Union Bank in the US.

Company 9

Company ROIC CFO Restructuring 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2012

Developing Nations to Outstrip the Rich in Oil Consumption (Slate). The world is about to reach a tipping point where developed countries will no longer be the majority consumers of oil. That’s because demand is weakening in rich countries while it booms in the developing world. TAXATION TO THE RESCUE? Japan, and Germany.

CFO 10

CFO Discount Price Cost 10

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Forced to do more with much less, the small businesses that have managed to survive and even thrive during these tough times have recognized one important factor: You can’t always compete on price, but you can compete on service. You might not always be able to slash your prices lower than those of your competitors. magazine.

Learning-by-Doing 62

Learning-by-Doing Price Bottom-up Finance 62

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2014

BlueArc’s devices were high-end, but its management believed it needed a mid-priced product to get it through the recession. BlueArc’s CFO, Rick Martig, and other executives gathered market data to support the investment in the mid-tier data storage product. BlueArc was venture-funded, but in 2008 VC money was getting hard to find.

CFO 8

CFO Venture Funding IPO Retail 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 27, 2011

Sharon Drew explores what happens when he stumbles in the dark trying to bring his fellow managers, the internal tech team (which is responsible for the current site), and the CFO (to whom the tech team reports) on board. The systems designers were able to elicit the right data and develop the exact right design the first time with no redos.

Case Study 50

Case Study Technology Resistance Project 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

ran, a Florida-based shopping-center-development group, and she was devoted to both him and his firm. In Sarah’s opinion, the problem was obvious: Sid Yerby, the CFO. The young and inexperienced CEO confessed that he often felt uncomfortable asking tough questions of the CFO, an industry veteran who was 10 years his senior.

Case Study 9

Case Study Real Estate CFO Letter 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2016

They held about 40 meetings with companies that had bought renewable energy and with big project developers. They had framing conversations with the CEO and CFO early on to discuss any financial or operational challenges. Owens Corning won’t actually reveal the exact energy prices they’re paying. Get early buy-in.

Energy 8

Energy Industry Finance CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

And as an HBS white paper points out, even some of today’s most mainstream executives — from the CTO to even the CFO — were once just new positions created to deal with “significant opportunities and risks emerging from technological or social disruptions.” Insight Center. The Future of Operations.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2017

Retailers combine data on demographics and weather to predict sales and develop merchandising plans. Housing market price changes can be more accurately predicted from analysis of Google searches than by a team of expert real estate forecasters.

Marketing 8

Marketing Root Cause Analysis Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2015

It’s all a matter of developing trust. The meetings themselves, aside from the CFO’s report on financials, focused on discussions of the main issues. We were still in the process of developing our new strategy, and the stock price was disappointingly low. I got rid of that barrier.

CEO 8

CEO 360-Degree Feedback Management Charisma 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

And while it has certainly burned many buyers of Amazon shares through the years — Amazon's stock price took a decade to get back to its 2009 peak — the long-run returns have been spectacular. That opportunistic approach to financial markets has defined Amazon since it went public in 1997. In Morten T. Nobody complains.

Training 10

Training Bond Christensen Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Like any firm in need of business development, we build relationships with executives across the company, and pitch proposals. the CEO’s or CFO’s), but rather serve the needs of our internal project sponsors (usually at the CXO, EVP, and SVP level). .” To succeed long term, winning on price alone is not sufficient.

Consultative 8

Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

due to inflation, salary increases) to maintain margin in an environment of downward pressure on prices. CFO Ric Magnuson says that the change has forced managers to develop a much better understanding of the work in their departments, particularly which activities truly matter. There have been challenges.

Budgeting 11

Budgeting Chief Financial Officer Cost CFO 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

We all make pitches every day — for that highly-prized account; to a client who's reluctant to accept your scary proposal; for a skeptical CFO to loosen the purse strings; or for a wary new team to believe in you. Here's what I've learned about winning pitches like these: 1. You need to connect yourself to the hidden agenda.

Belief Systems 17

Belief Systems Tips Audience CFO 17

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Your CFO and finance team can take a leadership role here. A well-known early adopter of the Net Promoter system began linking NPS improvement to executive compensation before it had developed adequate disciplines and processes for understanding its scores. "We A clear link to financial and strategic outcomes.

Incentives 10

Incentives Sample Customer Loyalty Metrics 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Facebook went public just three months ago with an initial share price of $38. This week the CFO came under scrutiny from no less than Andrew Ross Sorkin of the New York Times. They roughly follow the development pattern of the human brain. , the written word, even communication itself. Is it Facebook's turn?

CFO 9

CFO Quality Efficiency Download 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Several analysts had downgraded Coe's stock as a result, and its share price had plunged. His business development team had gotten some good market data about the border cities — Matamoros, Ciudad Juárez — and some leads on potential partners. Back at the office, Stan stopped by to see his CFO, Carl Amirault.

Case Study 10

Case Study Marketing Real Estate Retail 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2010

But the price of gaining that control would be ceding some to him — her own stake would fall from 64% to 51% — and he would have more involvement in the business than any single one of the friends and family members who had invested with her thus far. Families were deeply involved in developing treatment programs.

Case Study 13

Case Study Franchising Health Care Follow-up 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2016

You used to be able to track everything with an Excel spreadsheet, personally designed by your CFO; now you’ve got an SAP installation in its place, supported by an entire IT department. Eventually, feeling it had no other option, the company adopted a low-cost strategy on the outside: last-minute price-cutting. Chaos ensued.

Company 10

Company IPO Price Loyalty 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2017

But the ones who really understand the issue see gender balance as not just a numbers game but part of a broader, more strategic cultural shift that includes developing leadership teams representing geographically diffuse markets. The second phase was to attract and develop more local and international people.

Diversity 8

Diversity CFO Globalization Video 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2017

”We didn’t think a recommendation engine was necessary at the time,” said one of the company’s web developers. Do you want to price differently? More importantly, the supplier acknowledged, the reseller typically knows more about equipment status and planned purchases than it does. Personalize offers?

Engineering 8

Engineering Company White Paper Cooper 8