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Female Leadership on the Decline in Canada :: Women on Business

Women on Business

CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), found that the number of women in top executives positions in Canada has fallen over the past year from 37 women in the highest-paying executive jobs in 2006 to just 31 in 2007. Furthermore, of the 535 highest paid and most senior positions at those companies, only 5.8% are held by women (down from 6.9%

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Avon CEO Andrea Jung Takes Seat on Apple's Board :: Women on Business

Women on Business

She’s taking over the seat formerly occupied by Apple’s former CFO, John Anderson, who resigned amidst a stock options backdating scandal. Andrea Jung was an executive vice president at Neiman-Marcus before she joined Avon in 1996. Avon’s stock price was up 15% in 2007.Â

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Why We Need to Update Financial Reporting for the Digital Era

Harvard Business Review

The market caps of just four companies, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft, now exceed $3 trillion. Their combined assets of $944 billion are an order of magnitude lower than the combined assets of $7,700 billion of the largest 3,177 companies in 1986, when the aggregate market capitalization reached $3 trillion for the first time.

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A Refresher on Cost of Capital

Harvard Business Review

You may be wondering if this is the same as discount rate and the terms are sometimes used interchangeably, explains Knight. “At most companies, the cost of capital is a mechanical calculation done by the finance people. In many businesses, the cost of capital is lower than the discount rate or the required rate of return.

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Providing Earnings Guidance? Think Again

Harvard Business Review

Investors reward companies (such as Apple and Kimberly-Clark ) whose current performance or guidance for the future exceeds market expectations, and they punish companies (as they did Starbucks and Procter & Gamble ) whose performance or guidance fails to meet expectations.

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The Never-Ending Meeting :: Women on Business

Women on Business

For example, ‘To decide on a marketing plan and determine the next steps for everyone in the group. It’s not rocket science, but it is surprising how many CFO’s and managers don’t stop to evaluate the effectiveness of their meetings. You first have to determine the purpose of the meeting.

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Case Study: A Short-Seller Crashes the Party

Harvard Business Review

Competitive products came on the market, but none were as popular as the Express. Terranola’s market cap skyrocketed to $8.1 Yet the company also attracted a lot of short-sellers – investors who borrowed shares from a brokerage and sold them, hoping to buy them back later at a discount, return them, and pocket the difference.