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Shifting Finance from Controlling to Improving

Harvard Business Review

It's difficult to get senior executives who have been successful managing a particular way to realize that they need to change their approach. Yet this is exactly the challenge facing leaders of the finance function who are asked to help their organization improve the way that work is done.

Finance 11
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Performance Measurement

Strategy Driven

They don’t tell you how well the business is positioned for future growth and ROIC improvement. Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance by Tim Koller. Discusses the four foundational principles of corporate finance. Examines ways to maintain and grow value through mergers, acquisitions, and portfolio management.

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Companies Collect Competitive Intelligence, but Don’t Use It

Harvard Business Review

Specific competitor information is another $2 billion. On the other hand, management never questions the actual use of this information by employees in brand, product, R&D, marketing, business development, sales, purchasing or any other market-facing function. How many reports did the analysts issue?