Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2012

Now the largest beer company in the world, AB InBev reported a double digit EBITDA growth rate and almost 30% growth in earnings per share. Observers tend to overlook the "dream" talk and chalk up AB InBev's extraordinary success to its relentless cost cutting culture. Anheuser's EBITDA in 2007, prior to its acquisition, was 23%.

EBITDA 10

EBITDA Globalization Depreciation Open-book 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Executives cannot be successful using yesterday’s approach to the Brazilian market, which focused on tapping into the unmet needs of a growing middle class, burgeoning business community, and an ever-growing public sector. times their earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA). times EBITDA.

Strategy 8

Strategy Depreciation EBITDA Price 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

But having a grasp of terms like EBITDA and net present value are important no matter where you sit on the org chart. “If you can speak the language of money, you will be more successful,” he says. Boosting your financial expertise requires figuring out the metrics by which your company measures success.

Finance 8

Finance Skills EBITDA Net Present Value 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2013

Don't overuse I (try not to begin paragraphs or successive sentences with it), but do lean heavily on we, our, you, and your. When you write e-mails, reports, letters, and other documents, here's how to keep your readers alert and responsive: Use personal pronouns skillfully. Those are friendly words that pull readers into a document.

VBM 10

VBM EBITDA Document Activity Based Costing 10

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

In The Essential Advantage : How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy , Booz & Company’s Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi maintain that success in any market accrues to firms with a coherence premium – a tight match between their strategic direction and the capabilities that make them unique. billion, or 20.6

Resources 52

Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2014

To be clear, Whole Foods’s financials are still healthy: in FY 2013, its revenue was $12.9B, EBITDA $1.2B, and earnings per share increased by 19%. First, its success has drawn in new competition. And yet investors are jittery over whether the company will be able to deliver the growth necessary to justify its still-hefty valuation.

Price 8

Price Marketing EBITDA Wilde 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2014

The most successful, visionary entrepreneurs dream not of millions of dollars, but of a world where their products change culture. But analysts are judging EBITDA, P/E ratios, quarterly growth, and cashflows – which don’t always correlate with long-term value creation.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Mezzanine Short-term 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. So how should you go about setting your strategy for divesting successfully? Jeff Immelt was happy to free up some of the capital GE had in NBC/Universal two years ago; how long before he decides to free up the rest? Pfizer Inc.

Due Diligence 15

Due Diligence EBITDA Health Care Gordon 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2014

Samir Husni, Director of the Magazine Innovation Center, also points out that in recent years publishers have taken concepts from other media platforms, like All Recipes , HGTV , and Food Network , and turned them into successful print brands. Last year, News Corp’s newspaper division reported EBITDA of $795 million on $6.7

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist EBITDA Venture Funding Magazine 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2012

billion in revenue, over $1 billion in gross profit and $500 million in EBITDA. As the company's first product offering — content acceleration — hit the tornado in 1999, they began working on transforming the company from a one-product success to a platform. In 2012, analysts forecast the company will achieve nearly $1.5

P&L 13

P&L Lewin EBITDA Ries 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

The first component of a Deal Profile is figuring out how to define success. Sales calls now focused on defining success with the customer, including specific outcomes such as time to deploy applications and system up-time guarantees. For customers, the calls were reviews and reminders of agreed-upon success outcomes.

Strategy 8

Strategy Team Discount ROIC 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2016

These are of course unknown and highly dependent on the job and the success of the small business itself. million EBITDA company for 4x paying $6 million and using 50% debt financing. But here is a sketch based on the information we have at hand. We’ll also assume the entrepreneur acquired a $1.5

Consultative 8

Consultative CAGR EBITDA CEO 8

Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 3, 2010

Over the course of my career I’ve assembled a very handy annual New Year’s “Checklist&# that helps get me focused and ready for the challenges to come in the days and months ahead, and well positioned for success. Do you need to reshuffle a few things now before things get too busy? rm on a consistent basis.

Leadership 418

Leadership Ethics Course Learning-by-Doing 418

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Successful companies shape their high-level strategies by relying not on complicated frameworks but on simple rules of thumb. Within three years, ALL's Brazilian rail operations had increased revenues by 50% and tripled EBITDA.

Strategy 8

Strategy Proposal Guidelines Net Present Value 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

The assumption here is that, because most of these value-adding leaders have had substantial tenures, the reputations of the firms, no less than their financial success, reflect these individuals’ leadership. ). (Note the caveat that our data reflect perceptions of companies, not individual CEOs.

CEO 8

CEO Reputation Metrics EBITDA 8

HR Digest

AUGUST 1, 2019

A successful financial literacy program should provide managers with opportunities to utilize their financial skills on a regular basis. Third, reward success through an objectively designed bonus system related to financial performance. The instructional design of the program is key to achieving the learning objectives.

Finance 63

Finance Metrics EBITDA Handbook 63

CO2

APRIL 18, 2012

For example if you discuss EBITDA (Earnings before interest tax and depreciation) don’t assume that all your employees will understand what you mean. d) Tie compensation back to the success of the plan. e) Include connections in the company newsletter or intranet blog about successes and challenges associated with the plan.

Strategic Planning 145

Strategic Planning Planning Strategy Balanced Scorecard 145

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

In comparison, TripAdvisor is more of a classic consumer Internet success story, but with even more powerful network effects and an amazing business model. and EBITDA margins are 47%. The chart below shows their financial performance over the last few years, with forecasted 2012 revenue of $767M and EBITDA of $339M.

EBITDA 8

EBITDA Engineering Travel Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2016

Your business is a success, but you feel like a failure. In early 2013, Norwegian went public and became one of the most successful IPOs of the year, closing the year 87% above its IPO price. It feels horrible: You’re scaling up aggressively and working harder than ever, but with each passing day you feel more overwhelmed.

Company 9

Company IPO Price Loyalty 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Much of Keurig's success comes from its superior brewer technology and wide variety of K-Cups. But one of the keys to success was its strength in the B2B office coffee market, which allowed the company to refine its offer and build awareness before winning in the B2C market.

B2C 12

B2C Strategy B2B Waterman 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

That was the key to success. What Alex’s success exemplifies is the importance of “learning agility”: a set of qualities and attributes that allow an individual’s to stay flexible, grow from mistakes, and rise to a diverse array of challenges. Avoid defending.

Agility 8

Agility Emotional Intelligence Learning-by-Doing EBITDA 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Of course, the political and cultural issues are key to successful implementation. The basic input for all systems is rolled-steel, tubes and flanges, nominally available from almost any steel-manufacturer at a very competitive price. The Use of Available Technology.

Suri 14

Suri Construction Class EBITDA 14