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- CalPERS Pushes Ecology, Diversity
- The footprint of concerned institutional investors trying to do the right thing just gets larger. CalPERS, the California state pension fund wielding assets of $240 billion, has expanded its guidelines for companies in its portfolio to include minimizing climate risks and advocating more diversity among employees and...
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Curveball
- The Idea in Brief You've executed a brilliant new strategy--but your competitors are catching on. How to get them off your scent? Stalk recommends throwing curveball strategies: clever moves that get competitors looking the other way...
- Articles 2008-04-14
- Federal Reserve Sees Paper Checks Declining
- The list of technological species endangered by new innovations is growing long: First 8-track tapes and VHS, then printed newspapers and the compact-disc album. Now we can add the checkbook to the list. Or that's the word from the Federal Reserve. In an interview with "American Banker,"...
- Blog posts 2008-03-27
- JPM + Bear = A Big Deal with Few Winners
- You get the sense that regulators were working all weekend long alongside hundreds of workers at JPMorgan and Bear Stearns to hammer out what by any standards is a historic takeover. The idea was to contain the equivalent of a toxic spill in world financial markets. So why doesn't anyone...
- Blog posts 2008-03-18
- The Battle for The New York Times
- This is a fascinating battle where two fundamental impulses--the right of shareholders to earn the best possible returns and the role of an independent media in the American democracy--come into conflict. Disclosure: I've been writing for the Times for seven years, but think I can step back...
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- McKinsey's Three Most Important Business Tech Trends
- The uber consultants at McKinsey’s Technology Initiative have published their first Perspectives volume, seven pieces on the major trends the firm sees emerging. I’ll highlight the first piece here more later on the rest. It’s called Eight business technology trends to watch free registration required, but these...
- Blog posts 2008-02-21
- Winning in the Aftermarket
- The Idea in Brief In many industries--automotive, consumer electronics, home appliances--the after-sales service market has ballooned to four to five times the size of the original equipment business. And the aftermarket is a high-margin cash cow: in...
- Articles 2008-02-13
- MarketBusting
- The Idea in Brief You can't outperform rivals if you compete the same way they do. To be king of the jungle, not copycat, you must spur substantial new growth--quickly, profitably, and safely. ...
- Articles 2008-01-04
- Prudential Financial and DLF Group Name Vijai Mantri as CEO and Managing Director-Designate for Asset Management Joint Venture
- NEWARK, N.J. -- U.S.-based Prudential Financial, Inc. PFI and the DLF Group, India's largest real estate developer, today announced that Vijai Mantri has been appointed as chief executive officer and managing director-designate CEO and MD designate of their proposed asset management joint venture company, DLF Pramerica Asset Managers Private Limited....
- Research articles 2008-04-09
- HBR IdeaCast: Unleash Your Hidden Assets
- Harvard Business School Press editor Melinda Merino is joined by Bain & Company’s Chris Zook to discuss some of the ideas from his new book, "Unstoppable: Finding Hidden Assets to Renew the Core and Fuel Profitable Growth." In the near future, Zook says, the only way for the vast majority...
- Blog posts 2008-01-02
- CEO Comp: Their Personal Assets Should Be At Risk
- I'm indebted to Thomas Kirchner, a fellow business commentator, who has a radical idea. If the goal of organizing a CEO's compensation is go give him or her a real personal stake in how the business performs, why not look at how Porsche has structured the compensation of CEO Wiedeking?:...
- Blog posts 2007-12-27
- Assessing Risk-adjusted Rate of Return
- Risk-adjusted Rate of Return is a performance measure that adjusts for the initial risk an investor takes at the time of a purchase.Every investor works with risk, but if they can quantify it, they should be able to make more informed decisions about which risks are worth taking. Calculating risk-adjusted...
- Articles 2007-12-12
- Assessing Current Ratio
- Current ratio is a measure of liquidity, which compares a company's current assets with its current liabilities.Current ratio is a favored test among banks and lenders because it reveals whether a company is generating enough cash to pay its short-term creditors. What to DoThe ratio divides current assets by...
- Articles 2007-12-12
- Analyzing Borrowing Costs and Capitalization
- When a company borrows money, there are essentially two costs involved: the issuance expenses, which are fees charged to issue the loan, and the interest payments on the debt. If interest is added to the principle balance of the loan—rather than paid off—it's known as capitalization.Interest rates are usually based...
- Articles 2007-12-12
- How To Memorize Names, Numbers
- As we've noted before here on Business Hacks, a quick recall is often an important asset in business. Not only does memorizing a bunch of names of people you just met make them feel happy, they might also think it's an indicator that you have other sorts of smarts, as...
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
- Judging When to Sell a Business
- Why you're selling a business will determine how you should approach the task and what you can reasonably expect from an eventual deal. If you are selling so you can retire, for instance, you can wait for the best offer, even if you wind up waiting for a few years....
- Articles 2007-09-17
- New Book on the Luxury Goods Industry Supplies Food for Thought
- This week BNET is featuring a list of underrated business books. The recommendations are noteworthy for their diversity -- we've got everything from the eye-opening and incredibly sad "Nickel and Dimed in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich, to the fast and fun insights of Malcolm Gladwell's "The Tipping Point." If you're...
- Blog posts 2007-08-27
- How to Redefine Your Company's Core Strategy
- As we wrote on the BNET Intercom last week, sometimes it's important to stay true to your company's strategic core. But sometimes, with technology and globalization changing the business environment at whiplash inducing speeds, fundamental redefinition is a necessity rather than a distraction. In a post on the Harvard Business...
- Blog posts 2007-08-16
- Identifying Capital and Operating Leases
- Payments for leased corporate assets must be accounted for in financial statements, to accurately reflectthe company's financial obligations. There are two accounting methods, one for each type of lease: "operating" or "capital."The FASB Financial Accounting Standards Board has developed objective criteria to help managers identify the type of lease based...
- Articles 2007-08-13
- Investing in Africa: Not As Crazy As It Sounds?
- If American business thinks of Africa at all, it's usually as a tax write-off generating charity case. That's a mistake writes Thomas Kostigen on MarketWatch.com in response to a new report by investment consultant RogersCasey. Africa, according to Kostigen and RogersCasey, offers ethically responsible investment opportunities with attractive risk-adjusted returns....
- Blog posts 2007-08-10
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