Performance Dashboards + WS

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-470-04797-2
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, mit 1 CD-ROM, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 621 g

No matter what industry your company competes in, you need to have a firm understanding of how to create a direct link between shareholder value and critical business processes in order to improve performance and achieve long-term value. Performance Dashboards and Analysis for Value Creation contains the information and expertise you need to do just this—and much more.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alexander, Jack

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Unternehmensfinanzierung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Kostenmanagement, Budgetierung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensfinanzen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Dashboards.

Preface.

About the Author.

Acknowledgments.

CHAPTER 1 The Management Challenge: Integrating Performance, Finance, and Value.

PART ONE Creating Context and Covering the Basics.

CHAPTER 2 Fundamentals of Finance.

CHAPTER 3 Key Valuation Concepts.

CHAPTER 4 The Business Model and Financial Projections.

PART TWO Linking Performance and Value.

CHAPTER 5 Drivers of Shareholder Value and the Value Performance Framework.

CHAPTER 6 Revenue Growth and Pricing Strength.

CHAPTER 7 Operating Effectiveness.

CHAPTER 8 Capital Effectiveness: Working Capital.

CHAPTER 9 Capital Effectiveness: Long-Term Assets.

CHAPTER 10 Cost of Capital and the Intangibles.

PART THREE Driving Performance and Value.

CHAPTER 11 Building a Performance Management Framework.

CHAPTER 12 The Economics of Mergers and Acquisitions.

CHAPTER 13 Benchmark Takeaways and Summary.

Glossary.

About the CD-ROM.

Index of Performance Measures.

Subject Index.

Über Autor(innen)

JACK ALEXANDER is founder and President of Value Advisory Group, LLC, a consulting firm with a focus on improving business performance and building shareholder value. He is a lecturer at Babson College, where he teaches corporate finance and advanced finance electives in the MBA program. Alexander is a frequent speaker on value-based management and business performance management. Prior to establishing Value Advisory Group, Mr. Alexander held a number of senior operating and financial positions in the industry. He is a Certified Public Accountant and has an MBA from Rider University and a BS in business management from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.