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The Building Blocks of ROI: How to Calculate and Understand Return on Investment
Berman, Karen; Knight, JoeBook Chapter HBS-6566BC-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis chapter discusses foundational principles, including the time value of money, for making decisions relating to capital investment in corporate America. To be a successful entrepreneur, you must understand the basics of spending cash in the hope of realizing a return - like buying a new machine or software application. This chapter is excerpted from "Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs: What You Really Need to Know About the Numbers."Starting at €8.20
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Financial Literacy, Transparency, and Your Business's Performance: Why Entrepreneurs Should Bring Financial Intelligence to Work
Berman, Karen; Knight, JoeBook Chapter HBS-6571BC-EFinancial intelligence empowers entrepreneurs to make better decisions that contribute to a business's health, and support the financial training of the entire staff. Plenty of entrepreneurs have focused on developing financial intelligence and have found that the investment of time is repaid in productivity and employee satisfaction. This chapter is excerpted from "Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs: What You Really Need to Know About the ...Starting at €8.20
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Financial Literacy Strategies: For Entrepreneurs
Berman, Karen; Knight, JoeBook Chapter HBS-6572BC-EIn order to have a financially intelligent company, you must first figure out a strategy for getting there. This chapter outlines three approaches that have proven effective in making financial literacy part of a company's culture. This chapter is excerpted from "Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs: What You Really Need to Know About the Numbers."Starting at €8.20
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Putting Financial Intelligence to Work - Growing Your Business: Helping Your Entrepreneurial Venture Succeed
Berman, Karen; Knight, JoeBook Chapter HBS-6573BC-EMany entrepreneurs misunderstand the process of growth. They assume that it will take care of it itself - but, in reality, putting your company into a growth mode should be a conscious choice. This chapter discusses different paths to growth, and emphasizes how increasing your financial intelligence makes starting and running a company both easier and more rewarding. This chapter is excerpted from "Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs: What Y...Starting at €8.20
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Exercises to Build Your Financial Intelligence: Income Statement; Balance Sheet; Cash Flow Statement; Ratios--For Entrepreneurs
Berman, Karen; Knight, JoeBook Chapter HBS-6574BC-EThe exercises provided in this chapter give you the opportunity to get comfortable with calculating and analyzing income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and ratios. This chapter is excerpted from "Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs."Starting at €8.20
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Are Your People Financially Literate
Berman, Karen; Knight, JoeArticle HBS-F0910D-EFinanceAsked to take a basic financial literacy exam, a representative sample of U.S. managers scored an average of only 38%, which doesn't bode well for either the individuals or their organizations.Starting at €8.20
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El trilema de Algorismika
Armengou Orús, Jaume; García-Castro, RobertoCase AD-383Decision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Information TechnologiesUna start-up de desarrollo de software se plantea si seguir tal como está, o bien consolidarse, o bien venderse a otra empresa ya consolidada.Starting at €8.20
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Stonemaier Games
García-Castro, RobertoCase AD-392-EDecision AnalysisThe case analyzes the production decision of a small board game publisher. Stonemaier must decide on the optimal number of games for its first edition of the Wingspan game.Starting at €8.20
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Subjective Decisions, Perception and Time
Baucells Alibés, Manel; García-Castro, RobertoTechnical Note ADN-288-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsRecently, the way people commonly deal with decisions involving time has become an important research topic for economists and psychologists alike. This note offers a summary of some of the main results, which have applications in understanding consumer behavior and also in everyday life to help us make better decisions. This note is based on the note "Time, Perception and Decision-Making" from Manel Baucells and Lucy Chatburn, ADN-264-E.Starting at €8.20
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Measuring Risk in Investment Projects: NPV at Risk
García-Castro, RobertoTechnical Note ADN-286-EDecision Analysis, FinanceNPV is based on the discount of expected, future cash flows. As such, it is subject to substantial uncertainty in real applications. This uncertainty is often neglected in some companies due to a lack of appropriate tools to manage it. One way to account for all the risk associated with a particular investment project is to use the probability distribution associated with the NPV (NPVAR), once the main uncertainties have been identified and measu...Starting at €8.20