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Using Scenarios to Plan for Tomorrow
Rosenberg, MikeArticle ART-2079-EStrategyWhile business planners often resort to forecasting to estimate outcomes at some future point in time, the author believes forecasting has serious limitations and is not a reliable guide for the long-term future. Instead, he recommends scenario planning as a superior way of envisaging the future, in order to help managers see the business environment more clearly and make better strategic choices. Using the considerable experience of Shell in thi...Starting at €8.20
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How to Manage a Crisis Before It Hits
González Herrero, AlfonsoArticle ART-2270-EMarketingNo industry or company is safe from crisis. Every company's reputation is potentially vulnerable to accidents, strikes, cyberattacks or data theft. How well a firm's reputation and balance sheet hold up in a crisis will depend on how well the firm communicates with stakeholders and with traditional and online media. The old-style approach to crisis management was reactive: Companies hoped that nothing would go wrong and that, if it did, managemen...Starting at €8.20
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Lessons From the Crisis for Corporate Finance
Campa Fernández, José ManuelArticle ART-2311-EFinanceAs a result of the crisis, many companies have seen their ability to carry out strategic plans greatly reduced due to financial pressures. This article analyzes how the finance function went off track and overstepped its legitimate bounds, leaving many companies exposed and vulnerable. The author proposes three essential attitudes and principles that finance sector professionals must adopt, and the actions to go along with them, to get corporate ...Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Issue 16. First Quarter 2013
IESE InsightMagazine REV-37-ECorporate Governance, Finance, Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, StrategyJosé M. Campa proposes the essential attitudes and principles that finance sector professionals must adopt, and the actions to go along with them, to get corporate finance back on track. Juan Almandoz draws out several lessons for creating a new community bank, which serve as useful reminders for any business seeking to reconcile its mission with the needs of customers, while also reconnecting with communities in vital and lasting ways. Mireia Gi...Starting at €22.00
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Decision Tools to Keep You on the Right Path
Santiago Hernando, Rafael deArticle ART-2451-EDecision AnalysisSuppose you have a big decision to make, like investing in a project in a context of highly uncertain market conditions. Tools such as decision diagrams can help managers to structure problems, carefully consider alternatives and calculate the risks involved. This article shows how to use decision trees and expected value to improve your decision-making processes. However, don't be fooled into thinking that applying a "scientific" process will gu...Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Issue 19. Fourth Quarter 2013
IESE InsightMagazine REV-43-EDecision Analysis, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyThis issue will not only help you to make decisions, it will ensure they are smart. Rafael de Santiago shows how to use decision trees, and suggests practical strategies to limit the influence of cognitive biases on your decision-making. Sheena Iyengar offers steps to design more helpful forms of choice, so that you obtain the most benefit from choice with the least effort, for yourself as well as for the consumers and employees you serve. Sebast...Starting at €22.00
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The Strategic Investor Takes the Driver's Seat
Puempin, Cuno; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Hashemi, Fariba; Hashemi, BrianArticle ART-2455-EFinance, StrategyStrategy, whether for business, the military or politics, involves the optimal use and deployment of resources in order to achieve an objective. The authors apply the principles of strategic management to investment in order to create wealth. Their recommendations are based on their research and practical experiences of investment, as well as interviews with successful private investors and family wealth managers, summarized in their forthcoming ...Starting at €8.20