Corporate Value Creation

A detailed crash course in business management for valuecreation Corporate Value Creation provides an operations frameworkthat management can use to optimize the impact decisions have oncreating value by growing revenue and profitability. Designed toassist professionals without a strong business or financialeducation, this book provides a thorough understanding of thequalitative and quantitative aspects of managing a business for thepurpose of value creation. Readers will find detailed informationon financial reports, valuation, modeling and forecasting, andmore, including discussion of best practices that functionalmanagement can embrace to leverage performance. The final chapterreviews key concepts and helps the reader tie them all together byusing a step-by-step approach to build or modify a business planthat includes a complete set of financial statements. In addition,each chapter includes case studies or exercises so that the readercan practice using the material covered in the chapter. Corporate Value Creation can also be used as a handbookfor managers who are looking for information on specific topicsthat range from developing financial statements to manufacturingmanagement, to internet marketing and much more. In most cases,individual topics can be reviewed without reading the entire book.Finally, for the manager who wants to quickly understand what'sinvolved in running a successful business, each chapter begins withthe key takeaways from that chapter in a section called"Nuggets". Fundamentally, creating value is as simple as making more money– but therein lies the rub. Effective management of businessgrowth involves a complex interplay of productivity, capital, debt,and margins, and finding the most efficient balance can bechallenging. For managers who need a deeper understanding of theforces at work, Corporate Value Creation is a thorough,detailed guide but it is also valuable for managers who are lookingfor information on a specific topic or simply wanting to understandat a high level what's involved in running a successfulbusiness.

This book is about giving the CEO what he wants to know about Value creation and success.

An accessible guide to the essential issues of corporate finance While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out. Value explores the core of corporate finance without getting bogged down in numbers and is intended to give managers an accessible guide to both the foundations and applications of corporate finance. Filled with in-depth insights from experts at McKinsey & Company, this reliable resource takes a much more qualitative approach to what the authors consider a lost art. Discusses the four foundational principles of corporate finance Effectively applies the theory of value creation to our economy Examines ways to maintain and grow value through mergers, acquisitions, and portfolio management Addresses how to ensure your company has the right governance, performance measurement, and internal discussions to encourage value-creating decisions A perfect companion to the Fifth Edition of Valuation, this book will put the various issues associated with corporate finance in perspective.

Value Creation from E-Business Models provides a thorough analysis of what constitutes an e-business model. Unlike many e-business books available, this text draws together theoretical and empirical contributions from leading academic scholars in the field of management information systems. Divided into four parts, E-Business Models and Taxonomies; E-Business Markets; E-Business Customer Performance Measurement; and E-Business Vendor Applications and Services, this book is the critical dissection of E-Business that today's academic community needs. * World class academic contributors brought together in one volume * Demonstrates that there are e-business models which create value for customers and vendors alike * Learn from the lessons of the past five years in developing and implementing e-business models

This book focuses on leadership and strategy, corporate governance, operational excellence, and corporate social responsibility. In doing so, it offers both conceptual perspectives and case studies on these topics that are targeted at business executives who want to develop and mature towards being successful value creators in their leadership roles. Authored by the former CEO of National Australia Bank (NAB), Don Argus, and business school professor Danny Samson, the book provides insights on the strategic leadership factors that make a significant and positive difference when they are executed effectively and, in contrast, what happens when ineffective leadership/ strategy are deployed. It proposes and illustrates core leadership axioms, and also delves into sustainable development as an element of strategy. The authors do this by developing and illustrating core concepts that relate to the two major case study companies of NAB and BHP. Readers will be particularly interested in the core elements of leadership and strategy, and the grounded reality of how they operated in the case studies. The authors bring insiders’ and leaders’ perspectives to these topics, including tables that document shareholder value creation, and the logic behind strategic decisions, as well as key organisational leadership and strategic decision processes.

This book uses a system-based approach to decipher and organize the concepts and conclusions relevant for creating and capturing value in business. It develops a scientific theory based on systems science and logical reasoning that is commonly employed in mathematics and natural science. The resulting new theory focuses on the organizational nature of the world and the organic and holistic feature of human organizations and their interactions. To this end, this book identifies a few axioms, instead of empirical discoveries, on which it reliably constructs the entire theory.

This text provides constructive guidelines to readers to open their minds to the challenges of creating value. This second edition updates the reasons for the choice of the individual offering as the strategy unit, and extends the challenges to standard approaches and conventional thinking.

An accessible guide to the essential issues of corporate finance While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out. Value explores the core of corporate finance without getting bogged down in numbers and is intended to give managers an accessible guide to both the foundations and applications of corporate finance. Filled with in-depth insights from experts at McKinsey & Company, this reliable resource takes a much more qualitative approach to what the authors consider a lost art. Discusses the four foundational principles of corporate finance Effectively applies the theory of value creation to our economy Examines ways to maintain and grow value through mergers, acquisitions, and portfolio management Addresses how to ensure your company has the right governance, performance measurement, and internal discussions to encourage value-creating decisions A perfect companion to the Fifth Edition of Valuation, this book will put the various issues associated with corporate finance in perspective.