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Author : Bennett Stewart
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118645314

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Best-Practice EVA by Bennett Stewart Pdf

Best-Practice EVA tells the new EVA story from the ground up. Stewart covers EVA essentials—the classic economic profit version of EVA—in the first three chapters of the book. He shows readers how simple and intuitive EVA really is, how it is defined, and why it is better than all other measures of corporate profit. You discover how it naturally guides managers into making all the right decisions—the ones that will truly maximize value. You see how to use it in profit-sharing bonus plans that create the powerful incentives of an owner. Later, Stewart introduces new ratios that make EVA much more powerful and much easier to use than ever before. The pinnacle of the new ratio framework is EVA Momentum, calculated by taking the change in EVA versus the prior period, and dividing by the revenues in the prior period. It measures the growth rate in EVA, scaled to the sales size of the business. It is the only corporate performance ratio where bigger always is better, because it gets bigger when EVA does, which means it should be every company's most important financial goal, the one ratio metric that everyone aims to maximize as the key measure of corporate success. Stewart then walks through the nuts and bolts of Best-Practice EVA, kicking off with an in-depth look at EVA Margin, or EVA as a percent of sales. It’s a key productivity metric, and Stewart’s candidate to replace ROI. The last link in the Best-Practice program is PRVit—the EVA market score report. Stewart shows how to read and interpret the report, how the score is determined, and why investors are turning to it to screen and rate stocks. He also shows why it is finding a home with CFOs and IR directors who want insights into how the market is pricing their stock. The book concludes with battle-tested tips from the firing line, practical suggestions for how you can test drive and adopt Best-Practice EVA at your company.

Author : Everest Media
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-02T07:00:00Z
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781669347736

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Summary of G. Bennett Stewart III's Best practice EVA by Everest Media Pdf

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 EVA is a technique for improving the planning process and a framework for valuing decisions. It is the basis for bonus plans that turn managers and employees into owner/ operators. It is a great way for a management team to communicate its commitment to creating value for its investors. #2 The cost of capital is not a cash cost you can see and touch. It is an opportunity cost, the cost to lenders and shareholders of giving up the returns they could otherwise expect to earn from investing their money in a stock and bond portfolio. #3 The cost of capital is the amount of money a company loses due to the interest that it pays on its debt and the interest that it earns on its equity. It is a real cost that can be estimated using modern financial techniques. #4 The capital charge is the amount of money a company needs to spend to obtain, and keep, an operating profit. It is computed by multiplying the cost of capital rate times the capital, which in this case is $1,000 invested in net business assets and a cost of 10 percent. The company must earn $100 in NOPAT to just break even.

Author : S. David Young,Stephen F. O'Byrne
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2000-12-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0071379878

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EVA and Value-Based Management: A Practical Guide to Implementation by S. David Young,Stephen F. O'Byrne Pdf

Economic Value Added (EVA) and Value Based Management (VBM) are today’s hottest management buzzwords. But written information has often been biased and clouded by the authors’ hidden agendas. EVA and Value-Based Management is the first book to unflinchingly discuss the pros and cons of EVA and VBM. Covering both implementation and conceptual issues, with a strong emphasis on performance measurement, value drivers, and management compensation, it allows readers to come to their own informed conclusions.

Author : Joel M. Stern,John S. Shiely,Irwin Ross
Publisher : Wiley
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002-11-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780471008415

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The EVA Challenge by Joel M. Stern,John S. Shiely,Irwin Ross Pdf

The co-founder of EVA shows how to apply it in today's new economy EVA-economic valued added-is a measure of the true financial performance of a company, and a strategy for creating corporate and shareholder wealth. It is also a method of changing corporate priorities and behavior throughout a company, right down to the "shop floor." In The EVA Challenge, the authors outline how to implement EVA-from training employees to answering the most frequently encountered implementation problems faced by companies. This detailed "how-to" guide represents the second phase in the "EVA Revolution", showing executives around the world how to customize and implement EVA at their companies. Here, EVA converts learn how to work some "EVA magic" through company-specific initiatives and case study examples. Coverage includes completely new materials on "real options", leveraged stock options, and other concepts critical to corporations in both new and old economy industry sectors.

Author : G. Bennett Stewart
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 826 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1991-02-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780887304187

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The Quest for Value by G. Bennett Stewart Pdf

In this bestselling classic of financial management, G. Bennett Stewart, III, raises and answers these provocative questions: Do dividends matter? Are earnings per share really accurate measures of corporate performance? What is the engine that really drives share prices? More than that, Stewart lays the foundation for EVAr, the financial management and incentive system now in place at nearly 300 companies around the world, and which is rapidly becoming the global standard for corporate governance. Managers, confused about what investors really want, often find it difficult to reach informed decisions regarding business strategy, acquisitions and divestitures, financial structure, dividend policy, and executive compensation. But now an EVAr -based revolution is providing a practical framework that managers can use to build a premium-valued company. At the forefront of this revolution is the consulting firm of Stern Stewart & Co., of which G. Bennett Stewart, III, author of The Quest for Value, is senior partner and cofounder. The Quest for Value is written for senior management, key operating people, and planning and financial staff. This bible of financial management will assist managers in goal setting, resource allocation, strategy development, valuation of acquisitions, financial policy setting, incentive compensation planning, and building shareholder value. The Quest for Value cuts sharply through the myths that to this day misinform corporate strategists in their pursuit of shareholder value. Laying waste to inaccurate yet widely used methods of performance, Stewart demonstrates how the Stern Stewart EVAr approach not only creates greater shareholder value but also provides a powerful framework for the broadest range of corporate decision making.

Author : Eva Yazhari
Publisher : Conscious Investor Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1544509901

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The Good Your Money Can Do by Eva Yazhari Pdf

Everyone is trying to find their meaning and purpose in life. We are becoming more conscious and more intentional with our decisions. Perhaps we have thought about making meaningful choices with food, lifestyle, and overall health, but when it comes to money, we often separate our purpose from our finances. How would it feel knowing that every dollar you invest is a reflection of you, as a person? It's the feeling of watching your child grow up strong and happy, or the feeling of accomplishment after a completed project. It's the peace of knowing, with every breath you take, exactly what you own in the world. In The Good Your Money Can Do, Eva Yazhari introduces her concept of impact investing and shares the story of her own mindset shift toward investing with awareness. At times philosophical and other times instructional, Eva shows you that your money has more potential than you ever thought possible.

Author : S. Young,Stephen O'Byrne
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2000-11-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0071364390

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EVA and Value-Based Management: A Practical Guide to Implementation by S. Young,Stephen O'Byrne Pdf

Economic Value Added (EVA) and Value Based Management (VBM) are today’s hottest management buzzwords. But written information has often been biased and clouded by the authors’ hidden agendas. EVA and Value-Based Management is the first book to unflinchingly discuss the pros and cons of EVA and VBM. Covering both implementation and conceptual issues, with a strong emphasis on performance measurement, value drivers, and management compensation, it allows readers to come to their own informed conclusions.

Author : Eva Kaili,Dimitrios Psarrakis
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030657819

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Disintermediation Economics by Eva Kaili,Dimitrios Psarrakis Pdf

This book provides a coherent Blockchain framework for the business community, governments, and universities structured around microeconomics, macroeconomics, finance, and political economy and identifies how business organizations, financial markets and governmental policies are changed by digitalization, specifically Blockchain. This framework, what they authors call “disintermediation economics,” affects everything by providing a paradigm that transforms the way we organize markets and value chains, financial services, central banking, budgetary policies, innovation ecosystems, government services, and civil society. Bringing together leading and experienced policy makers, corporate practitioners, and academics from top universities, this book offers a road map of best practices that can be immediately useful to firms, policy makers as well as academics by balancing theory with practice.

Author : Eva-Lotta Lamm
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-03
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 3982069300

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Yoganotes by Eva-Lotta Lamm Pdf

Learn how to sketch simple yoga 'stick figures' to capture and plan your yoga sequences with this simple, step-by-step system that can be quickly learned, even without any drawing or sketching skills. Also available as an e-book: www.yoganotes.net The first part of the book explains the basic principles of sketching and constructing the yoga stick figures and combining them into sequences.The second part contains step-by-step instructions for sketching over 80 of the most common asanas and their variations. Who is this book for? For Yoga Teachers & Coaches: If you teach yoga classes or work with your own private clients, sketching is a great way to plan out sequencesand practice plans in a visual way.You can use them as a visual overview during class (if you haven't fully memorised the sequence yet). They also make great handouts for your students after a workshop or as personalised practice plans for your one-on-one clients. For Teacher Training Attendees: If you are learning to be a yoga teacher there is a lot of information to take in and to process.Taking visual notes and using sketches to capture the details about postures, alignment and anatomy will help you to get the most out of your training. The notes you create will be clearer, more engaging and actually fun to look at and revise again later. For Students & Practitioners: If you study or practice yoga, you can sketch out your favourite sequences to use as a guide during your home practice or for when you are travelling.Sketch out that great class you attended at your yoga studio or the nice ow you found on YouTube. The sketched overview will be the perfect cheat sheet to keep by your mat during your own practice.

Author : Eric Tadt,Gary Whited,Justin Kavanaugh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Roads
ISBN : WISC:89118774389

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Best Practices from WisDOT Mega and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Projects by Eric Tadt,Gary Whited,Justin Kavanaugh Pdf

Author : Paula Martin,Karen Tate
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2002-02-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780471217565

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Getting Started in Project Management by Paula Martin,Karen Tate Pdf

Whether working on an international project for a Fortune 500 company or organizing a family reunion, you need effective project management to ensure timely and efficient completion of projects. This helpful guide offers explanations of everything needed to get started in project management including: how to initiate a project and lead the project team, how to structure the project and plan for resources, how to monitor and track the plan, and how to close out the project. Packed with practical advice, this book includes tips to increase success, reveals common pitfalls to avoid, and presents case studies to show and why project management actually works. Paula Martin (Torrington, CT) is the CEO of Martin Tate, a management consulting and training company. She works with project teams to help them improve performance and has been a consultant on issues related to improving organization performance for over ten years. Karen Tate (Cincinnati, OH) is the President of MartinTate and is a Project Management Professional. She has over twenty years of project management experience and teaches project management to teams in organizations around the world.

Author : Shannon P. Pratt,Roger J. Grabowski
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1344 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118852828

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Cost of Capital by Shannon P. Pratt,Roger J. Grabowski Pdf

A one-stop shop for background and current thinking on the development and uses of rates of return on capital Completely revised for this highly anticipated fifth edition, Cost of Capital contains expanded materials on estimating the basic building blocks of the cost of equity capital, the risk-free rate, and equity risk premium. There is also discussion of the volatility created by the financial crisis in 2008, the subsequent recession and uncertain recovery, and how those events have fundamentally changed how we need to interpret the inputs to the models we use to develop these estimates. The book includes new case studies providing comprehensive discussion of cost of capital estimates for valuing a business and damages calculations for small and medium-sized businesses, cross-referenced to the chapters covering the theory and data. Addresses equity risk premium and the risk-free rate, including the impact of Federal Reserve actions Explores how to use Morningstar's Ibbotson and Duff Phelps Risk Premium Report data Discusses the global cost of capital estimation, including a new size study of European countries Cost of Capital, Fifth Edition puts an emphasis on practical application. To that end, this updated edition provides readers with exclusive access to a companion website filled with supplementary materials, allowing you to continue to learn in a hands-on fashion long after closing the book.

Author : Eva Leigh
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062932419

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My Fake Rake by Eva Leigh Pdf

"[A] feast of female empowerment, positive friendships, feel-good moments, and social satire." — NPR “A jolt of electricity, a blast of fresh air—everything delightful and exciting you could want it to be.” — The New York Times Book Review Meet the Union of the Rakes—a new Regency romance series inspired by the Breakfast Club and other classic 80s films! In the first book, a bluestocking enlists a faux suitor to help her land an ideal husband only to be blindsided by real desire… Lady Grace Wyatt is content as a wallflower, focusing on scientific pursuits rather than the complications of society matches. But when a handsome, celebrated naturalist returns from abroad, Grace wishes, for once, to be noticed. Her solution: to “build” the perfect man, who will court her publicly and help her catch his eye. Grace’s colleague, anthropologist Sebastian Holloway, is just the blank slate she requires. To further his own research on English society, Sebastian agrees to let Grace transform him from a bespectacled, bookish academic into a dashing—albeit fake—rake. Between secret lessons on how to be a rogue and exaggerated public flirtations, Grace’s feelings for Sebastian grow from friendship into undeniable, inconvenient, real attraction. If only she hadn’t asked him to help her marry someone else... Sebastian is in love with brilliant, beautiful Grace, but their bargain is complete, and she desires another. Yet when he’s faced with losing her forever, Sebastian will do whatever it takes to tell her the truth, even if it means risking his own future—and his heart. *One of Oprah Magazine's Best Historical Romances to Read*

Author : Raef Lawson,Denis Desroches,Toby Hatch
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0470223731

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Scorecard Best Practices by Raef Lawson,Denis Desroches,Toby Hatch Pdf

Scorecard Best Practices: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation expertly shows you how to bridge the gap between Scorecard theory and application through hands-on experiences and useful case studies. It is the one-stop resource you will turn to for the latest tools and know-how to implement corrective changes. Whether you are a CEO, CFO, CIO, vice president, or department manager, Scorecard Best Practices is the book you will keep at your fingertips to get your company running at maximum performance.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Apes
ISBN : 9782831710624

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Best Practice Guidelines for the Surveys and Monitoring of Great Ape Populations by Anonim Pdf

From the website: The IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group is publishing new guidelines for surveys and monitoring of great ape populations. These guidelines address a need which has existed since great ape studies began -- the challenge of collecting consistently high-quality data for comparison between a wide variety of sites, and often across many years. This need is driven less by academic interest than by the urgent demands of field-based conservation. The maelstrom of threats which now endanger all the great apes must be addressed by immediate action on every scale: initiatives at individual sites, strategies on the regional and national level, and species-wide action plans and international accords. All of these efforts must be founded on accurate field data -- and to fully understand the impact of specific threats, and to measure if conservation programs are succeeding, it is essential to have baseline density estimates and sustained monitoring of great ape populations. The newest publication in the Best Practice series outlines current approaches to these issues, offering guidance and perspective on choices that must be made by wildlife biologists, site managers, government agencies and the conservation community at large. This report provides an overview of the variety of survey methodologies that have been developed, as well as a decision tree to help select the approach that is best for a particular site or situation, depending on available resources. As a continuation of this report, a series of modules will be made available online, which will present detailed information on survey design, field techniques, analytical approaches, and practical issues such as logistics, finance and standardized reporting. These new IUCN guidelines will help researchers to standardize their data collection and, just as importantly, will allow for improved comparisons between datasets. This will complement the A.P.E.S. database (http://apes.eva.mpg.de), which is intended to serve as a repository for survey data on great apes, and to analyze trends in their populations. These survey and monitoring guidelines, combined with resources available via A.P.E.S., are important steps towards a comprehensive understanding of the conservation status of great apes, at both the population and species level. .