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As they say, you manage what you measure. Accordingly, an entire industry has developed around performance measurement and performance management. Popular tools include the Balanced Scorecard, ...

Editors Note: This is the second of a two-part article on performance measurement, and continuation of our series on the future of the strategic supply chain by Steven A. Melnyk. Part 1 appeared in ...

In his Executive Compensation column, Joseph E. Bachelder III discusses recent developments in Economic Value Added (a measure of a business enterprise's economic performance), how the EVA formula ...

Every person and organization has some familiarity with performance metrics and reporting, yet how to take that experience and apply it to asset management is not straightforward. Looking at industry ...

For a financial performance measure to be good, it should generally rise when good things happen and decline when bad things happen. And it should motivate high-quality decision-making. This may seem ...

Let’s say a client asks you, “What was the best-performing fund last year?” Or perhaps they want to know, “What was the performance of the S&P 500 last year?” Before answering, it would be best to ask ...

Performance measures must align with portfolio use and features. Avoid Sharpe and similar ratios due to flaws; consider alternatives like trimmed alpha, median returns, and value at risk. CAGR is ...

The value of the U.S. dollar rose significantly from June 2014 to April 2015 compared with other foreign currencies. For U.S. companies with international operations, that could have resulted in ...

Brand and performance marketing objectives are often treated as competing priorities. Brand builds long-term awareness, ...