Performance Dashboards and Analysis for Value Creation

JACK ALEXANDER is founder and President of Value Advisory Group, LLC, a consulting firm with a focus on improving business performance and building shareholder value. He is a lecturer at Babson College, where he teaches corporate finance and advanced finance electives in the MBA program. Alexander is a frequent speaker on value-based management and business performance management. Prior to establishing Value Advisory Group, Mr. Alexander held a number of senior operating and financial positions in the industry. He is a Certified Public Accountant and has an MBA from Rider University and a BS in business management from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

• List of Dashboards. Preface.About the Author.Acknowledgments.CHAPTER 1 The Management Challenge: Integrating Performance, Finance, and Value.PART ONE Creating Context and Covering the Basics.CHAPTER 2 Fundamentals of Finance.CHAPTER 3 Key Valuation Concepts.CHAPTER 4 The Business Model and Financial Projections.PART TWO Linking Performance and Value.CHAPTER 5 Drivers of Shareholder Value and the Value Performance Framework.CHAPTER 6 Revenue Growth and Pricing Strength.CHAPTER 7 Operating Effectiveness.CHAPTER 8 Capital Effectiveness: Working Capital.CHAPTER 9 Capital Effectiveness: Long-Term Assets.CHAPTER 10 Cost of Capital and the Intangibles.PART THREE Driving Performance and Value.CHAPTER 11 Building a Performance Management Framework.CHAPTER 12 The Economics of Mergers and Acquisitions.CHAPTER 13 Benchmark Takeaways and Summary.Glossary.About the CD-ROM.Index of Performance Measures.Subject Index.