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Why CEO’s Hire Consultants and Coaches: The REAL Value They Bring with Brad Rex

Consulting Matters

He applied for a financial manager job at Disney and was one of 1400 candidates. Brad had an unconventional start to his career after meeting his boss's boss while studying finance at college. He talks about his exciting career journey, which started at the Naval Academy, then to British Petroleum, and finally to Disney.

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Equity Research: Understanding the Role of Stock Analysts

Tom Spencer

Understanding Equity Research The role of an equity researcher is to analyze financial data, industry trends, and other information to create detailed reports on specific companies or sectors. One of the key responsibilities of an equity researcher is to conduct financial analysis.

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How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers)

Harvard Business

If you’re not a numbers person, finance is daunting. How can you boost your financial acumen? ” Joe Knight, a partner and senior consultant at the Business Literacy Institute and the coauthor of Financial Intelligence , says that an absence of financial savvy is “career-limiting.”

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Why We Need to Update Financial Reporting for the Digital Era

Harvard Business

In our recent HBR article , we argued that financial statements fail to capture the value created by modern digital companies. Some of these ideas contradict traditional financial thinking whereas others seem highly controversial or pessimistic. We distilled seven key insights from those discussions.

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A Blueprint for Digital Companies’ Financial Reporting

Harvard Business

It failed to meet its revenue and subscriber growth targets. In a recent HBR article , we claimed that modern digital companies such as Uber, Facebook, and Alphabet play an increasingly important role in the economy, but their financial statements fail to capture company’s main value drivers. What caused this slump?

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What is Project Accounting?

Progressus

Its most general definition is processing financial transactions by project including costs, billings, and revenue. Achieving Your Project Management Goals with Progressus Project Accounting Progressus Project Accounting allows project-based businesses to take control of project finances. Project accounting is an overly broad term.

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Asset Management – Industry Overview (Part 1 of 4)

Tom Spencer

Well, asset managers aim to understand client investment objectives and invest client funds in a variety of financial products and asset classes. The asset management industry is a steward of money provided by individuals and institutions, and manages this money in order to meet the unique return objectives of each client.

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