Index
Abbott Laboratories
Accounting:
GAAP
illusion and
software
stock options and
value and
Acharya, V.
Acquisitions
accelerated market access
best owner principle and
business development and
buying below intrinsic value
consolidation and improved competitive behavior
consolidation and removal of excess capacity
empirical results
evaluation framework
measuring value creation
return on capital with
revenue growth and
rollup strategy
shareholder value and
of skills and technologies
target company performance improvement
transformational merger
value and
value-creating acquisition archetypes
value creation focus
Active portfolio approach
ADP
Aerospace/defense industry
Ainslie, Lee
Amazon
Anchored model
Anders, William A.
Anheuser-Busch
Aristotle
Asian companies, and trade comparisons
Asset health measures
AstraZeneca
AT&T
Automakers
Availability bias
Aventis
Baghai, Mehrdad
Balanced scorecard concept
Balance sheet
Bank of America
Behavioral finance (behavioral economics)
Berkshire Hathaway
Best Buy
Best owner
access to talent/capital/ government/suppliers and customers
acquisitions and
better governance
better insight/foresight
distinctive skills
divestitures and
identifying
life cycle
managerial implications
unique links
Biotechnology bubble
Bloomberg financial terminals
BMW
Board of directors
Brand
Brinker International
Bubbles. See Internet bubble; Stock market bubbles; Technology bubble
Budgeting
Buffett, Warren
Business cycles
Business portfolio
additions
best owner
diversification ...