Financial Strategy, Second Edition

Index

ABB 105–6

abnormal returns 273–4

accountability 395–6

accounting practices 259

accounting standards 333–6

cultural debate on volatility 335–6

expectations of 333–6

targeting users 334

tyranny of net income and ratios 334–5

acquisitions learning curve 108

ad hoc extension of portfolio 7

adding value

through financing 121–228

through investment 59–120

through risk management 229–326

agency costs 154

aggregation 404–5

Airbus 241–2

airline industry 85

Allfirst Bank 246–62

Allied Irish Bank 246, 249, 255–6

allocation of risk 435

Amazon 81

America Online 415

American Home-American Cyanamid 102

AMEX 146–8, 150, 152, 158, 191

Amgen 140

amortization 376

anchor 45

angels 186, 188, 205

Annual Real Options Conference 76

annuitants 6

anti-trust regulation 85, 114

AOL see America Online

APCIMS index 19

applying BSC to nonprofits and government organizations 384–8

modifying architecture of BSC 385–8

arbitrage assumptions 42

arbitrageurs 43

ARCH model see autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity

“Are you about to get Googled?” 218–20

Armageddon 37

Ashford Group 339

asset utilization 257

assets in place 135

Astra-Zeneca 98, 109

attrition rates 292–4

Audit Commission 394, 402

Aussedat Rey 67–8

autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity 282

back books 300

balance sheet 341–2

balanced score card 373–91

applying BSC to nonprofits and government organizations 384–8

beyond measurement to management 388–9

emergence of balanced scorecard 373–4, 416–17

intangible assets 374–5

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