Index

A

Accounts receivable, management of

Acquisition cost

Acquisitions, failure to achieve financial returns

Actual cost of work performed (ACWP)

Airline industry, increased prices in

Amazon

AMD

American Express, change in product mix

Amtrak

"Analysis paralysis,"

Anecdotal evidence, regarding investment activities

Ansoff matrix

AOL Time-Warner

Apple Computer

Applications services provider (ASP)

Assessment of business impact

Attrition rate

format of

Automated teller machines (ATMs)

Automobile Association of America (AAA), hotelrankings

Automobile industry, hot cars and treadmill phenomenon

Average annual revenue per customer

B

Balanced Scorecard

Bank of America, acquisition of Fleet Bank

Bernstein, Peter

Bezos, Jeff

Big Dig

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