Strategy & Management

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Inc. January 2006 Alison Stein Wellner	Get the Number You Want The balance sheet doesn't tell the whole story. A successful valuation takes into account lots of intangibles - and they can add up. Here are five ways to boost the final figure.
Inc. January 2006 Alison Stein Wellner	Hot or Not? The market is awash in capital, and more investors are putting it into entrepreneurial firms. But not all businesses are created equal. Here's a look at the most, and least, valuable industries today.
The Motley Fool January 10, 2006 Tom Taulli	Yahoo! Checks Out of the Net Yahoo! is going beyond the virtual world, as its latest deal with Sheraton Hotels demonstrates. On the surface, the Net lounge model certainly looks like a win-win situation. What does it mean to shareholders?
The Motley Fool January 10, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Alberto-Culver Tangles With Regis The deal will create a focused service and retail-oriented hair-care and beauty business, and a much smaller personal-care products company. Things look like a win for both sides, though Regis shareholders may be the bigger winners.
The Motley Fool January 10, 2006 Seth Jayson	AOL Betrays Google AOL's video search will probably never rival Google's in popularity and scope, but this isn't about winning a search war. Time Warner's got way too much saleable video content to want to give it all away to Google by ceding leadership in video search. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 10, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Home Depot Puts Hughes in Stock Home Depot seems to be overpaying for this supply wholesaler, but the acquisition will significantly boost its non-store business. And this isn't the only new growth avenue that the company is exploring. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 10, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	MIVA, Wouldn't Want to Be Ya The once-promising paid search specialist explores a sale or buyout. If this is the end of the line for MIVA as an independent entity, it would be more bitter than sweet. MIVA was one of the first companies to follow Overture into the paid-search space.
HBS Working Knowledge January 9, 2006 Martha Lagace	What Really Drives Your Strategy? While companies might have an intended strategy, the strategy that actually emerges can be very different.
HBS Working Knowledge January 9, 2006 Robert S. Kaplan	When Benchmarks Don't Work Companies should save the benchmarking surveys for commoditized processes or services.
HBS Working Knowledge January 9, 2006 Jonathan Byrnes	Managing Change: Garden, Sandcastle, Mountain, Spaghetti Most change initiatives fall into one of three categories: constant weeding, strategic market development, and large-scale organizational change.
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