Activity Based Costing - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Aug 2010
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Catchphrases, Mottos, and Cheers

back and forth until the one fellow gave the banana back. After that, in later case discussions, we referred to any laughable or wasted-time activities as “Banana Time,” which would get a laugh from the section. 1972F had a signature... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

24 Mar 2022
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Well Said

If you're an entrepreneur, it makes you 23% less likely to get funded. People form opinions on who you are based on how you speak within three seconds of opening your mouth, right? So it's not about substance. It's a lot about that first... View Details

04 May 2018
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How to Win the Kentucky Derby

involved along the way, and did you ever have any doubts that you would get there? I will say from a global perspective that the horse racing business is really based on hopes and dreams. Hanna: Yeah. Finley: And everybody knows that. You... View Details

Keywords: horse racing

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

Founder’s Mentality: How to Overcome the Predictable Crises of Growth by James Allen (MBA 1989) and Chris Zook (Harvard Business Review Press) Based on their decade-long study of companies in more than 40 countries, the authors... View Details

01 Mar 2008
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Classroom Legend

question-and-answer period for the ambiguity of a hard-to-plan, free-flowing discussion driven by student ideas, which may well follow unusual paths and come to unexpected end points.” Although his teaching and research activities were... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Roland Christensen; George Albert Smith; Fritz J. Roethlisberger; Richard Meriam; Edmund P. Learned; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management

01 Jun 2018
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June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

and style: the essential skills, the selection of a boat that is up to the task, the necessary equipment, and the planning required for world cruising. Costs are discussed as well as the type of ownership, taxes, insurance, and... View Details

02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

information junkie, but I did generally know every answer to every nit-picking question that the higher-ups threw at me (e.g., the cost of capital at Playboy was 10 percent). I even developed a working knowledge of things as abstruse as... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

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