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Publisher
The Great Courses
Language
English
Description
Jump-start your creativity with a selection of fun exercises, including “What-If Moments” and “The First-Line Game.” Mr. Bell cites best-selling authors such as Alice Sebold and Mickey Spillane to demonstrate the importance of creating unique elements: a twist, a character, a setting, a relationship. Find out how to create the ever-important elevator pitch.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Dig into the unique opportunities—and challenges—of social media and word-of-mouth communications. From Facebook pages to viral videos, you’ll learn how to navigate today’s marketing innovations and tap into their power, reach, and low cost. You’ll also learn how to dodge common errors other companies make..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Using a balance sheet from Intel as your case study, survey the significance of specific items that typically appear on balance sheets, including current assets and intangible assets. Also learn how to read balance sheets for clues about an organization’s financial stability, risk, and liquidity..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Look at some other sources of value that companies can get out of their transactions and start thinking more broadly about the sources of value a company should seek. The specific focus of this illuminating lecture is on three additional kinds of customer-related value: loyalty value, information value, and communication value..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Many products fail because marketers fail to communicate their true value. Here, Professor Hamilton takes you step-by-step through the positioning process, designed to create and communicate value. Case studies you’ll learn from include Volvo in the 1980s, the emergence of DVRs, and a Washington, D.C. bike-sharing program..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Money management can be intimidating. Fortunately, most of us only need to learn a few basic principles to make good financial decisions. Get a comprehensive overview of what everyday people need to know. Whether you’re just getting started in life or contemplating retirement, this course offers an excellent primer with all the information you need to build a financial plan to achieve your goals.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The goal of estate planning is to prepare your financial affairs to save your relatives from a confusing mess of assets, liabilities, and property transfers after you've passed. Here you'll discover a roadmap for sorting out your affairs, setting up trusts for your assets, and creating a plan for your end-of-life care options.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Reconsider your entire approach to your finances. Life cycle theory is a framework for making financial decisions at different stages in your life, and it offers sound guidance for saving, borrowing, and investing across time. In other words, it's about making sure you get the most out of your money from young adulthood through retirement.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
What are some alternatives to evaluating investment opportunities beyond Net Present Value? Find out with this lecture on commonly used measures, including the Internal Rate of Return (the discount rate at which the Net Present Value equals zero); and the Equity Multiple (commonly used in venture capital investments)..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Most economists would agree that education offers one of the highest returns of any investment; however, paying for college often involves taking on student loans. Whether you're a high school student or a parent preparing to pay for your child's tuition, learn the key risks of student loans, and see what tax advantages you might apply toward a college education.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Learn why ethical standards and policies are so important within an organization; the specific steps involved in ethical decision making; and the Bathsheba Syndrome, which helps explain why successful people do wrongful things at work..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Motivation and performance improvement are two of the most researched subjects in the field of organizational behavior. Using an in-depth study of 60 high-performance organizations across a range of industries, discover what goes into a highly motivated organization and how the “performance equation” provides fascinating insights into improving workplace performance..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Begin with an examination of the brain to explore the tension between conscious decision-making and the automatic emotional response of our limbic systems. This tension affects many of our approaches to financial management, including our innate aversion to loss, our tolerance of risk, and our investment confidence.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Explore the world of trade-offs and learn why issuing debt instead of equity can actually increase the value of a firm; why you should always consider the Weighted Average Cost of Capital of your investments; and how convertible bonds attempt to capture the best of both debt and equity..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
You don't have to be a financial guru to make wise investment choices. In fact, as you will learn, a few basic rules of thumb are all most of us need to make solid financial choices. Review the basics of investment and risk, the importance of diversification, and a simple theory for building a profitable investment portfolio.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Professor Roberto introduces you to the three paths that lead to competitive advantage and four basic competitive strategies. Then, using case studies including JC Penney, IBM, and Dell, he explains both the dangers of straddling between competitive positions..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
All investors should know how to make value-creating decisions. Round out your introduction to accounting and finance with a recap of the fundamental tools of the trade. By applying these tools to specific examples involving major companies, you’ll cement your ability to make smart and savvy investment decisions..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
What happens when the whole is worth less than the proposed sum of the parts? You’ve got a diversification discount, common for many unrelated diversifiers in the United States, and one that has led to many corporate breakups. If you’re going to diversify, you need to do it the smart way. Learn how here..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
One of the core tenets of successful marketing is understanding your customer. But often times, you aren’t the customer you’re marketing to. What can you do instead? Find out in this introductory lecture on “Marketing 101”, which also explores four types of value consumers seek: functional, monetary, social, and psychological..
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