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Finance Techniques

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Management

Portfolio management requires making decisions about investment mix and policy, matching investments to objectives, asset allocation for individuals and institutions, and balancing risk against performance. The concept explores these in more detail and offers a few case studies on how companies across different sectors benefit from it.

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Production Possibility Frontier

Production Possibility Frontier

The concept describes the importance of understanding the production possibility frontier (PPF) - an essential concept in economics. It provides an overview of the concept, as well as case study evidence and step by step guidance on how to illustrate the PPF in graphical form.

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Productive Efficiency

Productive Efficiency

The concept describes how productive efficiency enables companies to produce goods and services at the lowest cost. Using case studies from across industries and countries, it explains the strengths and drawbacks of the concept and provides a series of useful steps and success factors to implement and measure productive efficiency.

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Sensitivity Analysis

Sensitivity Analysis

This concept is designed to assist decision-makers to identify the variables which affect cash-flow forecasts and expose inappropriate projections.

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Shared Services

Shared Services

Shared services aim to promote efficiency and improved service for internal customers. The concept describes the many advantages and drawbacks of these organisational structures and process, as well as the conditions necessary for success.

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Shared Services Client-Advisor Relationships

Shared Services Client-Advisor Relationships

Leading firms use value-adding strategies and techniques to improve client-advisor relationships in their shared services centres. Learn about the advantages and drawbacks of using these, how to implement them, and the key factors for achieving success.

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Shared Services Innovation

Shared Services Innovation

Learn how continuous innovation enables shared service centres to co-create new service offerings and experiences with internal customers, for internal customers. Benefits and challenges of applying shared services innovation are presented, along with step-by-step guidance and success factors for implementation.

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Shutdown Point

Shutdown Point

The concept describes the fundamental principle of the shutdown point. It explains at what point shutdown occurs, the strengths and weaknesses of the concept and provides straightforward advice on calculating the shutdown point.

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