Becoming a Better Value Creator : How to Improve the Company's Bottom Line--and Your Own

by Anjan Y. Thakor (Univ. of Michigan Business School)

• ISBN13: 9780787953089
• ISBN10: 0787953083
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Why do some companies perform beyond expectation year after year while others start out strong but quickly fizzle? The answer lies in their ability to create long-term value. In this book, a leading professor at the top-ranked University of Michigan Business School presents five keys to creating value by incorporating the efforts of marketing, manufacturing, human resources, and finance in a strategy for continuing bottom-line success. His fresh look at what makes companies work shows managers how they can identify the factors that create value and use them to benefit their organizations and their own careers.

Author Biography

ANJAN V. THAKOR is the Edward J. Frey Professor of Banking and Finance at the University of Michigan Business School and the recipient of many distinguished teaching awards.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Preface	xiii
The Five Secrets of Great Value Creators	1	(30)
Understanding Value and Value Creation	31	(38)
Putting Value Creation into Practice: Strategy, Success Measures, and Speed	69	(38)
Improving Value Creation in Procurement and Manufacturing	107	(24)
Improving Value Creation in Marketing, Sales and Distribution, and New Product Development	131	(34)
Improving Value Creation in Human Resources	165	(36)
Improving Value Creation in Finance	201	(38)
Afterword	239	(4)
Notes	243	(4)
The Author	247	(2)
Index	249