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More Stimulus Spending: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Costs?
12/15/2009
by Karen Berman and Joe Knight
With unemployment above 10 percent the federal government is considering another stimulus package in an effort to create or save...
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How EBITDA Can Mislead
11/19/2009
by Karen Berman and Joe Knight
During the dot-com boom, EBITDA became a popular way to measure how healthy a business was. EBITDA scores became the...
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Why is Public Financial Information Kept Private from Employees?
11/4/2009
by Karen Berman and Joe Knight
Everyone in business should understand how financial success is measured and how they, individually, make an impact. A Fortune 100...
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Do HR Managers Have the Skills They Need?
10/19/2009
by Karen Berman and Joe Knight
For years HR executives have implored their colleagues to become more business savvy. The mantra has been, "if you want...
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The Dismal Financial IQ of US Managers
10/7/2009
by Karen Berman and Joe Knight
Our experience over the years has shown us that the vast majority of managers and leaders in Fortune 1000 companies...
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Meet the Experts
Karen Berman and Joe Knight began blogging for HarvardBusiness.org in May 2009. They use their blog, Financial Intelligence (named for their best-selling book of the same name), to teach principles of finance and give meaningful insights to contemporary issues at the intersection of business and finance.
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