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The Importance Of Financial Reporting And Analysis: Your Essential Guide

datapine

Financial analysis and reporting are one of the bedrocks of modern business. While you may already know that financial reporting is important (mainly because it’s a legal requirement in most countries), you may not understand its untapped power and potential. Exclusive Bonus Content: Your cheat sheet on reporting in finance!

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

January 2009: Autonomy buys enterprise content management vendor Interwoven for $775 million. billion at 2011 exchange rates—although later reports will put the price as high as £8.7 Lynch is among them, for “failure to meet agreed performance goals, including financial metrics.” October 2011: HP buys 87.34% of Autonomy for £5.44

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The Lean Analytics Cycle: Metrics > Hypothesis > Experiment > Act

Occam's Razor

To win in business you need to follow this process: Metrics > Hypothesis > Experiment > Act. We are far too enamored with data collection and reporting the standard metrics we love because others love them because someone else said they were nice so many years ago. That metric is tied to a KPI.

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Brand Measurement: Analytics & Metrics for Branding Campaigns

Occam's Razor

Remember: Engagement is not a metric, its an excuse. ]. Ideally you'll measure the number prior to your branding campaign, say Feb 2009, and then you'll measure it again during your campaign, March 2009. The ideal metrics for this desired outcome are Visitor Loyalty & Visitor Recency. 7 Best Practices ].

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Integrated Healthcare Means Integrated Data

DataRobot Blog

Within several years of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) being pushed by the Obama administration in 2009, 78% of physicians reported that EHRs enhanced patient care and 65% reported the records help identify potential medication errors.

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Dear Avinash: Search / SEO Metrics & Analytics Questions + Answers

Occam's Razor

End of a minor web analytics lesson on going beyond obvious metrics and never, ever, never forgetting context. Now log into whatever web analytics tool you use and drill down to the specific page you are interested in ("Top Pages Report" / "Content Title Report" etc). " In April 2009!!

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Excellent Analytics Tips #20: Measuring Digital "Brand Strength"

Occam's Razor

Bonus One: Read: Brand Measurement: Analytics & Metrics for Branding Campaigns ]. There are many different tools, both online and offline, that measure the elusive metric called brand strength. I recommend running a report like this one: I'm using www.compete.com above. Step 3: Click Search.