Translating Strategy into Shareholder Value: A Company-Wide Approach to Value Creation

By Raymond J. Trotta

Too often there are serious missed signals between a company's stated goals and the methods employed to try to reach them. "Translating Strategy into Shareholder Value" is a unique look at how the planning process relates to the achievement of shareholder value, and ways to ensure that the two directly complement each other. Using tools and a special case study to analyze past, present, and future performance, the book takes readers through a host of steps, including: * Comparing existing strategy to the competition and the economy as a whole * Analyzing productive capabilities and costs * Bringing nonfinancial metrics to test how future strategy creates value * Selecting the right analytical tool and looking at strategic solutions If corporations are to truly maximize their success, managers need to understand how to translate corporate strategy to the bottom line -- and that means seeing the big picture. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814405649
• ISBN13: 9780814405642
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: AMACOM/American Management Association
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Well-written, useful business resource!

"Translating Strategy into Shareholder Value" is a well-organized, clearly written guide to effectively evaluating the multitude of strategic alternatives available to an organization within the strategic planning process. With the maximization of shareholder value as the end goal, author Trotta introduces the original concept of Step-Wise Approach to Value (SWAV) to help companies achieve that goal. SWAV involves the application...