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Editors Note: This is the first of a two-part article on performance measurement, and continuation of our series on the future of the strategic supply chain by Steven A. Melnyk. Part 2 will appear in ...

As they say, you manage what you measure. Accordingly, an entire industry has developed around performance measurement and performance management. Popular tools include the Balanced Scorecard, ...

To improve performance, healthcare leaders need to understand the strengths and weaknesses of performance measures, according to a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded report from the Urban Institute ...

In his Executive Compensation column, Joseph E. Bachelder III discusses recent developments in Economic Value Added (a measure of a business enterprise's economic performance), how the EVA formula ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am the Kester and Brynes Professor at Columbia Business School and a Chazen Senior Scholar at the Jerome A. Chazen Institute for ...

Performance measures must align with portfolio use and features. Avoid Sharpe and similar ratios due to flaws; consider alternatives like trimmed alpha, median returns, and value at risk. CAGR is ...

Let’s say a client asks you, “What was the best-performing fund last year?” Or perhaps they want to know, “What was the performance of the S&P 500 last year?” Processing Content Before answering, it ...

The quality care opportunities model can lead to increased utility and validity of current measurement tools and more accurate assessment of physician performance. Accurately measuring the quality of ...

The American Society of Clinical Oncology Quality Oncology Practice Initiative has grown to include 973 practices as of 2010. Practices demonstrated rates of end-of-life care and other measures of ...

Editors Note: This is the second of a two-part article on performance measurement, and continuation of our series on the future of the strategic supply chain by Steven A. Melnyk. Part 1 appeared in ...