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Tune in as CFOradio talks with Marian Powers, Ph.D., Professor at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Through Marian’s career she specialized in teaching financial reporting and analysis to executives. Marian has designed and delivered customized finance and accounting training for numerous corporations and organizations. She is co-author of several college accounting textbooks and in-depth cases on financial analysis. Her research has been published in The Accounting Review, The International Journal of Accounting, The Journal of Accountancy, among others.
Marian’s analysis of several of the highest performance companies of the world is quite surprising in its findings. She discusses the characteristics of these companies having researched those who sustained this growth for a decade. She talks in depth about the key finding that most companies or the finance function don’t focus upon – cash flow yield. Listen and learn as she explains what it is and how you can measure it.