The most successful entrepreneurs are proactive, not reactive. Not only do they set strategic goals, but they also track their results using a variety of business performance measures. Also referred ...

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 ...

In business, measurement is half-way to performance improvement. Assessing supplier performance is a difficult task. This article overviews price, cost and quality supplier performance measurement ...

Sales performance goals are measures used to incentivize salespeople and determine achievement-based compensation. While there are many types of goals – from units sold to gross margin – it can be ...

Testing is at the heart of direct marketing — multichannel merchants test e-mail subject lines, catalog cover versions, Website landing pages and search terms. They then analyze results, draw ...

Is your HR team drowning in the wrong data? KPIs have always been important for keeping a pulse on individual and organizational performance. But some of the KPIs we relied on a year ago are no longer ...