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Benchmarking Performance: Your Options, Dos, Don'ts and To-Die-Fors!

Occam's Razor

If you want to learn about how to do simple forecasting and trend analysis, please see the official forecast function in Excel post on the Microsoft website, and this handy tutorial on trend lines and forecasting in excel. The above graph shows you the dangers of setting targets on aggregated benchmarking analysis.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

Israel’s central bank, Morgan Stanley and other financial institutions have forecasted 3.5% US drug powerhouse Pfizer and Iceland-based Actavis were among the bidders in the final round, but Teva beat their offers. The deal is expected to capture significant synergies for Teva.

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