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It’s 10 below zero………

by admin on April 8, 2010

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By NICOLAS LOPEZ, CFA on APRIL 5, 2010
The first thing you may notice before reading this blog post are the three letters after my name, “CFA”. Some people might think of it as Cat Fanciers’ Association, but it actually means Chartered Financial Analyst.  Coming from the investment banking/management world, where the CFA credential is commonplace, [...]

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Last week our Domestic CFO, Ryan Robinson, had the opportunity to travel to Columbia Business School and address MBA students enrolled in the Retailing: Finance Marketing & Strategic Integration course taught by  Adjunct Associate Professor, Jeffrey Feiner.
Ryan has addressed this class for the past four years, building a great relationship with the school and extending [...]

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A Cloud Takes Me To London

by Adam Hauser on November 10, 2009

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I am sure everyone reading this blog has digital photos, music, movies.
Do you have your digital content in multiple places and across multiple devices?  Some songs on this Ipod, some on this laptop…some photos on this memory card, some on this hard drive?
Do you find the activity of uploading and sharing photos more painful and [...]

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One of the more interesting case studies facing management of global companies is how to leverage the strengths of the model in the ‘home country’ yet offer each local team the flexibility to customize based on local characteristics.
As part of the Business Analysis team (this is our internal consulting capability and one of the three [...]

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Why I love Best Buy

by Bala Krishnan on October 13, 2009

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In the new Star Trek movie, the Romulans declare war on the federation and the entire Star fleet is bound by protocol and wants to regroup even though there is no time to regroup. They are unable to see beyond standard operating procedure and guidelines even though this is leading them straight to their doom. [...]

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So I had a blog post all typed out that was at least 3 pages in Microsoft word in paragraph form with all of the reasons I love Best Buy, every little detail about my job and all about the great people I work with on a daily basis, but the truth is as I [...]

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I arrived in Minneapolis in July 2009 – four days before I started work. I had enough time to unpack my car (the moving van arrived a few weeks later), buy a few necessities, and plan my route to Best Buy. Luckily, I had an idea of where I wanted to live based [...]

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I joined the Best Buy team in May 2007 upon graduating from the University of Iowa with an MBA in Finance and am currently in my second rotation within Finance supporting the Home Theater team.  My primary responsibilities as a member of the Business Finance team include supporting the Merchant teams by adding value and driving results in order [...]

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