Enterprise Economic Modeling
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1. A computer-implemented method of determining a target headcount for an enterprise having a plurality of business units, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving target revenue for each of the business units;
(b) selecting a headcount model for each of the business units;
(c) receiving headcount model assumptions for the selected headcount models; and
(d) calculating, using a computer, a target headcount for the enterprise and each of the business units by applying the headcount model assumptions and target revenue to the selected headcount models.
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Abstract
Computer-implemented methods and systems are provided for predicting how business decisions will impact an enterprise. A group of models may be used to model aspects of an enterprise and business units over a multiyear period. Models relating to different business parameters may be linked so that it may be determined how business decisions that result in a change to an input to one model impact aspects of the enterprise that are not modeled by the model. An iterative process may be used to obtain optimal results.
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28 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of determining a target headcount for an enterprise having a plurality of business units, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving target revenue for each of the business units;
(b) selecting a headcount model for each of the business units;
(c) receiving headcount model assumptions for the selected headcount models; and
(d) calculating, using a computer, a target headcount for the enterprise and each of the business units by applying the headcount model assumptions and target revenue to the selected headcount models. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-implemented method of determining the impact of an enterprise equity program on shareholders, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving a target headcount;
(b) selecting an equity model that models the equity program;
(c) receiving equity model assumptions for the selected equity model; and
(d) calculating, using a computer, at least one parameter that reflects the impact of the equity program on shareholders by applying the equity model assumptions and target headcount to the selected equity model. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28)
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25. A computer-implemented method of estimating how business decisions will impact an enterprise, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving at a first computer device the identification of at least one business parameter to predict from a second computer device connected to the first computer device via a wide area network;
(b) selecting at least one model to produce the prediction of the at least one parameter;
(c) receiving assumptions used by the at least one model; and
(d) calculating the prediction of the at least one parameter by applying the assumptions to the at least one model.
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