More so than other executives, COOs and supply chain leaders expect an economic downturn, causing significant harm to the business, within 18 months.
While companies are naturally conservative with cash when the economy goes bad, it may be a good time to consider making acquisitions, research suggests.
AI, machine learning, and other new technology must replace subjective rules of thumb and one-size-fits-all programs for business transformation to succeed.
Although acquisitions frequently fail, acquiring companies are ballyhooing their financial benefits as transaction prices steadily rise.
'Clean teams,' performance tracking, and other ways to ensure as a buyer you capture all of a deal's value.
Culture is often one of the underlying reasons for the deal. Ignoring or changing that culture can destroy the target’s value.
Far from declining, family firms will remain an important feature of global capitalism for the foreseeable future.
By 2025 one-fourth of all automatable tasks in manufacturing will be performed by robots, boosting output per worker, says BCG.
Shareholders may greet some spin-off transactions warmly, but creditors may see only downside risks.
In addition, investors are more open to companies pursuing divestitures aggressively now, as long as the exit strategy is "credible," says a BCG report.
Largely dealt out of benefit distribution by Obamacare, intermediaries are looking to work directly with your employees.
Offshore financial centers have taken a battering recently, but they have shown remarkable resilience.
