In the upcoming year, boards should anticipate their oversight and governance processes facing various challenges, including economic uncertainty, the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, difficulties in supply chain management, cybersecurity threats, [...]
Mergers, acquisitions, and buyout transactions are intricate endeavors that demand meticulous analysis and evaluation of various financial factors. The acquiring company and the target company must comprehensively assess the financial [...]
An M&A strategy can generate synergies, growth, drive value, expand market access and establish a global presence. But while deals can benefit the companies involved, many mergers have resulted in lost [...]
Trust is critical in M&A transactions. Both parties are naturally suspicious of each other, and tensions run high even in the smoothest of deals, so any ant can be magnified into [...]
While auto manufacturing techniques are far more advanced today than when Henry Ford opened his first factory a century ago, one thing has remained consistent over time: the assembly line. [...]
Think of a successful company. Their strategy almost always looks simple and obvious and does not take a thick deck of PowerPoint slides to explain. It doesn’t pop out of [...]
For the last 3-4 months we have heard the same question in our meetings with business owners: "How will inflation impact the valuation of my business”. This question can be tricky, [...]
Two core responsibilities of boards are performance and risk management. A strong, positive board culture helps both. But too many boards don’t make the links. As expectations rise — for [...]
Supply chains have rarely known stress like this. Geopolitical turmoil, labor shortages, extreme weather conditions, and demand shifts have combined to create global logistical chaos. The reality is that the [...]