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How to Know If a Spin-Off Will Succeed

Harvard Business Review

A 2010 meta-analysis detailed many of the different issues that make divestiture so hard to evaluate consistently. The outsiders provide new blood in support functions such as finance, legal, or administration. In addition to sheer luck, three categories of factors could explain differences in the performance of divested businesses.

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

For example, in 2010, Corelio and Concentra, two European media companies, established Coldset Printing Partners, a joint venture (JV) for their newspaper printing assets. Another example is microreactor technology, which is used in chemicals production processes; the scalable reactors promise fast and cost-effective production increases.