Harvard Business Review
MAY 5, 2016
And alongside the country’s bad debt (some estimates say it is $40 billion ), sanctions were commonly evaded through money laundering , which discouraged foreign banks from operating locally. The best way to identify new partners involves in-person due diligence. This dynamic can stall important change (e.g.,
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
When a private equity firm adds a new company to its portfolio, analysts rigorously size up its financial, operational, and competitive condition. From 2008 to 2015 SCA’s revenue rose 88% (from $690 million to $1.3 In fact, management consultancy Bain & Co. Selectively developing top team members to accomplish the strategy.
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Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 26, 2016
GE has been steadily reducing its ratio of SG&A expense from 18% in 2011 to a targeted 12% in 2016, and in fall 2015 CEO Jeff Immelt told CNBC he planned to take out $1 billion in costs in the next two years on slightly declining revenues. Soon after, Trian did due diligence on the company and bought a $2.5 billion stake.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 31, 2017
The most important concepts to grasp are “how to measure profitability, EBITDA, operating income, revenue, and operating expenses,” he says. “Take an interest in the balance sheet and then do the due diligence to understand it,” he says. Related Video. The Refresher: Net Present Value. Go it alone.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 7, 2015
According to Schulte, Roth & Zabel’s Activist Investing 2015 Annual Review, a total of 344 companies worldwide were subjected to activist demands in 2014, up 18% from the 291 recorded in 2013. Sometimes it doesn’t make sense for companies operating in the same space to continually compete. Example: MineMe Inc.
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