by Bruce | March 16, 2012 | Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Two firms have this week received far more press attention than, one suspects, they counted on or quite know how to cope with: Our own industry’s Dewey LeBoeuf, and of course the iconic (good and bad sense) Goldman Sachs. Goldman Let’s take Goldman...
by Bruce | November 24, 2011 | Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Book Reviews, Just Plain Interesting
Today we’re talking about books. Specifically, Robert Frank’s The Darwin Economy and David Rose’s The Moral Foundation of Economic Behavior. I believe the first–far better known–is a failure and the second–while too drily...
by Bruce | March 10, 2011 | Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Innovative Managing Partners, Leadership
A couple of weeks ago I learned that the legal department of Kraft Foods issued its “Adam Smith” award, for innovation in the delivery of legal services, to Clifford Chance, and Kraft intends it to be an annual award. I was curious to learn more. The first...
by Bruce | May 27, 2009 | About the Site, Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Globalization, Strategy
I got back to New York this past Memorial Day Weekend after my extended European trip. While the trip was even more professionally rewarding and successful than I had hoped–not to mention fascinating and deeply gratifying on a personal level–I owe you all,...
by Bruce | May 17, 2009 | Adam Smith Himself, Articles
If you’ve never been to Edinburgh, I highly commend it to you. And that’s not just because of the Adam Smith connections, although that’s what I’ll very briefly mention here. We’re staying about 200 yards down the Royal Mile from...
by Bruce | March 23, 2009 | Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Book Reviews, Finance
From time to time, people ask me what I’m reading when trying to figure out what is going on in the economy these days. A glib response might be, "anything I can get my hands on," but the question deserves a more thoughtful response, so herewith a book...