by Bruce | June 22, 2017 | Articles, Question of the Month
This column written by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq., Quick reprise: Earlier this month we launched a new feature on Adam Smith, Esq.: The question of the month. The inaugural question was: Is “origination” just a nicer term for “sales commission?” If so,...
by Bruce | June 19, 2017 | Articles, Business Models, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
Jeff Immelt’s stepping down as head of GE after 16 years was the odds-on favorite to be the big business story of the week until of course the Amazon/Whole Foods acquisition sucked all the oxygen out of the building. Any lessons in here for Law Land? Bear with...
by Bruce | June 9, 2017 | Articles, Business Models, Cultural Considerations, Strategy
Much chatter lately has been devoted to, “Whither Uber?” Is its famous unicorn valuation justified and defensible? If it can’t, or shouldn’t, continue to give its middle finger to regulatory authorities on every major continent, will its growth...
by Bruce | June 5, 2017 | Adam Smith Himself, Articles
Adam Smith’s 294th birthday. An alternate calendar convention puts his birthday on June 16, 1723; the difference has to do with whether you do (June 16) or do not (June 5) adjust his birthday to reconcile it with the adoption of the Gregorian (Continental)...
by Bruce | June 2, 2017 | About the Site, Articles, Compensation
With this column we inaugurate a new and, we hope, long-running feature on Adam Smith, Esq.: A question of the month. Questions will vary, widely we suspect, and we invite readers’ suggestions for suitable future questions. We prefer them to be–and will...
by Bruce | May 31, 2017 | About the Site, Articles, Book Reviews
With pleasure I can announce that Tomorrowland: Scenarios for law firms beyond the horizon is now available as an audiobook on Amazon, Audible, and iTunes. For those of you who might appreciate this format, it’s a little shy of a seven-hour “read,”...
