by Bruce | March 29, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Marketing, Strategy
This is McKinsey’s analysis of "The Vanishing Middle"—here, the phenomenon across 25 product categories ranging from mobile phones to banking, appliances to apparel, that both premium and no-frills products grow at the expense of...
by Bruce | March 29, 2006 | About the Site, Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Thursday, April 6, I’ll be participating in Indiana University Law School’s "Globalization Conference," organized by my good friend Prof. William Henderson. From the summary of the symposium: "Much has been written on the process of...
by Bruce | March 21, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
Tomorrow I’m giving a presentation to the New Jersey Area regional meeting of the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) on "Leadership Principles for Technology Managers." Topics I’ll address include: What Leadership is Not (hint:...
by Bruce | March 19, 2006 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management
I doubt I need point out to any of my readers the front-page story in today’s Sunday New York Times’ Business Section (above the fold, even!) headlined, "Up the Down Staircase: Why Do So Few Women Reach the Top of Big Law Firms," but in...
by Bruce | March 18, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
As I’ve mentioned, I’ll be teaching the core/required course, "Strategic Technology & Innovation" at SUNY/Stony Brook’s MBA program for law firm leaders. The program starts the last week of April—in just a few...
by Bruce | March 17, 2006 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Two weeks ago I posed the question, "Is there a natural limit to the size of global law firms?," and I invited you all to vote on various possible answers starting with "No; like global accounting firms and banks, they can grow to the sky," through...
