by Bruce | December 20, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
Why do law firms merge? The fact is, I wonder sometimes myself. More seriously, there is typically an array of stated and unstated reasons, among them: Growth for the sake of growth: Inadvisable. Size alone doesn’t guarantee anything particularly...
by Bruce | December 9, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Strategy
An initial report from Hong Kong (written in HK and in mid-air, but published from New York): If you’ve never been to Hong Kong, you should know that the Brits may be unsurpassed in their talent for choosing their colonial HQ’s. The...
by Bruce | December 3, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Strategy
An initial report from Beijng follows. First of all, the city appears to be growing exponentially. As more than one long-time resident has told me, "it changes every day" and "although I’ve lived here all my life, sometimes I wake up and...
by Bruce | November 27, 2007 | About the Site, Articles, Globalization, Strategy
I’ll be in Beijing next week from Saturday 1st December through Wednesday 5th December, then in Hong Kong Wednesday 5th through Friday 7th (leaving early Saturday 8th). This promises to be a jam-packed trip and my calendar is already quite...
by Bruce | November 23, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
There are different ways of being a global firm, and while all may not be, ultimately, equally successful, I believe we’re in a period of experimentation and exploration, unsure as an industry which global model will prove superior—and in the event there...
by Bruce | November 21, 2007 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
It has frankly taken me some time to assimilate my thoughts following my week in London, not because the impressions were undefined but because they were so consistently strong. Herewith my report. London is gaining and New York is losing. This was brought home to me...