by Bruce | September 15, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Leadership, Marketing, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Now that marketing has become an ingrained function at firms and no longer either an exotic foreign import or an isolated archipelago, it might be time to re-examine how the world’s most sophisticated marketing organizations—consumer packaged goods...
by Bruce | August 31, 2007 | Articles, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy, Technology strategy
CIO Magazine recently announced its 20th Annual CIO100 Awards, recognizing 100 CIOs deemed most effective at transforming their firms through IT innovation . The winners included CIOs from Bryan Cave, Foley & Lardner, Goodwin Procter,...
by Bruce | August 29, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
Obeying the journalist’s trusty adage that one story is an anecdote but two stories are a trend, I’m here to report that today two stories were published, one on each side of the Pond, predicting that the US subprime » US mortgage market » US...
by Bruce | August 24, 2007 | Articles, Globalization, M&A, Strategy
Although it’s policy here at "Adam Smith, Esq." not to cover breaking news, rules are made to be broken, and this is an exception. I learned mid-afternoon today that LeBoeuf and Dewey Ballantine are apparently in advanced merger talks, as reported...
by Bruce | August 17, 2007 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Innovative Managing Partners, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Strategy
I’ve written previously about "The World’s First Publicly Traded Law Firm"—Slater & Gordon of Australia—and also about "Seven Perspectives on Law Firms’ Going Public". For those in the audience who are...
by Bruce | August 16, 2007 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Did you ever wonder whether it’s more important, in terms of profitability, to be in the right industry or to be good at what you do? As it turns out, the UCLA business school professor I’m about to introduce you to answered that question over 15...