by Bruce | January 23, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
Is there anything interesting to be said of the potential Pillsbury/Shaw-Pittman merger? Regular readers will know that I approach mergers with a jaundiced eye, given their frankly embarrassing track record of destroying rather than creating value in...
by Bruce | January 13, 2005 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Just Plain Interesting
OK, so this has nothing to do with law firms per se; it’s still fascinating (and we’re allowed to have recess even while school is in session). The FT has an analytic/speculative piece comparing the economic performance in the post-WWII period of (a)...
by Bruce | January 10, 2005 | Articles, Globalization, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
If you believe that the merger wave is far from cresting and that the future promises a landscape of perhaps two or three dozen truly international mega-firms with revenues north of $1-billion/year—but you’re currently at less than half that...
by Bruce | January 3, 2005 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
The Lawyer (UK) is out with its Global 100 for 2004 and their gloss on the raw statistics, understandable given their perspective, highlights the different approaches to globalization taken by UK and US firms. One strategy to adopt vis-a-vis globalization...
by Bruce | December 20, 2004 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
The returns from the First "Savvy Blawgers Panel" Query are in, and it’s time to report on what the aggregated intelligence of this rare and unusual combination of individuals has come up with. The "Savvy Blawgers Panel" notion, as...
by Bruce | December 16, 2004 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Say "Clementi Commission" on this side of the Atlantic and draw blank stares; say it on the other side and it is safe to say you will launch an immediate fray. The Commission has proposed, and the government has pledged to support, legislation that will...