by Bruce | March 29, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy, Technology strategy
It’s not your imagination: Mega-mergers in corporate-land are on the upswing. According to The Wall Street Journal, the last five months have seen more than a dozen deals valued at more than $10-billion. And the result is that "investors...
by Bruce | March 21, 2005 | Articles, Globalization, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
Most of the ink on the topic of outsourcing by law firms has been understandably devoted to back-office functions such as HR and tech support desks. I view the trend to house these functions elsewhere than in, say, midtown Manhattan, as eminently sensible and...
by Bruce | March 15, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
Just when the drum-beat of KenLayBernieEbbersDennisKozlowskiMarthaStewart began to seem as unstoppable as, well, a tsunami, the always-refreshing Michael Schrage tees off at "the pea-brained ‘ethics-ification’ of business decision-making:" ...
by Bruce | March 12, 2005 | About the Site, Articles, Technology strategy
I’m delighted to report that I’m slated to be blogger-in-residence at American Lawyer Media’s upcoming CIO/CTO conference the first week of April here in little old New York. Look for a report immediately thereafter. And thanks to my pals at...
by Bruce | March 9, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
In my last post I noted at least anecdotal evidence about the cost of losing existing talent, and today The National Law Journal reports that firms are taking steps to make it harder for headhunters to poach associates, primarily by removing information about...
by Bruce | March 1, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Knowledge Management, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
Hildebrandt and The Law Firm Group of the Citigroup Private Bank, with help from Baker-Robbins, are out with their 2004 year-in-review together with some prognostications for 2005. The New York Times, in its wisdom, headlined the story, "Partnerships More...
