by Bruce | May 12, 2006 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Strategy
Anyone reading this is surely aware that one of the most popular and enduring business/management books of the past decade was James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras’ 1994 book, Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies. Now they’ve got a...
by Bruce | May 11, 2006 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management
Across the pond, anti-age discrimination regulations are going to go into effect in October, and firms are already bracing for their impact. This is what they require, in a nutshell: "The Regulations apply to employment and vocational training. They...
by Bruce | May 10, 2006 | Articles, Finance, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
In the world of technology, we’ve had the IBM mainframe era, the Microsoft PC era, and now we have…the Google web era? I’m not being facetious; well, CIO magazine is not being facetious, anyway, when it features this as its cover story. Add in...
by Bruce | May 4, 2006 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Practice Group Management
CFO magazine (along with the usual sources) reports that at Raytheon’s annual meeting yesterday the company announced that it would freeze CEO William Swanson’s salary at its 2005 level and reduce his restricted stock eligibility by 20%. Not...
by Bruce | April 30, 2006 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Herewith our last two charts of the weekend. First, we have the cumulative "market share" (revenue) of the AmLaw 100 in rank order, showing that the top 28 or so firms have 50% of the market. Antitrust 101 tells us this is a very fragmented...
by Bruce | April 29, 2006 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
Here at "Adam Smith, Esq.," the release of the annual AmLaw 100 feels a bit like Super Bowl weekend; there are lots of stories to report. Fortunately, here in virtual space, we have unlimited newsprint and ink. Here are a few more ways to slice the...