by Bruce | May 11, 2005 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
Sometimes, in the famous phrase, "a cigar is just a cigar," but other times I think you can read the tea leaves to suss out evidence of larger trends. Such, in any event, was my reaction to this seemingly low-visibility story that a three-member "tax...
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 23, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Practice Group Management, Strategy
"From pace-setter to basket case in the United States?" Shall we all guess what firm got stuck with that donkey-tail over at law.com? Alas, of course, it was Clifford-Chance. The questions du jour are (1) what went wrong? (not so we can...
by Bruce | March 16, 2005 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Despite the stupefying fact that The Wall Street Journal reported late last year that 45% of Americans believe "literally" in the Biblical story of Creation, whereas only 31% subscribe to the theory of evolution (have you thanked a teacher today?), Darwinian...
by Bruce | March 10, 2005 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Knowledge Management, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
If you believe Legal Week, the waters are already choppy and will become downright stormy for tech-centric California-based firms, particularly the two remaining powerhouses of Silicon Valley, Wilson-Sonsini and Cooley-Godward. [As to other late, great...
by Bruce | March 4, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
I believe this is a first, but I’m about to quote an astute and interested UK reader’s unsolicited, over-the-transom "letter to ‘Adam Smith, Esq.’" in its entirety. At first I thought I could edit it gracefully for concision,...