by Bruce | June 9, 2005 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
Now that pretty much everyone has tossed in their 2 cents on Thomas Friedman’s new book, "The Earth is Flat," to the point where a few people are saying enough is enough, I’d like to try to introduce a measured dose of calm and clarity about...
by Bruce | June 7, 2005 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, M&A, Strategy
The percentage of AmLaw 200 firms with an office in New York is? 65%, with, according to The American Lawyer, more wannabe immigrants to New York in the wings. New York has always been known for two superficially contradictory, but I devoutly believe...
by Bruce | June 6, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Strategy
Pop quiz: Q: How many companies on the Forbes 100 list 25 years ago (1978) are still there today? (Forbes ranks firms by market cap; Fortune ranks them by revenue.) A: 32, or an attrition rate of 68%. (35 were taken over, 30...
by Bruce | June 5, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, M&A, Strategy
Apropos the results of the readership survey, which found a high number of respondents worried about the seemingly relentless consolidation of the legal industry—apparently from both those participating in the consolidation and those wanting to be left...
by Bruce | June 4, 2005 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, M&A, Strategy
"Inimitable" is grossly over-used, but I’m at a loss for words after reading Aric Press’s latest column introducing the current issue of The American Lawyer and recognizing again what an iconoclastic thinker he is. (Disclosure: Aric,...
by Bruce | June 1, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
DLA Piper [Rudnick Gray Cary?—I’m quite confident they shortened the name, but their website doesn’t reflect it] is partnering with Harvard Business School to launch what is to my knowledge the second-of-its-kind lawyer "executive...