Tag Archives: M&A
Analyze This!
The conference room was modest but very functional – a rarity these days! The two teams had amassed on either side, cordial, eager to complete the deal. We were there representing the buyer. The teams were divided into “operations,” “finance,” and “IT.” Everyone had six weeks to complete all the analysis, and land gracefully into […]
It’s the Technology, Stupid!
Just as the words of President Clinton still echo their fundamental truth in our country’s politics, I submit a new rallying cry to corporate America: “It’s the Technology, Stupid!” Consider this: In January of this year, Hugo Sarrazin and Andy West wrote in McKinsey Quarterly an insightful paper on “Understanding the strategic value of IT […]
