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Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market

Martinka Consulting

Record number of small business sales in 2018! 70% of medium sized companies will change hands (2008). PriceWaterhouseCoopers – Two-thirds of companies with sales of $5,000,000 to $50,000,000 will change hands in the next 10 years (2011). Between 35 & 45% of these owners are 65 or older (2018).

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A framework for understanding technology companies

Tom Spencer

The technology industry is booming: in 2008, Microsoft was the only tech firm ranked in the world’s top 10 public companies by market capitalisation. In 2018, tech firms take seven of the top ten spots (Financial Times Global 500). Hardware and software sales – where a product is sold.

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Digital Growth Depends More on Business Models than Technology

Harvard Business

I explained this in an article that was published in Harvard Business Review in 2008, before any of those companies began, and, now, 10 years later, that still holds true, as more and more of the business discourse is focused on digital transformation. But the key to transformational growth is still a powerful and coherent business model.

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How SMEs can welcome the decade of Organizational Culture

Asamby Consulting

The Business Dictionary, 2018). Due to the ongoing efforts of governments to delay inflation and a recession since 2008, we are experiencing an overlap of one phase ending and a new phase beginning (see graphic 1). In addition, the positive effect of culture on […] sales were mediated by customer satisfaction.”

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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business

in early 2018, according to Moody’s. Before 2018, it had the three standard board committees — governance, compensation, and audit — plus a technology and risk committee to cover important areas such as product risk, cybersecurity, and technological innovation. .” in 2013 to 3.7

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What the Big Mergers of 2017 Tell Us About 2018

Harvard Business

Prior to this, only 2007-2008 saw this many annual deals, and before that the single-year peak of 2000 saw “just” over 40,000 deals. Intel’s $15 billion acquisition this year of MobileEye was not only the largest sale of an Israeli startup , but also a signal that the heart of tech is going on the road.

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Brexit Could Deepen Europe’s Digital Recession

Harvard Business

As it is, software developers in a UK tech startup earned about 26% more than the industry average and those in sales and development in the UK earned 12% more than the industry average – making the country one of the more expensive locations to launch a venture. The digital talent market in the UK is already tight.

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