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Research Shows That Smaller M&A Deals Work Out Better

Harvard Business

This is one of the findings from a recently completed study based on publicly available information on the world’s 2,393 largest corporations for the time period 2010–2014. Walter Thompson Company for $566 million in 1987 and Ogilvy for $864 million in 1989 — big acquisitions that stretched the company’s balance sheet.

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Persistent Overoptimism Three Ways: Truckers, Fed Economists, Manufacturers

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Third-quarter Gross Domestic Product grew at a 1.5 Operating revenue decreased 15.9 My personal belief is the trucking industry needs to realize production of goods will have ups and downs,” Satish Jindel, principal of SJ Consulting , which closely tracks industry pricing, told Logistics Management. in October from 50.2

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Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology

Harvard Business

Maybe in 2010 it would have lured a young engineer from Google named Kevin Systrom to create a mobile version of the site. Today the company has annual revenues above $20 billion, competes in healthcare and electronics operations and derives significant revenues from document solutions. Approach new growth with appropriate humility.

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Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growth

Harvard Business

Bain & Company’s Macro Trends Group carefully analyzed the global balance sheet and found that the world is awash in money. Global capital balances more than doubled between 1990 and 2010 — from $220 trillion (about 6.5 Bain recently completed research on workforce productivity. times global GDP).