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Breaking down the M&A Case Study

Tom Spencer

The market. The first area consultants typically analyze in M&A cases is the market. This is extremely important because a big part of the success or failure of the acquisition will depend on broader market dynamics. How big is the market? How profitable is the market? How heavily regulated is the market?

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Japan Tells Firms "Stop Sitting on Cash", Ignore the Lack of Customers

MishTalk

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Okumas clients "are not investing, not even to raise efficiency, so we are not investing either," he says. Automatic Earth.

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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story

Management Consulted

Oliver Wyman’s CEO, John Drzik, states that the long-term aspiration is to be recognized widely in the market as the gold standard in consulting. Revenue: $1.35B (2010). And, of course, their claim to fame, Financial Services , is broken down into even more practices including: Finance and Risk. Website: [link].

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Lettuce Bot - Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis

MishTalk

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Machinery and machine technology has made farming easier and more efficient for centuries. 2010-02-12 Max Keiser.

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Making Sense of Our Very Competitive, Super Monopolistic Economy

Harvard Business

Blockbuster went bankrupt in 2010. Firms concentrate on what they’re good at, adopt new technology, and deliver products and services more efficiently. If regulators prevented industry leaders from buying up competitors, it would limit their market power and allow for more competition. Then Netflix happened.

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business

In many industries, the capital required to build an asset of minimum efficient scale is growing. For example, in 2010, Corelio and Concentra, two European media companies, established Coldset Printing Partners, a joint venture (JV) for their newspaper printing assets.

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"China Urbanization Growth Fallacy"; Trouble with Ponzi Schemes

MishTalk

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Michael Pettis at China Financial Markets tackles the above questions via email on " The Urbanization Fallacy ". Daily Bell.