Current economic times are creating both opportunities and challenges for businesses considering M&A. Opportunities may be target companies that were previously unaffordable or not motivated to be acquired may now come into the fray. Challenges in the current economic environment include that targets may not...
When I remember back to the late 1980s, I was doing my MBA and learning about economics for the first time. To that point I had lived much of my adult life in a high interest rate, high inflation environment and perhaps assumed that had...
Industries around the world are littered with companies who struggle to evolve in response to change. However, failure to reshape a company is not always the result of technical complexity but often occurs because organisations are led by people, each with individual biases....
Times proceeding global crises, such as COVID-19, are a playground for opportunistic and agile minds. The 3As ensure that business leaders are able to execute a pragmatic strategy that minimises risk and maximises success in a changed world...
Predictions on the spread of the coronavirus has spurred great debate recently on the reliability of modelling. Initial projections of 50,000 to 150,000 deaths in Australia drove immediate action to shut down States and Territories. Now with around 100 deaths, these models appear fundamentally flawed...