By Tadeus Dobrovolskij The financial crisis required an unprecedented intervention from central banks. The Fed, the ECB and other governing banks had launched a set of policies, which is known as quantitative easing (QE). In the year 2017 the Fed decided to end QE and unwind its balance sheets. Similar action is expected from the […]
By Garett Robertson It is often said that culture trumps strategy in business. Brilliant business models can be completely undermined by bad corporate culture as has been seen with recent turmoil at Uber. Eventually bad culture catches up to the organization and creates rifts that are very difficult if not impossible to overcome. So how […]
By Garett Robertson and Tadeus Dobrovolskij It has been said a lot already about the importance of corporate culture and its effect on financial results. Nevertheless, it’s still often overlooked. In M&A this is especially true. For unseasoned M&A teams, they may simply see what they will get from a deal. They see access to […]
By Garett Robertson and Tadeus Dobrovolskij Businesses are complicated things that are often related to armies going to war with each other. From classics like ‘The Art of War’ to more modern day examples in books such as ‘Team of Teams’ by General Stanley McChrystal. Business, like war, sets a company against a host of factors and […]