Chinese car companies risk major mistakes
Forbes.com 4/20/2010
by Ted Rouse and Raymond Tsang
China's automakers intend to become major competitors in US and European markets. And they have the cash to acquire global technology, brands and distribution reach. The catch is that cross-border acquisitions are hard to pull off. It's domestic mergers and acquisitions that can help mainland China auto companies build the scale they need at this stage.
Carbon constraints alter landscape
Houston Chronicle 4/11/2010
by Jorge Leis and Andy Steinhubl
While the debate over how countries can reduce carbon emissions continues, political and civic leaders are scrambling to cope with the increasingly carbon-constrained world. Texas Gov. Rick Perry's approach for the state has focused on incentives for clean-energy projects versus emissions penalties on the existing industry. Just as government leaders are thinking creatively about ways to reduce carbon emissions, CEOs should ask themselves how they can use carbon competitiveness to gain an edge over competitors.
Gender parity: Not a corporate priority
Harvard Business Publishing: The Daily Stat 3/25/2010
by Bain Global Strategy practice
Just one in four businesspeople in a worldwide survey say their companies' leaders consider gender parity a priority issue. That might be one reason why the survey, conducted by Bain & Company in association with Harvard Business Review, also shows that women continue to disappear from all rungs of the corporate ladder.
Start filling your talent gap-now
Business Strategy Review 3/20/2010
by Alan Bird, Lori Flees and Paul DiPaola
Every CEO worries about having enough talent, but most are frustrated by the time and effort it takes to kick-start the talent machine. The most effective CEOs today not only recognize that it's important to find, develop and deploy the best people, they also take personal responsibility for making it happen.
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A dramatic decline for leveraged buyouts
Harvard Business Publishing: The Daily Stat 3/18/2010
by Bain's Global Private Equity practice
A 96% drop. That's how much the total value of U.S. leveraged buyouts declined from its cyclical peak in 2007 through the end of 2009 as the credit meltdown cut off debt financing, which fuels many mergers and acquisitions, including private equity investments. Though deal activity is showing signs of recovery, credit markets will remain under pressure over the next three to five years, according to Bain & Company.
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