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When your investment banker tells you the big deal you are working on will be a “defining acquisition” what you should hear is that it is a “bet the ranch” deal.
@@debreceniszabolcs8494 “When sellers papers are all over the place” Sounds like if the seller has their papers organized and their company structured, it could take less time. Is that what you’re saying?
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I have a problem with the synergy piece. Although there can be substantial growth from leveraging brand and/or customer base; what about activist investors who go in with new management & expertise? Returns are equal if not greater while all improvements were sourced externally
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After hearing all 5 tips, I realised these "teachers" always use other people's credential to justify their OPINIONS as well as use other successful people's ideas and advice as their own teachings. Its a good thing if you dont think carefully. Its not so good when you take in their personal preference
For my own memory: 1.Take a stakeholder perspective. Engagement and loyalty from -all- stakeholders internally and externally. 2. Make sure there is a "box" for each strategical priority. The structure should indicate the company's true strategy. 3. Draw org charts as org "models" - not just reporting lines. 4. Don't over-design it. Just enough to move forward with freedom for others to implement. Organisations are complex. 5. Go for a "unit structure" where each unit has autonomy to deliver and not value chain (eg make, buy, sell) or matrix 6. Develop design principles with exec group before presenting options.
I am considering doing an Msc in Finance at LSE after I finish my BEng in Aerospace Engineering at Brunel University in west london. I want to become an investment banker. I dont see myself being an engineer anymore.
Ye i fully just wantdd to do it for the money. Im loosing the will to become an engineer because the pay in engineering is not great. But i watched a video by a former city trader and he explained what you just explained so dont know.. I just want something that pays well..
wow! I like this. In my company they are probably subtracting value in all of the ways suggested. There is also a good video on designing headquarters - have a look.
This is good stuff. Too many organizations get this wrong. I like the focus on integration and centralization. This guy also has some good videos on Mergers and Acquisitions.
It is good if all three logics suggest the same answer - for example, it is a good business, you can add lots to it and it is cheap. But normally the three logics give different answers: it is a good business, you can add value to it, but it is expensive or it is a good business, but you cannot add much. In these cases, either the capital markets valuation or the attractiveness of the business is not a problem because you can add so much extra or the fact that you can't add much is not a problem because the business is so cheap.
I have heard that the reason for the deal is the potential of headphones as a "wearable". Because people are prepared to wear headphones - lots of stuff can be connected to them.
Just revisited this and saw your note Jo - I wanted to look at the charts again! maybe you did not see my other comment - but yes, most of the comment on this deal is pretty negative
Not sure where your trust in Tim Cooke comes from Amanda - he seems to me to be someone who needs to prove himself! However, as a broader point, I am glad you mentioned the charts. They are meant to be a way to structure a rational discussion about whether it is a good deal or not (I confess - I am Andrew's co-author). None of us have enough information to answer conclusively, but do you think that the charts bring out all the issues that need to be discussed? Or, is there something missing?
The situation in streaming is even worse than the video suggests. The leaders have millions of subscribers whereas Beats has only thousands - so it is a minnow in the fast growing market.
