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The Incredible Merge |
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According to numerous sources ranging from the New York Times and Reuters to Fortune magazine, one clear sign of renewed economic health in this country is the recent boom in mergers and acquisitions. Even the perpetually gloomy takeover lawyer, Martin Lipton, who once declared the virtual demise of M&A activity, recently announced that, we are in a burgeoning mergers and acquisitions boom. |
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The Buzzword of the |
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Businesspeople everywhere are increasingly realizing that innovation is the key to continued success. Financial restructuring has run its course. Applying “me too” information technology to conventional problems is a requirement merely to stay in the game. Operational excellence, while always important, is now delivering ever-diminishing returns as we address smaller and smaller opportunities. |
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Moving South |
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America is on the verge of a great migration that is affecting where people will live and how companies will profit. As futurist Dr. Jim Taylor points out in American Demographics, the U.S. has been the site of two previous major migrations. |
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The Reverse Brain Dr |
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As we뭭e discussed on many occasions, the primary driver of economic well being in the rest of the 21st century will be innovation. For more than a century, the United States has been the world뭩 most vibrant economy ?largely because it has been the consistent leader in scientific research and innovation. Regardless of whether you measured this innovation in terms of scientific papers published, or the number of patents issued, the U.S. always left the competition in the dust. |
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Scale or Fail |
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| Allison Maslan |
ǻ | Wiley |
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