14 Mar, 2024 Future-Proof Finance: Rewrite Your Operating Model in 2024 By Connor Lott The pace of business is only accelerating, and the demands placed on PE-backed CFOs and finance functions to deliver insight-to-value...
17 Jan, 2024 The Real-Time Finance Revolution: Forecasting and Budgeting in the Digital Age By Michael Hymanson Connor Lott Vibhor Gupta In a business environment with constant disruption, you need the ability to see problems fast and react to them quickly. A finance...
11 Jan, 2024 HBR IdeaCast: Why private equity needs to invest more in talent development By Ted Bililies Traditionally, private equity companies have created value at the companies they own by taking on debt, restructuring, and exploiting...
02 Nov, 2023 Maximizing value creation: Sign to close By Sean O'Flynn Burak Kiral Daniela Mesalles Maxim Vanhencxthoven +1 more... Show less The time between the signing and closing of an M&A deal is lengthening—by quite some distance. Investors and management teams have long...
02 Nov, 2023 Maximizing value creation: Mid-investment By Burak Kiral Sean O'Flynn Matthew Harmon Jack Leung +1 more... Show less In the past 10 years, the average buyout fund has consistently outperformed the S&P 500—by a significant margin across multiple time...
24 Oct, 2023 Getting product rationalization right: How winning companies restructure their portfolios to drive sustained growth By Jason McDannold Yale Kwon Phani Bhamidipati Justin Casey Aditya Eswar +2 more... Show less In an uncertain economy, the optimization of a company’s portfolio of offerings is crucial for ensuring sustainability and growth....
12 Oct, 2023 Maximizing value creation: When the end is in sight By Burak Kiral Sean O'Flynn Matthew Harmon Jack Leung +1 more... Show less In the private equity world, finding an attractive asset, acquiring it at the right price, and successfully executing a value creation...
20 Sep, 2023 Lessons from the factory floor part 2: The music has stopped on salaried churn. Now what? By Parmesh Bhaskaran Steven Hilgendorf Allen Merriman Felix Pflaum Stephen Smith Chandan Singh +3 more... Show less While the challenges around the hourly manufacturing workforce get most of the ink (particularly in light of the UAW strike), salaried...
08 Sep, 2023 Reconfiguring to win: How companies are rationalizing their product portfolios to survive and thrive in uncertainty By Jason McDannold Phani Bhamidipati Yale Kwon Justin Casey Aditya Eswar +2 more... Show less The verdict is in: Change is good, especially when it comes to product portfolios. When faced with ever-evolving markets, well-managed...
25 Aug, 2023 Lessons from the factory floor Part 1: These labor pains aren’t temporary By Parmesh Bhaskaran Steven Hilgendorf Allen Merriman Felix Pflaum Stephen Smith Chandan Singh +3 more... Show less One of the dominant themes in the business world has been the labor shortage. There are too many open jobs and not enough workers to fill...
20 Jul, 2023 Inclusive ownership as a vehicle for better personal and enterprise outcomes: our partnership with Ownership Works By Adam Fless The outlook for employee equity is brighter thanks to Ownership Works, a nonprofit organization working to catalyze the design and...
11 Jul, 2023 Supercharging Due Diligence: Unleashing AI's potential in outside-in analysis By Jason McDannold Sebastian Blaustein Yale Kwon Dana Aguilera Herman Gurklys +2 more... Show less Ongoing market disruptions are changing the private equity (PE) landscape. Winning firms are increasingly relying on the outside‑in due...