June 2005

Dispatch from Reuters
Posted on June 15, 2005 at 8:25 PM Filed under: Acquisitions \| Corporate Strategy \| Cover Story \| Joint Ventures and Alliances \| May-June 2005 \| The Magazine Tagged: acquisitions , Bloomberg , diversification , Eric Lint , Grigson , joint venture , Reuters , Tom Glocer , turnaround , Wenig
A deal-savvy management team has transformed the financial information provider into a leaner, more focused competitor. It will need to be. Continue reading
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They're alive!
Posted on June 15, 2005 at 8:10 PM Filed under: Corporate Venture Capital \| May-June 2005 \| Research and development \| The Magazine Tagged: Agilent , British Telecom , BT , Jai Das , Mike Carr , R&D , startups , venture capital
Hatching startups based on internal R&D isn't easy, but companies such as British Telecom are managing to do it. Continue reading
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Good governance, good deals
Posted on June 15, 2005 at 7:50 PM Filed under: Acquisitions \| Best Practices \| CD Community \| May-June 2005 \| The Magazine Tagged: acquisitions , Barbara Franklin , corporate development , Dow Chemical , governance , integration , M&A , Praxair , pricing , Sarbanes-Oxley , VeriSign
Yes, corporate directors are more focused on M&A. But Sarbanes-Oxley is only part of the reason why. Continue reading
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Alliance Rx
Posted on June 15, 2005 at 6:26 PM Filed under: Job Description \| Joint Ventures and Alliances \| May-June 2005 \| Research and development \| The Magazine Tagged: acquisitions , alliances , Baxter International , Norbert Riedel , partnerships , pharma , R&D
Baxter's Norbert Riedel brings a keen eye for cultural nuance to the competition for partners. Continue reading
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Put on your thinking CAPs
Posted on June 15, 2005 at 6:20 PM Filed under: Acquisitions \| Legal Brief \| May-June 2005 \| The Magazine Tagged: analysis , CAPs , hostile , law , M&A , Oracle , PeopleSoft , poison pill , Unocal
M&A practitioners watched closely as Oracle Corp.'s recent hostile acquisition of PeopleSoft Inc. raised, but didn't fully answer, a fascinating tactical question. Did PeopleSoft's "customer assurance programs" - contracts that would pay customers significant amounts if an acquirer stopped supporting the PeopleSoft products - constitute appropriate business protections or... Continue reading
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Sealing the vault
Posted on June 15, 2005 at 6:15 PM Filed under: Information Technology \| Intellectual property \| May-June 2005 \| The Magazine Tagged: intellectual assets , IT , security
Surprisingly to many executives, employees, not hacking poachers, pose the greatest threat to intellectual assets. Continue reading
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Letting the knowledge flow
Posted on June 15, 2005 at 6:08 PM Filed under: Corporate Strategy \| Information Technology \| May-June 2005 \| The Magazine Tagged: allinces , Emerson Process Management , intellectual capital , IT , licensing , R&D
How Emerson Process Management taps a knowledge management application to develop new products with suppliers, saving a bundle in the process. Continue reading
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Toward a more perfect partnership
Posted on June 15, 2005 at 6:01 PM Filed under: Corporate Strategy \| May-June 2005 \| The Magazine Tagged: CDO , integration , line managers , Mergers and Acquisitions Basics , partnership
How can corporate development officers best work with line managers? Informal bridge building counts for a lot. Continue reading
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Quick learners
Posted on June 15, 2005 at 5:52 PM Filed under: May-June 2005 \| Research and development \| The Magazine Tagged: China , collaborate , IBM , Intel , Microsoft , Motorola , Peking , R&D , Tsinghua , universities
R&D collaborations with Chinese universities used to feature a lot more development than research, but that's changing fast. Continue reading
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Integration, gene therapy style
Posted on June 15, 2005 at 5:37 PM Filed under: Acquisitions \| Cover Story \| Integration \| May-June 2005 \| The Magazine Tagged: acquisitions , DNA , integration , Lipper , Michael Peace , Reuters
Once in the habit of buying companies and then not doing much with them, Reuters Group plc now believes wholeheartedly in integrating its acquisitions. Continue reading
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Sealing the vault [Posted on June 15, 2005 at 6:15 PM]
Letting the knowledge flow [Posted on June 15, 2005 at 6:08 PM]
Toward a more perfect partnership [Posted on June 15, 2005 at 6:01 PM]
Quick learners [Posted on June 15, 2005 at 5:52 PM]
Integration, gene therapy style [Posted on June 15, 2005 at 5:37 PM]
The case for spinning in [Posted on June 15, 2005 at 5:19 PM]
Patent reform gets going in Washington [Posted on June 15, 2005 at 4:58 PM]
When brands change hands [Posted on June 15, 2005 at 4:51 PM]
A Monster story [Posted on June 15, 2005 at 4:43 PM]
Nortel nabs Cisco vet as CTO [Posted on June 15, 2005 at 4:35 PM]
Office Depot CFO takes on Europe [Posted on June 15, 2005 at 4:26 PM]
Can Henderson help Cardinal heal? [Posted on June 15, 2005 at 4:19 PM]
Calculating changes at Intel Capital [Posted on June 15, 2005 at 4:11 PM]
Out of the woods, and minding Microsoft's $38 billion [Posted on June 15, 2005 at 4:04 PM]
Cris Conde on why Sungard is going private [Posted on June 15, 2005 at 3:56 PM]
Letter from the editor [Posted on June 15, 2005 at 3:53 PM]

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