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Thinking about Milton Friedman

Posted on January 31, 2007 at 10:04 AM
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Typical water cooler topics are the latest candidates for American Idol, or the Super Bowl matchup. But at our office this morning there was more buzz about a documentary aired on PBS about Milton Friedman, renowned economist, Nobel laureate, champion of free markets--and, if you stop to think about...  Continue reading
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Fast-growth private companies looking for deals, survey says

Posted on January 30, 2007 at 8:33 PM
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PricewaterhouseCoopers has just released its "Trendsetter Barometer," a survey of 286 fast-growing, privately owned product and service companies. The results signal more future M&A activity on their part. A hefty 38% are planning an acquisition or merger over the next three years and another 28% expect to put their company,...  Continue reading
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Outsourcing industry fundamentals foretell consolidation

Posted on January 19, 2007 at 12:15 PM
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Economists are right to point out that one of the most prevalent motives for a corporate merger is the existence of unhealthy marketplace dynamics, including pricing pressures, diminishing rates of growth, and the like. By all reasonable measures, the global outsourcing marketplace possesses none of those characteristics. Yet, I...  Continue reading
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Moves at Viacom, Sara Lee, Monster and more

Posted on January 11, 2007 at 10:05 AM
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New York's Viacom Inc. hired Wade Davis as senior vice president of strategy, mergers and acquisitions. Davis, who was formerly SVP of M&A for Viacom, assumes the additional duties of strategic planning and business development, which were previously directed by Bob Bakish. Bakish was recently appointed president of Viacom's...  Continue reading
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Concerns about the HR outsourcing market

Posted on January 5, 2007 at 11:19 AM
Filed under: Outsourcing
I've been asked a lot lately what events in outsourcing occurred in 2006 that really were worthy of note. Rather than state the obvious, such as the astronomical revenue and profit performance of India-based service providers, I thought I'd share a few observations about an issue that's a bit...  Continue reading
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