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McKinsey explores decline and recovery in past recessions (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Sometimes the best indicators of the way forward can be found by looking back, which is why "Mapping Decline and Recovery Across Sectors," is worth a read. The report published in the latest McKinsey Quarterly (registration required) analyzes the financial performance of U.S. corporations during the last four recessions (mid-70s,...

Posted on January 27, 2009 10:37 AM

Advice on sending market value up when the economy is down (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Executives may talk a good game when it comes to pursuing target opportunities when the economy tanks, but few it appears follow through with a tangible strategy. That's according to Mehrdad Baghai, Sven Smit, and S. Patrick Viguerie, authors of The Granularity of Growth, who's article in the latest McKinsey...

Posted on September 5, 2008 11:51 AM

Divesting: Learning to let go (from Corporate Dealmaker)

We've written plenty about divestitures over the past few months. (See our two part series on the topic here and here.)  With General Electric Co., Time Warner Inc., Motorola Inc., Del Monte Foods Corp., Unilever Group, Weyerhaeuser Corp. and others having recently completed or contemplating major divestitures, the subject is...

Posted on June 27, 2008 12:49 PM

How are Chinese companies faring at acquisitions? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

With outbound acquisitions by Chinese companies on the rise -- there were $26 billion worth of such deals in the first quarter -- the McKinsey Quarterly (registration required) has prepared a report on the subject. One question the article examines is how well deals to date have turned out. "They...

Posted on June 13, 2008 12:57 PM