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Corporate dealmakers: A little respect, please (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Bloomberg's Matthew Lynn is the latest columnist ringing an alarm about what he sees as a building M&A boom and its negative consequences for the broader economy. We've heard similar warnings from MarketWatch's David Weidner and The Atlantic Business Channel's Daniel Indiviglio. In "Merger boom will be next bubble to shake markets," ...

Posted on October 8, 2009 10:23 AM

IP due diligence: Make it strategic (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Sure, the target has good patents. But does it have the right ones? Do they support its business model? And what kind of firepower do its competitors have?

Posted on December 15, 2007 3:15 PM

A job like no other (from Corporate Dealmaker)

By nearly any measure - qualifications needed, compensation issues, likely career path - a job in corporate development is different from other corporate gigs. There are good reasons for that.

Posted on October 15, 2007 8:00 PM

Always be closing (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Time is the enemy of deals -- for hard-luck cold callers and big-league corp dev executives alike.

Posted on August 15, 2007 7:14 PM