Jan.-Feb. 2005

Posted on February 15, 2005 at 3:30 PM
Filed under: Case Studies | Corporate Strategy | Cover Story | Jan.-Feb. 2005 | Joint Ventures and Alliances | Outsourcing | Research and development | The Magazine
Tagged: alliances , joint venture , open innovation , outsourcing , Procter & Gamble , R&D

Open innovation is transforming research and development departments - and the way companies think about growth.  Continue reading

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Posted on February 15, 2005 at 3:15 PM
Filed under: Information Technology | Jan.-Feb. 2005 | Outsourcing | The Magazine
Tagged: CDO , deals , information technology , outsourcing

As outsourcing relationships get more complex, so does the challenge of structuring the deals.  Continue reading

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Posted on February 15, 2005 at 2:45 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Case Studies | Jan.-Feb. 2005 | The Magazine
Tagged: casinos , deals , doubling down , gaming , hotels , Jim Murren , Kirk Kerkorian , Las Vegas , M&A , Mandalay , MGM Mirage

As MGM Mirage bets billions on Vegas, president Jim Murren and his team structure the deals.  Continue reading

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Posted on February 15, 2005 at 1:50 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Corporate Venture Capital | Jan.-Feb. 2005 | Job Description | People | The Magazine
Tagged: Agilent , corporate venture capital , dealmaker resume , job description , Maximilian Schroeck , R&D

As head of Agilent Technologies Inc.'s corporate ventures unit, Maximilian Schroeck operates in a setting that he describes as a "dream unto itself." Agilent's four core businesses combine to make the company an attractive partner for venture capitalists. Agilent provides test and measurement products to the communications and electronics...  Continue reading

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Posted on February 15, 2005 at 1:43 PM
Filed under: Intellectual property | Jan.-Feb. 2005 | Legal Brief | The Magazine | Trends
Tagged: Bayer , Celebrex , intellectual property , Merck , patents , Pfizer , trends , Vioxx

Intellectual property issues are looming larger for most companies, but nowhere do they matter more than in the biotechnology industry. That is why a couple of recent decisions on so-called method patents in biotech have attracted such wide interest - and raised so many questions. The first case involved...  Continue reading

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Posted on February 15, 2005 at 1:36 PM
Filed under: Best Practices | Divesting and Restructuring | Jan.-Feb. 2005 | Joint Ventures and Alliances | The Magazine
Tagged: alliances , best practices , exit , governance , joint ventures , restructure , transparency

Some 50% of alliances fail to meet the objectives of corporate parents. What's needed? More transparency and better governance.  Continue reading

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Posted on February 15, 2005 at 1:05 PM
Filed under: Corporate Strategy | Jan.-Feb. 2005 | Research and development | The Magazine
Tagged: e-R&D , Eli Lilly , InnoCentive , NineSigma , Paul Strios , startup , Yet2.com

Procter & Gamble Co. didn't start NineSigma Inc., but it is the key backer and most important customer of the small e-R&D company. In 2003 P&G announced a strategic relationship with the Cleveland-based firm, and in September, Paul Stiros left P&G to become its president. Meanwhile, another young e-R&D...  Continue reading

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Posted on February 15, 2005 at 12:48 PM
Filed under: CD Community | Information Technology | Jan.-Feb. 2005 | The Magazine
Tagged: auctions , information technology , IntraLinks , M&A , PowerSteering , Valchemy , virtual data room

The virtual data room business is growing briskly. Acquisition management software is a tougher sell, but it's early yet.  Continue reading

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Posted on February 15, 2005 at 12:40 PM
Filed under: CD Community | Jan.-Feb. 2005 | Research and development | The Magazine
Tagged: CDO , corporate development , E&Y , Ernst & Young , Kerrie MacPherson , study , virtual teams

A new study maps corporate development departments - and highlights the importance of virtual teams.  Continue reading

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Posted on February 15, 2005 at 12:34 PM
Filed under: Jan.-Feb. 2005 | People | The Magazine
Tagged: Constellation Energy , deals , Deutsche Bank , Jack Thayer , movers

Jack Thayer began a hiatus from dealmaking in 2003, leaving his job as a healthcare investment banker at Deutsche Bank AG to join Baltimore utility Constellation Energy Group Inc. as its investor relations chief. He was following his former boss at Deutsche, Mayo Shattuck, who became Constellation's CEO in...  Continue reading

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Posted on February 15, 2005 at 12:28 PM
Filed under: Jan.-Feb. 2005 | People | The Magazine
Tagged: Michael Towe , movers , Roper Industries , TransCore

Roper Industries Inc. is a company that likes to shop. Just this year, the Duluth, Ga.-based maker of industrial controls, instrumentation and other engineered products has bought transportation products and services provider TransCore Holdings Inc. for about $600 million; the power generation business of R/D Tech Inc. of Quebec City...  Continue reading

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Posted on February 15, 2005 at 12:23 PM
Filed under: Jan.-Feb. 2005 | People | The Magazine
Tagged: dealmaker , General Electric , movers , Pamela Daley , Robert Jaffe

A longtime company lawyer is now VP for corporate business development, reporting to CEO Jeffrey Immelt.  Continue reading

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Posted on February 15, 2005 at 12:18 PM
Filed under: From Ken | Jan.-Feb. 2005 | The Magazine
Tagged: corporate dealmaker , editor , editor's letter , Klee

Ultimately, all our stories are about people navigating one of the defining economic trends of our age: Boundaries once relatively fixed are becoming movable, permeable or both.  Continue reading

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