by Daniel Emery | Apr 28, 2017 | Blog, Creating Strategy
Strategy is about looking beyond the immediate to do list or this quarter’s financial plan and seeing the whole picture and the way things really are, not the way you’d like them to be. Seeing the big picture is critical in creating successful strategy and probably...
by Daniel Emery | Apr 6, 2017 | M&A and divestitures
A portfolio company focuses on its capabilities to see further ahead. An exhaustive search for prospective acquisitions in the core market with the intention of growing scale had proved unsuccessful and distracting. The legacy from a previous senior management team...
by Daniel Emery | Apr 6, 2017 | M&A and divestitures
The owner of a leading B2B digital business with solid operating profit and longstanding customers was divested to maintain portfolio strength and long-term shareholder value. Despite stable operating profit and some long-term customer relationships, management were...
by Daniel Emery | Apr 6, 2017 | Market analysis
A European-wide automotive fuel card operator found the edge through an innovative on-line fuel-card account management system, but nearly didn’t. A major player in the European fuel card sector was struggling to attract and retain users of its new on-line system in...
by Daniel Emery | Apr 6, 2017 | Market analysis
A European B2B portfolio business finds new markets for its prestige brands to realise year-on-year growth and performance aspirations. Revenue growth was decelerating in the core market as dominant intermediaries captured a greater proportion of the sector’s...
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