Hiding Outside the Balance Sheet

Hiding Outside the Balance Sheet

by | Oct 14, 2014 | Leadership & Strategy

Last week at a management retreat someone asked why acquisition after acquisition had failed to deliver to expectations in spite of all the auditing and assessment that goes into them. All of us have read and heard about high profile acquisitions like that of Cadburys...
Is there value in values?

Is there value in values?

by | Jul 6, 2014 | Brand & Marketing

Earlier this month I had breakfast with my old friend Anne Bahr Thompson in New York. She is an exceptional thinker who used to run the strategy practice at Interbrand. Anne has invested the better part of the last three years developing the notion of what she has...
Intangibles as wealth creators…

Intangibles as wealth creators…

by | Dec 15, 2008 | Intangibles

Last year, buyers paid 72% of the takeover consideration (on average) for the intangibles in businesses. You might recall that Procter and Gamble Co. paid almost half of the $57 billion (Rs2.72 trillion) for Gillette Co.’s brands alone. Whatever business you are in,...