We wish you all a happy holiday season and all the best for the New Year! Dagmar Recklies        Oliver Recklies and Eddie
December 25, 2007
by Oliver
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Month: December 2007
December 23, 2007
by Oliver
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Update: Sovereign wealth funds focus on banks
A better option for sovereign wealth funds to invest in major financial players is very hard to imagine. Equities of banks offer a discount of 20 % in their share price and represent the rear light on Wall Street. To … Continue reading
December 23, 2007
by Oliver
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Organizational challenges of global trends
A couple of weeks ago McKinsey launched a survey on the organizational challenges presented by social and economic trends. The results for this survey are available now; according to available data McKinsey received 1,317 responses from a worldwide representative sample … Continue reading
December 20, 2007
by Oliver
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Improving strategic planning processes
This post will focus on options and ideas to improve strategic planning, again. A couple of days ago I have presented the first post “Ideas for overcoming analysis barriers†in this informal series – for improving strategic planning in your … Continue reading
December 17, 2007
by Oliver
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Update on Government Investment funds
A couple of days I posted some news related to previous activities by so called government investment funds (sovereign wealth funds). Their current investment activities focus on financial institutions; due to the subprime crisis some large players have to write … Continue reading
December 11, 2007
by Oliver
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Government investment funds focus on banks
A couple of days ago we had a look at the current trends of government investment funds (sovereign wealth funds). Today we saw the next move of an investment fund: GIC (Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Pte. Ltd) and another investor … Continue reading
December 9, 2007
by Oliver
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Ideas for overcoming analysis barriers
Strategic planning is linked with a variety of problems and barriers. Some of them are related to sequence and tools of the planning process. Other problems and barriers exist since strategic planning takes place in the context of the firm’s … Continue reading
December 2, 2007
by Dagmar
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The side-effects of over-downsizing – Part two of the story
Now that we have discussed the strategies of a downsized workforce to cope with the resulting higher workload, it is time to address business leaders and their consultants. Your company is threatened by falling profits or even losses. Your shareholders, … Continue reading