Business decisions should be made with a specific goal in mind. Oftentimes, this goal is simply to increase one's client base and profits. While market research and development can play a major role in making these decisions, sometimes businesses have to make...
Whether you have been thinking about selling off all, or part of your business or if an offer has come to you completely out of left field, you may be wondering about a leveraged buyout. Whether the business is fairly new and growing rapidly, older and holding steady...
The business world has seen a lot of mergers lately. Telecommunications giants are attempting to combine their forces to better compete in a tight marketplace, and banks have merged in an attempt to expand their reach and secure a greater market share. Before each of...
Building a business form the ground up can be a monumental task. Those businesses that are able to do so often find themselves plateauing at a certain point. Although they may be able to hire more people, acquire new commercial property, or diversify their business...
We've spent some time on this blog discussing the benefits of mergers and acquisitions. These processes can help companies expand their operations, reduce their costs, and penetrate new markets. As helpful as mergers and acquisitions can be, though, they must be...
It wasn't that long ago that newspapers were the number one source of current events on the local, national, and international level. Yet, as the Internet grew and this information became more widely available, more and more newspapers went out of business. In fact,...
There are a number of ways that a business can grow. One way is to engage in more aggressive and targeted marketing campaigns. Another way is to increase spending in development of new products and services. Expanding operations to other locations and increasing one's...
There are a number of ways that businesses can expand their operations. Amongst these options are mergers and acquisitions. These business tactics can be beneficial not only for a business that is looking to reduce costs and expand operations, but also for those...
Mergers can be a great way to further business's interests by increasing their market share, broadening their services, allowing them to enter new markets, and reducing costs. The process can be enormously complex, though, even when the businesses involved in a merger...
There are a number of factors that can help determine if an acquisition is in a business's best interests. The expansion of client base, new market access, and reduction of costs can all spur the takeover of a business. Yet, there are a number of less obvious matters...