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The Flevy Blog covers Business Strategies, Business Theories, & Business Stories.
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Our framework Post-merger Integration (PMI): Financial integration is every organization’s guide to achieving the financial alignment of both Buyer and Target. Post-merger Integration is a highly complex process. It requires swift action as well as running… Taking a Strategic Move to Post-merger Integration (PMI): Financial Integration
Post-merger Integration (PMI) can be complex, time-pressured, and unfamiliar for most organizations. It is a highly complex process. It requires swift action as well as running the core business activities simultaneously. There is no one-size-fits-all approach… How to Maximize Deal Value in Post-merger Integration (PMI): The PMI Process
“A problem well framed is a problem half-solved.” — Jay Galbraith Organizational Design is more than just structures. It is having policies and strategies that are aligned with one another. When this is achieved, it… Developing an Organizational Design that Works: The Galbraith Star Model
The Value Chain concept, first described by Dr. Michael Porter in 1985, is a series of actions that a firm—in a specific industry—accomplishes to produce a valuable product or service for the market. The value… Strategy Classics: Porter’s Value Chain
Organizations today are spending money on the latest technologies and working hard to solve problems as they arise. Yet, sad to say, this is simply not enough. Today, to get on top of today’s fiercely… Developing an Innovation Mindset: Investing on Technology is Never Enough
Michael Eugene Porter—a Professor at the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School—is widely acclaimed for his unmatched prowess in competitive strategy, strategic planning, global economic development, and the application of competitive principles and… Strategy Classics: Porter’s Five Forces
Post-merger Integration is a highly complex process. It requires swift action as well as running the core business activities simultaneously. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to a successful PMI Process. However, careful planning focusing on… Starting PMI Right: Post-merger Integration (PMI): Day One Activities
There are literally 100s of Strategy frameworks. In our Strategy Development Stream alone, we have 60+ frameworks available. With so many tools available, it can be difficult to determine what the right approach is for… The Science of Strategy Selection: What’s the Best Framework?
Creating a culture that measures productivity objectively is a sensitive matter. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are being employed extensively by organizations across the globe to monitor and track performance. KPIs provide valuable metadata to improve… When Creating Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), What Areas Should We Focus On?
In the Digital Age today, most industries today in a state of flux driven by volatile market forces. These market changes are affecting how Finance needs to operate. Specifically, more than ever, Finance needs to… How and Why We Should Align Strategy and Finance
Technological innovation and intensifying competition are forcing leaders to rethink how they use Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to manage and direct organizations. Digitization has reinforced the importance of Key Performance Indicators not only in enhancing… An Intro to Strategic Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): The KPI Virtuous Cycle
Peter Drucker, one of the first managerial thinkers, introduced MBO or Management by Objectives. This eventually paved the way for the birth of the Objectives and Key Results (OKR) management philosophy. Andy Grove, known as… Objectives and Key Results (OKR): Your Management Strategy to Achieving That Goal