Mergers and Acquisitions are a key source of strategic value in business. You can make an enormous contribution to M&A. Its a simple thing to set up a scan for valuable...
An act of deception has won many a military battle – from Sun Tzu to the Trojan Horse, from Alexander the Great, Hannibal or Napolean to the Spaniards defeating the overwhelmingly...
Everyone has plans. Those who excel at implementing ‘the plan’ are usually operating on old information. If you have up to date information and high quality analysis you can make your...
Strategy without analysis is like turning up to play a sporting match when you don’t know what sport you’re playing, what equipment to bring, the rules, who your opponent is or...
Whoever has the best information is most likely to succeed and on their own terms. It is difficult to overstate the importance of high quality information to the development and execution...
“…fools are able to ruin a friendship but wise people know how to profit even from enmities.” (Plutarch 46-120AD) You can do business so as to avoid bumping into other companies,...
There was a great discussion at the symposium yesterday on ‘IP Strategy, what has changed, what is changing?’ Here are my slides – I look forward to your comments too. IP...
In 1993 I joined Derwent Information and by 1994 had put together a patents and competitive intelligence presentation that I would eventually give as far away from my home base as...
Another IP strategy mistake is to overestimate competitors. This mistake is not as rich in case examples as underestimating competitors because it tends to drive inaction. We can see cases where...
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