Over the past decade, business leaders have witnessed an explosion of management tools and techniques in the workplace. Change Management, Total Quality Management (TQM), Enterprise Resource Planning, Balanced Scorecard, Benchmarking,…
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Change, Change, Change. We hear about globalization, speed, technology, virtual workforces, labor market, outsourcing, belt-tightening, etc. These and other forces may change the daily challenges of work, but the basic…
Most people would answer that question”NO!” very quickly. But in the case of an owner of a business, who is also an officer of that business, the IRS may have…
When pop musician David Bowie issued $55 million of ten-year bonds secured by royalties from his first 25 albums, institutional investors snapped them up immediately. Moody’s Investor Services gave the…
The Robert F. Driver Co., Inc. is a portfolio company of the 1818 Mezzanine Fund, L.P., an investment partnership managed by Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (“BBH”). Since raising its…
With the speed of business moving faster than ever, who in your business is minding the future? What can you do TODAY to plan for the future of your family…
In December, 1998, a survey of family business owners was conducted by ReGENERATION Partners. Our purpose? To identify and address the most timely and significant issues family businesses are facing…
Many family business owners believe their privately-owned company cannot act as a public company because of too many restrictions, things like special accounting and valuation rules, family trusts, dividends to…
Incurring debt is among the foremost of issues to owners of family businesses. Most business owners either already have debt or will acquire some in the near future. Ben Franklin…
Picture your business as a three-leg stool with operations, marketing, and finance as the supporting legs. Now, picture yourself sitting atop that stool. If the legs are the same length,...
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