AT&T has an industry structure problem in which it is at a strategic disadvantage. Both customers and suppliers are getting the better end of deals with AT&T. I see the tower companies as the best ...

Does listening to advocates of starkly opposing world views talk past each other as they attempt to vilify or justify wealth exasperate you? Whether it’s Karl Marx or Adam Smith, they each have their ...

Executives often hash out the same words to their reports , “let us create value.” And it has become a standard language across the C-suite, value creation, and value propositions. Everyone is looking ...

Research Summary: Protecting minority shareholders is a central issue in corporate governance. A common tool of empowering minority shareholders is to curb controlling shareholders' power of ...

Roman Z. Matatov is with PKF O’Connor Davies, serving as a CFO for private business clients, and has a valuation and forensics background. In this four-part series of articles, I invite you to explore ...

Altman, Elizabeth J., Frank Nagle, and Michael Tushman. "The Translucent Hand of Managed Ecosystems: Engaging Communities for Value Creation and Capture." Academy of Management Annals 16, no. 1 ...

Businesses exist to create and deliver something of value to customers. No value received means no sales and no revenues—which adds up to no business. Yet, when consulting with senior executives, I ...

Over the weekend, Stripe announced the closure of its widely reported new round of capital. The $600 million round values the payments and banking software company at $95 billion, near the top end of ...

In 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto invented the greatest store of value ever seen in human history. His creation, bitcoin, has firmly secured its place as the hardest form of money in the new digital economy ...