Business structures

Cost control and risk management have been crucial.

As the traditional avenues of corporate growth become less attractive, many companies find the appeal of new venture strategies harder to resist. Though difficult to implement and often slow to repay investment, these strategies do offer the promise of facilitating entry into new business areas with innovative, usually technology-based products. And for large companies with […]

After all the investigations into the Satyam scandal are over, one question will remain: why did its founder, B Ramalinga Raju, plunge into fraud? Four...

Managing in the face of incomplete contracts.

Both have risks. Here's how to strike the right balance.

An analysis of more than 25,000 earnings calls made by publicly held U.S. companies reveals that the tone of calls is markedly different depending on...

The Idea: Fadi Ghandour has built one of the most successful entrepreneurial enterprises to emerge from the Arab world, Aramex International , overcoming rejections, cash-flow crises, and naysayers in every country where he tried to do business.

Techniques that can help you seal a deal may end up torpedoing the relationship when it’s time to put the deal into operation.

Identify and shore up your weaknesses.

A study of pharmaceutical firms finds that it leads to valuable collaborations.

Advancing the sustainability goals of the author’s grandfather, his company’s founder

AllerGen, a young biotechnology firm, is heading for trouble, possibly even bankruptcy. The company's one product--a vaccine for people allergic to cats--may...

Market leaders maximize returns by actively shaping — and reshaping — their partnership portfolios.

According to the Family Business Institute, only 30% of family businesses last into the second generation, 12% remain viable into the third, and 3% operate...

When companies join forces--whether on research or as full-scale partners--they often tend to emphasize the legal or financial aspects of the deal. But...

They may be back in vogue, but managing joint ventures remains just as tough.

After working at his family's coat manufacturing company for a few years, the author realized that high-end coats made in Canada could become a luxury...

They spend less on R&D but get higher returns.

In the midst of hardship, the climate for foreign investment in Russia has never been better. But Westerners should learn from the mistakes of the first wave of joint ventures.

Five critical decisions to set it up for long-term success.