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The Greater Potential of Brand Equity Analysis to Drive Far More Significant Acquisition Returns and Deal Value

By Mark Stein

In every commercial due diligence assignment, clients reasonably expect a proper brand equity analysis. And yes, good diligence requires the requisite measures (i.e., relative brand familiarity, performance on the most important drivers-of-choice, likelihood to recommend/promote, etc.). Investment teams and the IC will always want to review these findings and take stock of the implications. But…
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A Practical Commercial Diligence Approach to Assess the Risk of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Disruption

By Jeff Merkle

The impact of constantly expanding applications of AI technology (Note 1) has many investors nervous about traditional human-labor-based businesses – from professional and technical services to administrative clerks. The sustainability of these businesses is a deep and challenging topic to assess. However, it is made harder by the convoluted analytics that many consultants have proposed to…

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