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Corporate development has long been synonymous with M&A—a deal-driven function that measures success by transaction volume and short-term earnings acc...
For decades, corporate development has been nearly synonymous with mergers and acquisitions. When a company needed to grow, enter a new market, or acq...
When the board asks for growth, the default answer is often 'buy something.' But M&A is expensive, risky, and not always the right tool. Corporate dev...
Corporate development can feel like a black box reserved for bulge-bracket bankers and in-house strategy teams with unlimited resources. But growth th...
Growth is the lifeblood of corporate development. But in 2025, the old playbook—aggressive M&A, relentless cost-cutting, chasing every trend—leads to ...
Corporate development is the engine that drives strategic growth—but without the right playbook, it can devour resources without delivering results. T...
Corporate development is often misunderstood as a function reserved for Fortune 500 companies with armies of bankers. In reality, any organization pur...
Corporate development teams often measure success by deal count and pipeline velocity. But when the next acquisition target isn't obvious—or when inte...
Corporate development teams are under constant pressure to deliver growth. The default move is often M&A—it's visible, measurable, and feels decisive....
Who needs this and what goes wrong without it Corporate development teams, strategy executives, and business unit leaders routinely face a fundamental...
Corporate development in 2024 is not about chasing headlines or mimicking the deal sprees of past decades. Capital is more expensive, regulators are s...