Posts Tagged ‘acquisitions’
The premortem: How to avoid ‘stupid acquisitions’ in one step
My mid-October post about the performance of the ASX-listed recruitment agencies drew a lot of comments on my LinkedIn profile, through emails and in conversations with recruitment industry leaders. One of the common topics of conversation has been the performance (or lack of it) with respect to acquisitions made by the boards of these listed companies.…
Read MorePre-GFC acquisitions fail to deliver for ASX listed recruiters: 2010/11 in review
My review of the 2010 results of the ASX-listed recruiters proved popular enough last year for me to invest the significant number of hours required to do the same exercise for this past financial year. One thing is very clear from both this year’s and last year’s results; most of the ASX-listed recruiters…
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