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Succeeding at succession: structuring your transition plan

2012-05-10T10:21:16-05:00

Matching your objectives with your exit strategy. In the early years of a privately held business, it’s not uncommon for owners to follow Bob Dylan’s risk mitigation strategy: when you got nothing, you got nothing to lose. Over time, those who successfully employ that strategy, as well as more conventional ones, frequently find themselves with something—a profitable business, and much to lose—wealth, family harmony and more.

Succeeding at succession: identifying and engaging successors

2011-12-05T09:35:31-05:00

Who to choose? That is the question facing an increasing number of individuals seeking to transfer ownership of a privately held business—and one of the many surrounding business succession addressed in this white paper from Grant Thornton International. click to open PDF

Succeeding at succession: establishing the value of your company

2011-11-09T14:25:35-05:00

A Grant Thornton International white paper advising that a well-framed succession plan should include laying the foundation for long-term growth by strengthening the value of your business. click to open PDF

Succeeding at succession: establishing your goals and objectives

2011-10-17T15:16:57-05:00

A Grant Thornton International white paper advising that a well-framed succession plan should include objectives that are aligned with your business strategies and goals—and then communicated to both your business and personal stakeholders. click to open PDF

Trust and occupational fraud: How to trust us just as important as who to trust

2010-11-11T10:12:37-05:00

A Grant Thornton white paper that discusses issues relating to trust in the workplace—specifically how understanding who to trust (people) and how to trust (controls) are critical steps in the development of any fraud-prevention initiative. click to open PDF

How to create and sustain value: Strategies to help you outperform your competition

2010-08-12T10:17:50-05:00

A Grant Thornton white paper for professional services firms that delves into the process of assessing the strength of your people, strategy and sales model—where a weakness of any of the three could signify that it’s time to rethink your long-term goals and strategic vision. click to open PDF

One solution doesn’t have to mean one strategy.

2010-08-11T09:54:59-05:00

A Grant Thornton LLP white paper for manufacturing and distribution that discusses working both sides of the equation—financial and operational—for a more holistic approach to securing the health of your business. click to open PDF

Goodbye to just “getting by”: enhancing performance in volatile times

2010-07-23T09:14:46-05:00

A Grant Thornton white paper for professional services firms that examines the benefits of defining your Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and the many ways in which they can enhance business performance and management. click to open PDF

Managing cultural change to drive productivity and profit

2010-05-31T09:39:58-05:00

A Grant Thornton white paper for manufacturers and distributors that explains the culture change process—its advantages—and some of the key considerations you need to think about before embarking on the path of rebuilding a culture that’s more productive, profitable, sustainable, goal-oriented and data-driven. click to open PDF

Survival of the Fittest

2010-05-28T13:56:32-05:00

A Grant Thornton white paper for manufacturers and distributors which examines the benefits of putting a product rationalization strategy into place—giving you the potential to make your company leaner, more robust and better equipped for a volatile economy. click to open PDF

No free lunch—a report on employee expense fraud

2009-10-27T09:28:17-05:00

A new white paper from Grant Thornton on employee expense fraud. Learn how to understand the signs of and avoid some of the adverse consequences of fraud in the workplace—along with some of the key steps your organization can take to help mitigate the risk in the first place. click to open PDF

Your fair share—it’s what you've earned.

2009-10-16T14:22:58-05:00

A Grant Thornton white paper for professional services firms which explores wealth retention strategies for today's professional. In it, we discuss some of the different tax deferral, tax savings and estate planning strategies that you could be applying today that will allow you to defer and save the maximum amount of tax now, look comfortably to a secure future and generally enjoy the wealth you’ve earned. click to open PDF

The big freeze

2009-10-02T14:34:22-05:00

Estate freeze/re-freeze strategies|,|for the down market. click to open PDF

SupplyChain_WhitePaper.qxp

2008-02-28T15:36:26-05:00

How mid-cap manufacturers can transition from making|,|products to what really matters —|,|delivering value to customers more profitably click to open PDF

Microsoft Word - China White Paper.doc

2008-02-28T15:22:47-05:00

Opportunities and Challenges|,|for U.S. Manufacturerser click to open PDF

M&D_White_Paper:Layout 1.qxd

2008-02-28T15:22:43-05:00

Canadian manufacturers can compete–even dominate-in the global market. But|,|they will need new skills and a new concept of manufacturing. click to open PDF