latest thinking
Ideas are at the heart of our advice: for over 30 years, Marakon has been creating leading-edge thinking around some of the highest value topics on the management agenda. We invite you to explore some of our latest ideas and publications.
Structure is Strategy (Marakon Commentary)
In this most recent commentary Neal Kissel brings new light to an older concept of Structure as a Strategy.
Unconventional Resources Plays Spotlight
Human Capital Scale-up Challenges (Marakon Oil and Gas)
The oil and gas industry is now facing one of its greatest challenges since its inception – finding the motivated and skilled talent pool to sustain growth in the next several decades. Several major trends contribute to this talent gap.
Are Acquisition Multiples Too High? (Marakon Commentary)
Jim McTaggart, Randy DeGeer and Mark Skoskiewicz explore the concept of Acquisition Multiples and ask the question- Are they too high?
Economics of Breakups: Conglomerate Discounts and Premiums (Marakon Commentary)
Jim McTaggart, Ron Langford and Cengiz Rahmioglu discuss the Economics behind corporate breakups.
U.S. Health Insurance: Separating from the Pack (Marakon Commentary)
Seek out accessible markets, reduce costs that yield low returns, and find alternative sources.
Conserve, Capture, Create Value (Marakon Commentary)
Mergers and acquisitions do not have to destroy shareholder worth, despite evidence to the contrary.
Growing Intrinsic Value in the New Normal (Marakon Commentary)
In this 'Marakon Commentary', Jim McTaggart and Ron Langford explore how companies can continue to grow intrinsic value when they are fighting against a market with higher risk, lower profitability and slower growth
Refocus on Value
The financial crisis has caused sustainable levels of growth and profitability to decline across all industries, and competitive positions have been materially altered. Many businesses that created value when overall market growth and profitability were high no longer do...
Five rules for retailing in a recession
Most retailers focus on selling more of what is selling best to their best customers. But this will not help them maximize the sales and profitability potential of their stores. We’ve found that a better approach is to focus on how to sell what could sell well to customers who should be buying more from their stores...