GLG News by Current or Former Chief Financial Officers in the Aerospace and Defense Industry

The data is conflicting... how much of an advantage do companies get by outsourcing their IT and call centers to India? My experience through three expansions is the quality is very good, but the cost advantage is diminishing. But that adds to the debate. Companies are becoming slower to move on international...

The computer networking market is running at full force, consistently introducing new products that help clients bring their networking pieces together to run efficiently. From data storage to communications to switches and routers, this market sector is continuously expanding and refining. As the article...

Over the past several years, many (even countless) analysts have discredited HP for their acquisition of Compaq. The companies are too big to merge, the products aren’t compatible, the management is not compatible, they will loss more than they gain…What makes this acquisition unclear, and many others...

Over the past several years, companies by the dozen have made uncalculated errors in reporting. Most recent is the option backdating cases. While these missteps have cost these companies millions of dollars in outside help, it has also brought into question the true value of the companies. Don’t expect...

During an international acquisition, an acquirer must consider several areas, before completing the purchase. This article collectively highlights several areas to consider such as tax credits, structure, pre-existing subsidiary structure, foreign tax laws, and wording in the LOI/definitive agreement....

This article, like most others written about M&A’s, assumes acquisitions are conducted purely to enhance a company’s revenue stream. Most purchases of this nature are in fact completed to either take out a competitor (negating market share erosion), expand a product line (which may be unproven depending...

As the VC market changes its model from IPO to acquisition, many funding firms have paused to catch their breath. The drawback is most acquiring companies have not lost their appetite for the hunt. This statement leaves one conclusion- be flexible in your philosophy or wait on the sidelines and miss...

Many recent articles have argued and discussed the slowdown in VC funding; from Austin Ventures' recent investor funding return to misguided year-over-year statistics that truly point to an IPO slowdown.  The title of this article is misleading, as the content points towards a more meaningful ...

With India’s booming corporate landscape, many young companies have begun to show signs of success. This tends to lend itself to the next phase in corporate development- M&A activity. While India is in a position to learn from the other market leaders, the US, Europe, and Asia, it appears that M&A...

Google’s recent purchase of YouTube for $1.65B is a huge price to pay for a small private company. Most certainly Google’s calculation took several assumptions into consideration, such as, cost synergies within YouTube’s infrastructure, compatibility of product lines, and an obvious synergies with revenue...