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The Due Diligence Private Equity Still Gets Wrong: Human Capital
Most due diligences can slice the numbers a thousand ways. Markets, models, margins – all dissected surgical precision. But the one factor that decides whether any of it turns into performance — the people expected to deliver — is still often checked last, or lightly, or not at all.
Here’s the quiet contradiction in private equity: Financial DD predicts potential. Human Capital DD predicts reality. And the gap between the two is where value is most often lost.
The due diligence that private equity still underestimates: human capital
In private equity, financial and commercial due diligence primarily analyse potential. However, whether this potential is realised is decided solely by the organisation that is to implement it. Human capital due diligence reveals whether leadership, roles and culture are actually capable of delivering value enhancement plans – or whether this is precisely where the latest and most expensive loss of value occurs.
Japan meets Berlin-Brandenburg
The “Japan meets Berlin-Brandenburg” network demonstrates how active exchange between Germany and Japan functions. In conversation, Anne Pomsel, Marko Gretzschel, and Daniel Norpoth explain how the DJW promotes economic cooperation, cultural understanding, and sustainable relationships. A look behind the scenes of a network that builds bridges where others see boundaries.
Prevent internal data theft through centralized control
Crime in your own company will increase in the coming years.
To what extent has corona had an impact on the digitalization of the insurance industry?
Martin Korn, Senior Consultant in an interview with Dr. Robin Kiera about the changes in the insurance industry due to Corona.
What remains after Corona? 5 topics and theses
What remains after corona? 5 topics and theses Crises are known to be transformation accelerators. What will change permanently in the world of work after corona and why this is even good news for many. Here is an interim assessment.
Will work and life be more closely intertwined in future?
When normality returns to our lives at some point, this more flexible organization may be retained. Perhaps the crisis offers us the chance to let go of our still quite rigid everyday structures and plan anew.
What could a suitable strategy in the IT Services & Technology Solutions sector look like?
In addition to the shift in markets, the coronavirus is also causing employee skills to be perceived differently. Many managers are getting to know new skills and characteristics of their employees and have to reassess their entire personnel requirements accordingly.
Exit strategy after the lockdown
For many companies, the coronavirus crisis came very abruptly. The next phase, the management of the crisis, should focus on the future despite all the uncertainties.
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