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Arms boom instead of car crisis? Berlin’s industrial fantasy shattered by reality

Germany’s industry is caught in a downward spiral: car manufacturers in crisis, crumbling supply chains, thousands of jobs hanging in the balance. But there is also this: full order books at arms manufacturers, because billions from new debts taken on by the federal government are ending up here. So can the special arms programme save the industry from further decline?

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.

Exit strategy after the lockdown

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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