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It’s the dream of many entrepreneurs: Get rich, buy a vineyard, kick back on the porch and relax with a glass of your own wine....

Due diligence is an investigation in to the affairs of a company prior to its acquisition....

Every decision should be customer centric. A successful business likely focuses on the consumer and puts them first...

Amsterdam had another good year in 2016. Supply is still increasing, but the enforcement of official curbs on hotel development should help limit growth and help lift existing hotel performance further....

Owners of mid-market companies face numerous issues and challenges leading up to and during the sale process. One big question: When is the preferred time to pursue a transaction?...

​Understanding the mechanisms of company valuation is useful not only because of the importance of valuation in acquisitions and mergers but also because the process of valuing the company and its business unit...

These methods seek to determine the company’s value by estimating the value of its assets. These are traditionally used methods that consider that a company’s value lies basically in its balance sheet....

Unlike the balance sheet-based methods, these methods are based on the company’s income statement. They seek to determine the company’s value through the size of its earnings, sales or other indicators....

Generally speaking, goodwill is the value that a company has above its book value or above the adjusted book value. Goodwill seeks to represent the value of the company’s intangible assets, which often do not...

These methods seek to determine the company’s value by estimating the cash flows it will generate in the future and then discounting them at a discount rate matched to the flows' risk....

The basic stages in performing an accurate valuation by cash flow discounting are:...

The fundamental problem with the methods is that some are based solely on the balance sheet, others are based on the income statement, but none of them consider anything but historic data. We could imagine two...

The following list contains the most common errors:...

Take a look at our selection of Drink / Beverage Trade Shows, Conferences and Festivals taking place around the World over the next twelve months. We hope you might find something interesting for you....

Take a look at our selection of Footwear Trade Shows over the first part of 2018. We hope you might find something interesting for you....

Take a look at our selection of most interesting International Children and Maternity Trade Shows over the first part of 2018. We hope you might find something interesting....

This list of gem and jewelry events is nowhere near comprehensive and only represents a fraction of the top jewelry fairs held around the world, but of cause there are many other important industry events held...

London Boat Show (London, UK, 10−14 January) will be packed with global, national and boutique brands, first looks, loads of retailers and even unique opportunities to get on the water indoors....

COSMOBEAUTY (Barcelona, Spain, 20−22 January) in 2017 was the meeting point of the most prominent brands and the best professionals of the sector: more than 50 000 visitors, more than 1 100 brands...

ISPO (Munich, Germany, 28−31 January) more than 2,700 exhibitors will be presenting their latest sports products from segments such as Snowsports, Outdoor, Health & Fitness, Urban and Teamsports...

Take a look at our selection of Bridal Fashion Shows Worldwide over the next six months. We hope you might find something interesting for you....

Italy hosts a startling number of fashion related shows, events and trade fairs. A lively competition between Milan, Florence and Rome seems to stretch the biannual ritual of fashion week to last almost...

Germany is a leading country in the fashion industry, along with France, Italy, the United States, the UK and Japan. German fashion is known for its elegant lines, unconventional young designs, and manufacturer...

The history of Spanish fashion is strewn with great names, all of whom have contributed to Spain’s role as a venue for international fashion shows featuring quality creations of the highest quality and...

For decades, UK has been known for supporting designers not only British talent, but has become a platform for international labels. Official runway shows, showroom space, exhibitions and trade shows are just...

Paris is regarded as the world fashion capital, and spread throughout the city are many fashion boutiques. Most of the major French fashion brands, such as Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Dior, and Lacroix...

The United States is one of the leading countries in the fashion design industry, along with France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan. Apart from professional business attire, American fashion is...

In the world of mergers and acquisitions, there are typically several hundred transactions per week. While many of the multibillion dollar, cross-border transactions attract most of the press coverage...

Many entrepreneurs think that it is not possible to bring a smaller company public. They feel that a company needs to have a long track record, as well as show a profit....

Have you been unsuccessful in raising capital for your company? Certainly, depending on the profitability of and prospects for a company, raising capital can be a difficult challenge. However, some industries...

In recent years companies experiencing solvency or liquidity problems were able to raise new capital in the debt and equity capital markets with relative ease. In this challenging environment...

By now you’ve done your research and decided that an IPO is the next step in your company’s growth journey. But don’t forget about alternate routes and dual-track approaches, such as a multi-track approach of...

Mezzanine financing is a hybrid of debt and equity financing that gives the lender the rights to convert to an ownership or equity interest in the company in case of default, after venture capital companies...

Equity financing is the process of raising capital through the sale of shares in an enterprise. Equity financing essentially refers to the sale of an ownership interest to raise funds for business purposes....

Debt financing occurs when a firm raises money for working capital or capital expenditures by selling debt instruments to individuals and/or institutional investors. In return for lending the money...

There are more and more cases of business owners who are not ready to sell their businesses, yet would like to take some risk and liquidity off the table. The good news is that there are ways to achieve this ob...

The concept of cash out encompasses several different types of transactions. The common theme is that the shareholders are unlocking some of the capital value of the business by extracting liquidity (cash)...

Private equity is capital that is not listed on a public exchange. Private equity is composed of funds and investors that directly invest in private companies, or that engage in buyouts of public companies...

Private equity is sometimes confused with venture capital because they both refer to firms that invest in companies and exit through selling their investments in equity financing...

There is no magic formula to make acquisitions successful. Like any other business process, they are not inherently good or bad. Each deal must have its own strategic logic....

​The world of finance has provided the backdrop for many dramas and it obviously has no lack of gripping topics for authors to write about. Here are our 20 suggestions....

Keep It Simple and Stupid. This saying has been around since the 1960s, but seems to become more and more relevant to our lives every single day....

Since 2012, M&A activity has increased dramatically in both number of deals and size of transaction, with the yearly value of global M&A deals tracking above $4.5 trillion for the past four years​....

From 1870 to 1911, John D. Rockefeller constructed what was once arguably the one maximum spectacular trade group in historical past: Same old Oil. Mr. Rockefeller’s trade technique was once to vertically...

No matter what kind of shape your business is in, if your attitude is never, never, never give up, you stand a much better chance of succeeding....

At best, mergers and acquisitions (M&A's) have a 50/50 chance of reaching their intended results. Study after study puts the failure rate closer to 70−90%. Why is the failure rate so high?...

Working all the time is an awful idea. You can only cram for so long before you hit a wall, unable to do anything else. Yes, brief water and lunch breaks can help, but it’s still far too easy to sit and work...

The global travel industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in the world. In 2017 $1,700 billion was spent in reservations. Without doubt this growth is fostered through the coming together of industry...

​The healthcare industry is one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing industries. Every year, hundreds of trade shows and conventions are held across the globe, gathering thousands of healthcare companies...

Consumer behavior is consistently changing, which leads to structural changes in trade and commerce presenting consistently new challenges to the industry....

Trade shows for machinery and plant are at the top of the list in international expo portfolios. In all industrial branches, production and processing is based upon automated systems and equipment, and the glob...

International wine trade shows are invaluable platforms for wine brand owners to develop their contact base and build brand recognition....

Business partnerships are a little bit like marriages. A lot of them don’t work out and some end badly! Give your small business partnership the best chance for success by following these tips....