Midmarket business owners consider sales, divestitures and spinoffs for a variety of reasons, both positive and negative. Fortunate triggers for a sale include opportunities to capitalize on strong acquisition markets or an owner’s planned retirement. Unhappier reasons include financial stresses (declining revenues, capital constraints or bankruptcy) or the sudden departure or demise of key leaders.
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Topics: distribution, M&A, manufacturing, Market Value, Mergers & Acquisitions, Uncategorized
The Georgia International Business Index (GIBI) Report is underwritten by the Manufacturing and Distribution Group of Smith & Howard, an Atlanta accounting and advisory firm, and is produced quarterly by the Econometric Center at Kennesaw State University.
Georgia’s International Business Index (GIBI) — rose by 13.9 points from 55.8 to 69.6 in the first quarter of 2014.
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Topics: distribution, GIBI, manufacturing, Uncategorized
More US companies are looking to repatriate some operations. As labor costs rise overseas, more U.S. companies are carefully weighing their offshore strategies and expanding jobs domestically. The vast majority of CFOs (95 percent) do not anticipate offshoring their operations in the coming years.
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Topics: outsourcing, technology, China, distribution, manufacturing, Uncategorized