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Take Advantage of a Reduction in Your Company's Value by Gifting Stock
By Christy Samek | Jul 14 2010 | Business Advisors
For business owners who are considering gifting shares of the company stock: now may be the time to act! Due to the economic recession that has beset the ...
Completing Your M&A Deal
By Joel Rosenthal | Jun 28 2010 | Business Advisors
Any deal, whether you are on the buy side or sell side, will reach a point where the deal appears to be heading into a black hole or even the grave. At ...
Supply Chain 101 - The Basics: Customers and Suppliers
By Richard McKenna | May 11 2010 | Business Advisors
Every business has a supply chain, and to achieve your goals and greater profitability, you need to know all of the members of your supply chain. Those ...
Lean Business Practices Discussed at Executive Roundtable
By Richard McKenna | Apr 09 2010 | Business Advisors
The Schneider Downs Business Advisory Group hosted its third Executive Roundtable discussion on April 8, 2010. Over 20 representatives from local organizations gathered to talk about the benefits and challenges of implementing lean business practices in their organizations....
Potential Changes to Discovery Rules for Litigation Support Experts
By Stephen Thimons | Apr 05 2010 | Business Advisors
Steve Thimons writes about recent developments that may drastically alter the discover process for litigation support experts....
Experts Provide Value in Damages Litigation
By Marisa Gentile | Apr 01 2010 | Business Advisors
Hiring a qualified damages expert can be a key factor in the outcome of litigation. Damages experts provide accomplished opinions on the appropriate amount of damages suffered by a party in litigation. Marisa Gentile provides background information on the role of experts in damages litigation....
The Valuation of a Manufacturing Company
By Christy Samek | Mar 22 2010 | Business Advisors
Christy Samek, Schneider Downs Business Advisors, provides an overview of three approaches for the valuation of a manufacturing company....
Business Interruption Plans: What a Snowstorm Can Teach Us
By Richard McKenna | Feb 10 2010 | Business Advisors
When it comes to disaster planning or business interruption planning, we usually think of a natural disaster such as a tornado, fire, or flood as the reason ...
The Right Stuff - Tone at the Top
By Marc Brdar | Feb 04 2010 | Business Advisors
Echoing the familiar adage that educators often acknowledge, “Parents are a child’s first teacher,” senior management’s directives ...
Considering Contingent Liabilities in Business Valuation
By Daniel Riske | Dec 23 2009 | Business Advisors
When performing a valuation, assets or liabilities that are not reported on a company’s balance sheet can be just as important as those that are reported. ...
Business Valuation Answers
By Stephen Thimons | Dec 03 2009 | Business Advisors
Understanding the value of a company is a topic of critical importance to business owners and executives. Business Advisors' recent Valuation Roundtable was a spirited question and answer period on this issue. Steve Thimons recaps the discussion....
Lean Manufacturing Is a State of Mind-Are You There?
By Richard McKenna | Oct 30 2009 | Business Advisors
Mention the term “lean manufacturing” and any one of a variety of ideas may come to mind. Some will think of the early days of “just-in-time ...
Supply Chain Management: What's the Weakest Link?
By Richard McKenna | Oct 20 2009 | Business Advisors
There’s a good chance your supply chain has been stretched and over the past two years, perhaps pulled almost to its breaking point. Tight credit markets, sluggish consumer demand, increased material costs, and reduced inventories have forced organizations to focus on effective supply chain management in order to keep the operations running smoothly and effectively....
Disbursements Fraud: Mitigation Basics
By Marc Brdar | Sep 08 2009 | Business Advisors
Although high-profile financial statement frauds have consistently dominated the headlines throughout this decade, asset misappropriation schemes, including disbursements fraud, occur on a much more frequent basis. ...
Weathering the Recession - Benefits of Donating Company Stock for Estate Planning Purposes
By Marisa Gentile | Jul 02 2009 | Business Advisors
The current economic climate may make the time right to consider the benefits of donating company stock for estate planning purposes. Marisa Gentile reviews the current tax exclusions for gifts per person....
The Early Bird: When to Address Closing Purchase Adjustments
By Marc Brdar | Mar 20 2009 | Business Advisors
Failure to address issues related to closing purchase adjustment before the execution of a transaction can lead to contention at the day(s) of reckoning, typically 30 to 60 days after the ink has dried. The nature of closing purchase adjustments vary significantly from transaction to transaction. However, as a baseline, it is typical for the parties to compare the seller’s working capital or net assets at the closing of a transaction to its working capital or net assets at a designated earlier point. Consider these steps from Marc Brdar from Schneider Downs Business Advisors....
Dealing with Goodwill Impairment
By Marisa Gentile | Mar 12 2009 | Business Advisors
Impairment charges generally relate to the deterioration of the general economic environment, decline in a company’s share price, decline in market capitalization and adverse financial market conditions. The current economic environment has had a significant overall impact on reporting entities. Marisa Gentile provides a summary....
What's the value of a business valuation?
By Jennifer Doering | Jan 13 2009 | Business Advisors
A business generally constitutes a person’s single largest investment. It is extremely important to know its value. For one reason, you need to understand ...
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