The Kevin Bacon Theory of Mergers and Acquisitions
There’s a game out there called “six degrees of Kevin Bacon.” Akin to the concept of “six degrees of separation,” CNN explains that the object is “to link celebrities to Bacon, in as few steps as possible, via the movies they have in common.
In Mergers and Acquisitions, You Need to Know Where the Water Falls
Although Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes may have made millions singing “don’t go chasing waterfalls,” such advice can cost you dearly in mergers and acquisitions.
Say What? Electronic Health Records Do Not Reduce Costs.
Brought to you by the letters W, T, and, well, you know. Earlier in the year, the Journal of the American Medical Association released a study on gains/savings made in administrative efficiency and medical billing costs...
The Dropbox Initial Public Offering: IPO or Should They BPO’d?
If your highly paid advisors just cost you a cool quarter of a billion dollars, you probably wouldn’t be very happy. So why were the founders of Dropbox smiling ear to ear when their stock, which had just been sold at $21.00 per share...
In Health Care Valuation, Sometimes When It Can’t Get Any Worse, It Can’t Get Any Better
Are we in Bizarro World? Is this the summer of George? Is everything the opposite of what we think? Well, in a word, yes – at least when it comes to valuation. Let’s explain.
Overheard at JP Morgan
Every January, thousands of health care investors and bankers and providers, oh my, flock to Union Square in San Francisco for Healthcarepalooza, otherwise known as the JP Morgan Health Care Conference.