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Liquidating dead inventory III: peer networking
By Jason Bader
In the next article in his series on liquidating dead inventory, Jason Bader suggests that those folks you meet at trade shows and conventions could be among your best resources when you get “stuck” with a few more SKUs than you need.  Read more
 

China's track record in M&A
Chinese companies have increased their acquisitions of foreign businesses (and of foreign resources) tenfold from 2003 to 2007, according to the McKinsey Quarterly. And they are in a good position to quicken that pace in the near future. Increasingly in China, deals are no longer focused on acquiring raw materials and natural resources. Rather, the goal is to acquire strategic assets across a broad swath of industries and geographies.  Read more

Brave New World
By Paul F. Nunes and Mark Purdy
Large multinational companies from emerging markets have been altering the shape of globalization. This shift in economic power means that companies seeking to achieve high performance globally need to rethink many basic assumptions about customers, talent and innovation.  Read more

2008 Big 50

ID’s annual list of the largest industrial distributors is online now.

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