Thought Leadership Reports

Performance NOW - Manufacturing: Keys to Increasing Market Share & Improving Profitability
One of the largest components of the United States economy, the domestic manufacturing sector, has experienced the same trauma over the past three years that the service, technology, and other majorsectors have gone through. The near-collapse of the domestic auto industry and the dramatic downturn in the housing sector pushed an already precarious manufacturing sector to the brink from 2007 through 2009. More
Performance NOW - Food & Beverage: Pricing Manager - Profit Killer or ROI Maker?
Managing pricing is one of the most difficult and critical activities facing food and beverage investors and executives today. Big box retailers control so much volume that even the slightest pressure from them sends food and beverage executives for the Maalox. The loss of even one SKU can have a major impact on a company’s profitability and future viability. More
Performance NOW - How to Achieve the Expected ROI from Food and Beverage Portfolio Companies
Over the past several decades, fortunes have been spent to improve yield, reduce waste, sharpen quality, and increase productivity... Read More
Why Acquisitions Fail: A Turnaround Guide to Factors Affecting Acquisitions
In the crisis management and turnaround world, one of the common themes that companies in trouble have experienced is a failed acquisition or merger... Read More
Bank Reserves: Is Enough Enough?
With the stock market up by 18.9% through the end of November and "signs" of recovery on the horizon, financial institutions throughout the world continue their quarterly, if not monthly, chore of estimating loan loss reserves during the most challenging times in recent economic history…Read More
MainStream's Getting to the Truth: Applying the 13-Week Cash Flow Model
When analyzing the financial make-up of a troubled organization – especially at the behest of an owner – there is clear value to all parties to utilize a 13-week rolling cash flow model… Read More
Industry Report: Musical Instruments
This MainStream Management sector report focuses on trends in the musical instruments industry, acting as a resource for owners, board members, and shareholder of musical instrument businesses... Read More
Top 10 Restructuring Trends
As the U.S. economy approaches the end of the year with a combination of optimism over an improving market and concern over a possible jobless recovery, the restructuring industry faces equally challenging issues...Read More
Driving Successful Organizational Change
The numbers are stark and the statistics alarming. Despite the second quarter 2009 upward movement in the public markets, stock prices remain far below historic levels...Read More
The Condition of the Private Equity Paradigm
As private equity reaches the golden age of 20 plus years as an important component of an investor’s alternative investment class, a combination of the recessionary economic climate...Read More