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OEM dominance is looking unsteady
By Felix Mogge and Gerd Sievers OEMs dominate over suppliers, yet multi-layered transformation will not succeed without cooperation of equals The automotive industry has for years been undergoing a massive transformation. Alongside the growing demand for electric mobility and the market entry of new competitors like tech giants, the current supply chain problems add another challenge to the mix.
The need for restructuring explodes as Covid-19 hits the economy
By Sascha Haghani, Wolfgang Herrmann and Gerd Sievers Forecast: No mass recovery, experts expect a massive increase in the need for restructuring "The second wave and the renewed lockdown have dashed hopes of an early upswing." Senior Partner, CEO Germany and DACH Region, Member of the Supervisory Board Frankfurt Office, Central Europe No other event in recent decades has had such a massive impact on the global economy as the Coronavirus crisis.
The COVID-19 Emergency Room
Successfully navigating through the COVID-19 crisis Roland Berger's Emergency Room combines project management structures and implementation support for all of the challenges posed by COVID-19, making the Emergency Room the central point of contact, ideally reporting directly to the Executive Board. The Emergency Room bundles three key topics: PMO, action tracking and a task force.
Our Scenario Analysis offers transparency in times of great uncertainty
Objective assessment of additional liquidity need due to the COVID-19 crisis Roland Berger' Scenario Analysis helps companies quantify the financial effects of the coronavirus crisis. Our method gives you an objective evaluation basis to correctly analyze your liquidity situation and equip you for talks with banks, investors and governments.
Improved earnings in crisis situations like Corona
Our COVID-19 Performance Improvement Program can stabilize your company long term The COVID-19 Performance Improvement Program from Roland Berger helps you permanently improve your company's earnings position with immediate, medium-term and ramp-up actions. Immediate actions: We'll identify measures with an immediate effect on liquidity and EBIT.
Rapid financial assistance for businesses
How our program to secure liquidity can help companies in the coronavirus crisis Roland Berger's program to secure liquidity gives businesses the tools to implement internal and external measures at just the right time to remain solvent in a crisis or special situation. For many companies, establishing a Cash Office will be a necessary basis for securing liquidity.
360° checkup in times of coronavirus
Identifying operational and organizational risks to your company from COVID-19 COVID-19 demands rapid action by companies to counteract a business crisis that may be imminent or already occurring. We recommend a 360° checkup as a way to usher in a comprehensive package of crisis management measures. A systematic approach, the 360° checkup will identify the key operational and organizational risks to your business from the coronavirus crisis.
Managing Coronavirus Crisis
From securing liquidity to swiftly cutting costs: how to navigate the crisis and prepare for a ramp-up 360° Checkup Securing Liquidity Operations Crisis Response Performance Boost Automotive Suppliers The coronavirus outbreak is cutting a swath through the economy.
PE deal activity remains strong in DACH region
Political and economic uncertainty worries PE community Despite growing political and economic uncertainties, private equity-related deal activity has been holding up surprisingly well in the German-speaking region. In the first half of 2019, we counted 138 deals, up from 103 in the same period of the previous year. The outlook remains solid with a healthy number of deals in the pipeline for the third quarter of the year. The flow of deals was remarkably constant over the first six months of 2019.
Have the banks had their day as financiers of the German economy?
Our Consumer Goods & Retail Partner Tobias Göbbel will report on "Decoding Generation Y. Attract Them to Your Brand. Excite Them in the Store" together with Procter & Gamble and DM.
Private equity deal activity still on a high level
Overall the private equity deal activity in the German speaking region stayed strong with 98 closed deals in the first six months of 2018. In comparison in the first half of 2017 a total number of 94 deals were closed. The positive development continued in the second quarter of 2018 – with 118 deals being closed or currently in the M&A process. Considering industries, the highest deal activity has been reported in the industrial sectors of Engineered Products, Consumer Goods and Healthcare.
Private equity outlook for 2018 remains positive
In 2017 there were 204 closed deals – compared to 168 closed deals in 2016. Until the end of the first quarter of 2018 in total 45 closed deals were documented (compared to 53 during the first quarter of 2017). The majority of deal activity took place in the field of industrial products and consumer goods, followed by healthcare and IT/telecommunication. The outlook for the upcoming months in 2018 is positive, although in August the number might decrease due to the vacation period.
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