Accenture Management Consulting Podcast Series

With an uncertain industry outlook and some cash-rich companies, it seems likely that M&A activity will increase in the biopharmaceutical industry. In this podcast, Accenture’s Tom Herd and Arda Ural argue that a disciplined approach to M&A is vital to build shareholder value.

Accenture High Performance Business research shows that only 22 percent of companies using a balanced scorecard can demonstrate a causal link between the scorecard and the creation of shareholder value. In this podcast, Mike Tsapralis and Eric Noren of Accenture Finance & Performance Management look at what makes for successful enterprise performance management that boosts the bottom line.

In this podcast,Norbert Büning, executive director of learning and collaboration for the Accenture Talent & Organization Performance practice, and Barbara Williams, global lead for Accenture’s learning and HR business process outsourcing practice, kick off a series of podcasts exploring ten enterprise learning imperatives to meet a new generation of business challenges.

As part of the Accenture Management Consulting podcast series, Tom Herd, North America lead for mergers and acquisitions within Accenture’s Strategy practice argues that the most challenging phase of a merger or acquisition is the merger integration phase.

In this podcast, Accenture’s Shelley Hurley and Tim Bohall discuss how energy companies can manage credit risk.

In this podcast, Accenture’s Paul Nunes explains that cost-driven innovation can generate great new products.

In this podcast, Accenture’s Mark Spelman talks about latest research that shows that IT and globalization are defining business in the multi-polar world.

Jeanne Harris, introduces a new book—Analytics at Work—on how organizations can establish a sustainable, robust, enterprise-wide analytical capability.

In this podcast, Eva Dewor, Global Director of Accenture’s Risk Management Practice, and Michael Chagares, Senior Executive of Accenture’s Risk Management Practice, analyze the survey findings in detail and posit a new direction for corporate risk management: a holistic risk management superstructure that can help companies increase clarity, responsiveness and standardization across the entire organization.

In this podcast, Robert Wollan, Accenture’s Customer Relationship Management lead for North America, is up front about front-office imperatives, choices and challenges. His principal point is the need for, and potential of, customer centric cost management: culling the noise, politics and personalities from the front-office equation and putting the focus squarely on what customers value.

In this podcast, Andy Tinlin, global lead for Mergers & Acquisitions, Accenture Strategy, explains the reasons why the roles of private equity and sovereign wealth funds are changing in the current environment and how they are adapting their approaches in reaction to this change.

In this podcast, Andy Tinlin, global lead for Mergers & Acquisitions, Accenture Strategy, identifies the key challenges associated with post-merger integration, as well as the inherent risks and strategies for mitigating them. He also examines the current environment’s influence on PMI labor savings, procurement optimization, customer and talent retention and the attainment of competitive advantage.

In this podcast, Andy Tinlin, global lead for Mergers & Acquisitions, Accenture Strategy, discusses divestiture strategies in a down market, explains how Accenture assists with divestitures, identifies key success factors and reviews implications for the seller, buyer and the relinquished entity.

In this podcast, Andy Tinlin, global lead for Mergers & Acquisitions, Accenture Strategy, discusses how the economic downturn is affecting pre-deal M&A activity. He also identifies high-potential opportunities, industries and company types, and looks at the economy’s influence on M&A timetables.

In this podcast, Andy Tinlin, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions, Accenture Strategy, shares some insights to help you better understand what impacts the markets are having on mergers and acquisitions as well the capabilities you need to pursue M&A opportunities.

In this podcast, Mark Spelman, Managing Director of Accenture’s Strategy organization shares some insights into the major issues that were addressed by the world’s top leaders - everything from macroeconomic geopolitics all the way through to some new, innovative ideas, particularly around the low-carbon economy. Mark also discusses the finding from Accenture’s latest research report “Strategies for achieving high performance in a multi-polar world” and what companies need to be doing to operate in the multi-polar world.

In this podcast, Narendra Mulani, Managing Director, Accenture Supply Chain Management, and Trevor Gruzin, Managing Director, Management Consulting in Asia Pacific, answer questions around what companies need to do to ensure they have the right operating model to compete in today’s new world order.

In this podcast, Woody Driggs, Managing Director of Accenture’s Customer Relationship Management organization describes why customer centricity is key to sustaining performance in uncertain times. By maintaining a customer-centric approach to acquiring and retaining profitable customer relationships, enterprises will plan and act with greater confidence, compete with more intensity and respond more effectively to changing market conditions.

In this podcast, Peter Lacy, who leads Accenture’s Sustainability practice across Europe, Africa and Latin America, discusses the impact of climate change, especially in the economic downturn; how companies and organizations an remain customer centric; the impact of carbon on Accenture’s business model; International policy measures that are being put into place, such as the European Union’s measures; Accenture’s Climate Change solutions for clients.