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Leading Forward: 100 Days as CEO
Kerby Houff reflects on his first 100 days as CEO, sharing personal stories, insights, priorities, and aspirations for the future of Acquis.
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Why Procurement and Finance Are at War — and Who’s Winning
For decades, procurement and finance have been uneasy allies. One holds the purse strings. The other spends the money. In theory, they share the same goals. In reality, they often operate at cross-purposes — slowing each other down, duplicating efforts, and moving out of sync.
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Opportunity Arbitrage: The New Private Equity Multiple
In the era of artificial intelligence, does private equity’s classic value creation playbook — operational improvements, margin expansion, and multiple arbitrage — still hold up?
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Why Strategy Execution Fails — And How to Fix It
Strategic planning often begins with a spark. Leadership teams rally around a bold vision. The room buzzes with optimism and alignment. But six months later, that energy fades. Teams scramble, timelines slip, and a familiar question resurfaces: Why isn’t our strategy working?
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Welcome to the Alliance Economy: The New Biopharma Operating Model
We are entering what can best be described as the Alliance Economy, an operating model defined not by linear development pipelines, but by an ecosystem of interdependent players working together to navigate the new biopharma reality.
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