Across the metal fabrication and metal distribution industries, mergers and acquisitions are no longer an abstract trend.

Understanding leadership theories and how they are affected by an organization's hierarchical structure helps executives develop useful tools to build and strengthen teams. Vertical strategies look ...

The COVID crisis has shown us that everything is connected to everything: how we run our businesses, how we engage with prospects and clients, how we respond to changes, how we live our lives. And ...

The No. 1 criticism (and compliment) I get about my company's horizontal multi-category strategy is that it's a a mile wide but inches deep. Truth be told, that may have been correct when we launched, ...

For decades, vertical integration meant ownership. According to Michael E. Porter's seminal work Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance, companies sought to reduce costs, ...