Understanding and accepting risk is an integral part of the private equity (PE) due diligence process. Traditional methods rely on sponsors and their investment banking partners to conduct...
Accurately assessing risk is a critical factor within each phase of the private equity business model. From fundraising to the ultimate sell-side transaction, evaluating and mitigating risk is...
American’s capitalist ideology and cultural impressions of Cuban society ignores core aspects of Cuban identity and sets the new diplomatic and economic relationship up to fail. As the media and...
The 2010 Supreme Court ruling handed advocacy groups a distinct advantage over campaigns: the ability to raise unlimited funds from donors. In the 2012 elections, Super PACs spent over $600...
Remember when you were sick as a kid and your mom asked you to take your medicine but you didn’t want to because it didn’t taste good? Today, it is America who is sick and nobody wants to take the...
Socio-political change is happening across the globe at a pace not previously experienced in history. This is particularly true within the Gulf States. Each day, growing unrest is visible through...
// Impact on Profits // / Problem / A study by Harvard University has shown that many companies do not realize the financial implications or identify the costs associated with community conflicts....
// Traditional Security; an Outdated Concept // / Problem / Traditional security methods, which focus on physical and technical capabilities, cannot by themselves overcome the complex dynamics...
// Social Tensions; Drivers of Insecurity // / Problem / Social tensions drive identity conflict and are increasing in occurrence and magnitude. Repressive governments, shortages of basic goods and...
// The Main Issue // In today’s dynamic social environments, individuals, groups and segments of society have the ability to negatively impact companies through litigation, protests, strikes and...
Ongoing conflicts across the globe are having catastrophic social, economic and political consequences that are not often realized and underpin a growing cycle of insecurity. A 2014 United Nations...
ENODO Global’s unique population-centric methodology provides campaigns a deeper understanding of voter sentiment and creates targeted narratives to influence voting outcomes. We deliver a...
ENODO Global has created an operating platform for companies to design and implement effective social responsibility programs that achieve direct corporate and community benefits: Social Alignment....
The foundational concepts and principles that have driven successful counterinsurgency (COIN) campaigns in the past are still valid today. However, the reliance on a rigid doctrine to guide...
You do not have to be a Middle East geopolitical expert to see how recent events are changing the course of Saudi Arabia’s future. The Kingdom’s royal family does not fear its imminent demise, but...
A wave of popular unrest is spreading across Haiti and no one in the West seems to care. For over a month, steady protests and riots against the government have caused President Martelly to replace...
In 2014, I spent over six months traveling extensively within nine countries across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in both urban and rural areas. Although each country has specific challenges and risks...
On December 19th, President Kenyatta signed into law the Security Laws (Amendment) Act that grants the Kenyan government and its security services increased powers to fight terrorism. This should...
South Africa is the most developed country in Africa and the second largest economy after Nigeria. However, its economy has been severely hampered by ongoing labor disputes, specifically strikes in...
“This month after more than thirteen years, our combat mission in Afghanistan will be over. This month, America’s war in Afghanistan will come to a responsible end. That doesn’t mean everything is...
In the past two months, protests and demonstrations have caused the overthrow of the Burkina Faso Government and forced the Prime Minister of Haiti to resign his post. Events like these are becoming...
Failure to understand a peoples’ needs and desires is unfortunately a common error, which jeopardizes governments and businesses ability to assist and partner with them. This phenomenon creates an...
Watching the recent increase of violence in Afghanistan, I decided to revisit my Afghanistan notes and stumbled upon an article I wrote in 2010 after my third deployment to Afghanistan. The “Afghan...
Parts 1 and 2 in this 3-part review address the reality of community-based risks and their likely threat to private sector operations. Societies are the convergent point for the majority of...
Part 1 in this series touched on problems private companies face when dealing with societal grievances and the effects internal and external aggravators have on their operations. Harmful...
In Colombia, the Nasa and other indigenous groups have authorities, backed by constitutional law, to administer order and justice autonomously for the territories that they govern—as long as...
Introduction to a 3-part series examining the impact of societal grievances on corporate operations and the failures of traditional social responsibility initiatives used to address these...
Rarely do I find articles that accurately and appropriately speak about the challenges companies face when operating in frontier markets. Occasionally, however, I come across a piece that hits the...
In today’s news alone, three separate articles discuss the impact of geopolitical risk on investment. In the first article, the author suggests that the world is becoming a more dangerous place,...
There are striking similarities between the events in Tunisia, which triggered the Arab Spring and the situation unfolding in Ferguson, Missouri. The shooting of an African American teenager was the...
