Strategy & Corporate Performance

Best Practices for SMEs: From Hope to Strategy to Execution

A Guide to Crisis Prevention

The much-anticipated economic upturn, recently forecasted by some economists, seems to be on hold for now. The rising number of bankruptcies also does not suggest a trend reversal anytime soon. Estimates predict at least 20 percent more business insolvencies this year. From over 1,400 projects, we know that corporate crises don't happen overnight. They usually follow a predictable pattern, and many could be entirely avoided if management adhered to a few key principles and activated the right levers at the right time. enomyc author Jan Ulrik Holsten explains what is essential in this process.

Transformation & Restructuring Strategy & Corporate Performance

Restructure Consistently and Holistically: If Not Now, When?

Many companies have faced an existential crisis in recent months due to challenging economic conditions, Germany's unique structural situation, and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The situation has been further aggravated by sharply rising capital costs, heightened risk aversion among financiers, and debt obligations from the pandemic period. According to enomyc author Dr. Stefan Frings, multiple crises present the perfect opportunity for decisive action.

Transformation & Restructuring Strategy & Corporate Performance

Restructure Consistently and Holistically: If Not Now, When?

Many companies have faced an existential crisis in recent months due to challenging economic conditions, Germany's unique structural situation, and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The situation has been further aggravated by sharply rising capital costs, heightened risk aversion among financiers, and debt obligations from the pandemic period. According to enomyc author Dr. Stefan Frings, multiple crises present the perfect opportunity for decisive action.

Transformation & Restructuring

Companies in Crisis: Hit it Hard and Hit it Early

Whereas crises used to be exceptional, they have become a constant due to the pandemic and wars. Currently, they are also prevalent in companies. enomyc founder and Managing Partner Martin Hammer has witnessed far more than a thousand companies in crisis – and has successfully led many out of it. A conversation about the causes and symptoms of crises, and the Tarragona Strategy, a proven concept not only in medicine.

Transformation & Restructuring

Adaptability is the key competence of the future

If somehow there is always a crisis, how do you deal with it? What skills do managers need to avert the crisis and how do they succeed in aligning an organisation as a perpetual motion machine? We talked about this with Prof. Dr. Henning Werner, Professor for Transformation, Restructuring and Turnaround at the SRH University of Applied Sciences Heidelberg.

Transformation & Restructuring

Production - a sure instinct is requiredural change

If no investor can be found for an insolvent industrial company, the decision is made to close it down. In this case, however, "shutdown" does not mean an immediate standstill at the plant. Rather, it means a carefully managed phase-out of production. In order to achieve the best possible result for everyone involved - employees, customers, creditors and suppliers alike.

Transformation & Restructuring

Insolvency as a way out of the crisis

When an insolvency administrator comes to the company, it is usually already ablaze. The employees have already noticed weeks or months ago that something is going wrong and fear for their future. But no company gets into insolvency without a reason. Often, performance-related problems have not been eliminated for years.For the insolvency administrator, the task now is to mobilize forces and motivate employees.

Transformation & Restructuring

StaRUG: What entrepreneurs should know now

The German Corporate Stabilization and Restructuring Act, or StaRUG for short, has been in force since the beginning of the year. It enables companies that are not yet insolvent or heavily indebted, but threatened with insolvency, to carry out pre-insolvency restructuring as part of an independently managed process. For many companies, this could well be an increased chance of sustainable and value-retaining restructuring.

Transformation & Restructuring

What’s keeping you going, Mr. Rabelt?

This year will make it clear just how well banks are able to cope with the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to some estimates, their most severe stress test since the global banking and financial crisis of 2007 still looms ahead of them. Against this background, we interviewed Holger Rabelt, Managing Director of Commerzbank AG. What does his new position as Divisional Manager for Corporate Reorganization and Restructuring entail? What has been a particularly decisive experience in his career so far? What developments does he expect for the economy and the banking sector and what measures does he recommend for companies and banks in the current situation? Read on to find out more.

Transformation & Restructuring

Final Whistle: How Soccer Clubs Must Now Reposition Themselves

German soccer is limping along. Games yes, but ghost games, meaning no spectators, which results in significantly less money. Even the ratings are falling, and with them the income from TV . "BVB half-year figures: 26 million Euro loss," headlines kicker.de , among others, on February 9. Soccer clubs are facing immense challenges. Turnarounds in an branch that is only used to growth: How does that work? What kind of rethinking needs to take place and what opportunities need to be seized? Read more in the expert interview with Michael Klatt, former CFO and managing director of well-known soccer clubs, and Philipp Piscol, Managing Partner of enomyc.

Transformation & Restructuring

The foundry industry: Under threat of an economic meltdown?

No foundries would bring everything to a stop: no cars on the roads, no spinning wind turbines or airplanes in the sky. Heating, plumbing, beer tapping would be out of the question and no windows or doors could open without handles. Recycling and upcycling ‒ they too are unthinkable without casting. The foundry industry, however, is also suffering significantly from the effects of the global pandemic. What are the biggest hurdles of the present for the industry and how can companies overcome them?

Transformation & Restructuring

How do founders profit from restructuring experts?

‘What do start-up and restructuring have in common?’, you may ask yourself now. And what do start-ups have in common with business consulting? „Quite a bit”, says our Managing Consultant Jendrik Voss, „because the know-how of experienced restructurers can put a business idea on such a solid foundation from the moment it is founded that it pays off and expands in the long term. ” Learn more about the four pillars that can help a business model achieve sustainable success.

Transformation & Restructuring

Distressed M&A: What Really Matters

Philippe Piscol, Managing Partner at enomyc, has successfully been driving the field of distressed M&A for 8 years with great energy. What has he come to expect: Will the number of insolvencies continue to rise? Will the complexity of cases increase? Is it worth investing now? The interview also deals with the main topics involved in distressed M&A: How do you achieve a smooth sales process? What is important in the network and last but not least, what is it that attracts him personally to distressed M&A?

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