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Dec 2018
15m 20s

Toward faster separations

McKinsey Strategy & Corporate Finance
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   Listen to the podcast (duration: 16:18) >  McKinsey’s Obi Ezekoye and Andy West share insights on the most effective ways to part with assets. Successful divestors “move slow to move fast”: They carefully think through all the strategic and operational considerations before making a public announcement. Then they use a careful, systematic process for assessing exactly what and when to divest, as well as how to manage the task most efficiently.

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