High-Tech

Putting Your Chips on the Table: How to Succeed in the High-Risk World of Semiconductors R&D Investment
(March 2012)

Given the magnitude of spend on research and development, the length of cycles, and the importance of the outcome, companies cannot afford to invest unwisely. Find out why we found that those companies investing more heavily in R&D tend to have lower operating margins.

Risk & Recovery: AlixPartners 2011 Global High-Tech Industry Outlook
(October 2011)

As an industry, high tech weathered the recession better than most. However, continued economic uncertainty, intense global competition, and high debt loads leave little room for error in strategy and execution. Read Risk & Recovery to learn how these and other conditions will likely lead to robust M&A activity in the industry through 2012.