Insights
Analyses, guides, lessons learned. Because foresight begins with understanding.
Published every two weeks by Marc Aubert and the Arcadia team. Technical and methodological insights, anonymised case studies. No photos, no frills, just the ideas.
Our insights are currently published in French. We are progressively translating them into English. Each link below opens the original French version.
Manifesto
The art of foresight and of enterprise. Why a company’s value is decided long before the mandate.
M&A analysis
Valuing an SME in 2026. Why EBITDA is no longer enough to describe a company.
Practical guide
Pacte Dutreil, contribution-sale, 150-0 B ter. The tax trio to arbitrate 24 months ahead.
Op-ed
Family mediation. When the price is decided in the conversation no one had.
M&A analysis
External growth. When should you really trigger a strategic acquisition?
Foresight
Fundraising or sale. The decision matrix for SME leaders.
M&A analysis
Restructuring. Exiting the crisis without destroying the company: three methodological rules.
M&A analysis
The 60% of LOIs that don’t reach closing. How to be part of the 40% that do.
Case study
20th-century art gallery. Handing over an art house without selling it.
Case study
Family dairy. How mediation unlocked an inherited governance.
Case study
Pharmaceutical industry. Refusing an offer to better prepare the next step.
Foresight
