SCAR Papers

    Papers

    Short papers on the old decisions still running your business: why they stay, what they cost you, and how to clear them.

    Featured · Foundational paper

    The Most Expensive Decision Nobody Is Examining

    Why old decisions still run the business, and how to clear one · 2026

    The main paper. What old decisions cost a business, why they survive, and how one of them gets cleared.

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    SCAR Papers in practice

    • 01

      When a Rescue Plan Stalls

      Business Rescue Practitioners · 2026

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    • 02

      New Ownership. Old Decisions.

      Private Equity · 2026

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    • 03

      The Deal Closed. The Decisions Didn’t.

      M&A professionals and integration advisers · 2026

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    • 04

      The Approval That Became the Business

      Founder-led organisations · 2026

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    • 05

      When Succession Starts Making Today’s Decisions

      Family offices · 2026

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