Last fall, the Department of Management, the College of Business Administration, and Bainbridge, Connally & Leopold, Inc. (BCL) of Dallas formed the University of North Texas Business Development Alliance (UNT-BDA). BCL is a regional financial services firm that provides corporate finance and investment banking services to middlemarket companies.

Experienced and highly-focused project management teams will provide fee-for-service research assistance, consulting, and advisory services to management on a wide-variety of business topics. All fees generated by these services will be used by the Department and College to further our instructional, research and service goals.

Some of the topics for which UNT-BDA can provide services include: advertising strategy, business valuation, business plan preparation, capital acquisition strategies, CEO briefing packages, compensation and performance systems, decision support systems, health and safety studies, industry studies, inventory control systems, leadership assessment, management buyouts, management and team development, manufacturing assessments, market sizing and scoping, mergers and acquisitions, private placements, recapitalizations, shareholder representation, technology evaluation, and more.

Clients who use the services of the UNT-BDA will benefit from the latest in applied and innovative business concepts; experienced and dedicated faculty consultants; proven techniques; fast turnaround time; no size restriction; reasonable, affordable consulting rates; complete confidentiality; and practical, simple and effective recommendations.