Home Jim Lavelle and Eugen Bazemore Control Shifting Focus: A New Path to Growth and Recovery 米ost senior executives have been faced with the realities of a declining revenue environment for the past two years. Control Deal Making In the New Landscape Since the beginning of the sub-prime crisis in 2007, the focus of the market, the media and our government has increasingly been on businesses and industries with decreasing cash, limited credit access, major retail exposure, and/or shrinking profits.