Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

In 2011, we published an article in HBR examining the surprisingly rapid growth of African economies and consumer markets. a year between 2010 and 2015, considerably slower than the 5.4% from 2000 to 2010. from 2010 to 2015, compared with 4.1% between 2000 and 2010. trillion.

Globalization 8

Globalization Long-term GDP Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Though both statements may sound extreme, they are the clear implication of new McKinsey research on how companies create value and allocate resources. The rest of the companies, more than 2,400, simply do not have a strategy that effectively outperforms the market. First, you don’t have a powerful strategy.

Strategy 9

Strategy McKinsey Strategic Planning Cost of Capital 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2011

A 2010 McKinsey study finds that across all industry sectors, companies with the most women on their boards of directors significantly and consistently outperform those with no female representation: by 41 percent in terms of return on equity and by 56 percent in terms of operating results. As of 2010, women held just 15.7

Competitive Advantage 16

Competitive Advantage McKinsey Resistance Crisis 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

Such government safety net programs kept some 25 million people out of poverty in 2010. We have been analyzing cash usage behavior in emerging markets on different continents and experiencing different socio-political and economic challenges through our research in Egypt, India, and Mexico. Much like the U.S.,

Cost 10

Cost Transportation Banking Retail 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2016

Brexit, as the British referendum to exit the EU is widely called, has caused turmoil in politics and stocks and head-shaking among the UK’s partners. ” Vodaphone is considering moving its headquarters out of the UK and its CEO Vittorio Colao had told the BBC that a Brexit would preclude it from a giant new single market.

Safe Harbor 11

Safe Harbor Industry Uncertainty Crisis 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

” The proposal is to create a “Digital Single Market” in the EU. The goal of the Digital Single Market is an ambitious one: to deliver by the end of 2016 the equivalent of US$ 471 billion per year to the regional economy and 3.8 The EC’s pronouncements signal the beginnings of a “Digital Maastricht Treaty.”

Crisis 8

Crisis McKinsey Policies Globalization 8