Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2015

Companies in the top one-fifth of profitability earn, in aggregate, about 70 times more economic profit (accounting profit less cost of capital) than those in the middle three-fifths combined, according to McKinsey’s database of 3,000 large, publicly listed, nonfinancial U.S. Sound familiar? There are many.

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ROIC McKinsey GDP Company 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2010

No wonder that a 2008 McKinsey survey found that only 20% of senior executives believe that their corporate philanthropy is effective in achieving social goals. To do this, Goldman used its competencies in understanding markets, convening needed expertise and business networks. Back pet charities, not those with a strong track record.

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Core Competence Market Segmentation Globalization Reputation 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

First we see major shifts in demand: developing economies such as China and India are morphing from the world's source of low-cost manufacturing capacity to the world's best market opportunities. McKinsey has identified more than 20 distinct submarkets in China, for example. Innovations Are Changing The Way We Design Products.

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Globalization Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals McKinsey 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

The United States cannot rest on past success and take its multinationals for granted. competitiveness, for example, and the 2010 study of U.S. multinationals by the McKinsey Global Institute. Yes, but success is not guaranteed. Leaders of global companies are today voicing concern about a deep set of U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

China's consumer goods market expanded rapidly over the past two decades primarily because of the growing number of first-time buyers, who were eager to buy goods and services that were previously unavailable or unaffordable. That's a concern for many companies, as a recent McKinsey survey highlights.

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Productivity Products McKinsey Survey 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2017

According to our analysis , trade accounted for only 20% of net manufacturing job losses in the United States between 2000 and 2010. Perhaps that’s because the most productive firms benefit from export growth, or it could be because domestic firms become more productive by competing in export markets.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2016

” 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. billion in the rest of Europe over the period 2010-2015. Engineers from the EU have been key to the successes of many UK companies.

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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.”

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