article thumbnail

The 2011 Global Top 25 Companies for Leaders

Great Leadership By Dan

ICICI Bank Limited. McKinsey and Company. Here's the full list: 1.IBM. General Mills, Inc. The Procter & Gamble Company. Aditya Birla Management Corporation. Colgate-Palmolive Company. Hindustan Unilever. McDonald's Corporation. Whirlpool Corporation. PepsiCo, Inc. General Electric Company. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA).

article thumbnail

What Europe Can Teach the US About Gender in the Boardroom

Harvard Business Review

France introduced quotas in January 2011, and in one year, the number of women on boards took a grand jeté of 10 percentage points to 22%. Set up a talent bank and clearinghouse for women and men who want to "on-ramp" their careers after voluntarily off-ramping for childcare, eldercare, or other personal obligations.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Hidden Costs of Cash

Harvard Business Review

The unbanked pay four times more in fees to access their money than those with bank accounts, and they pay $4 higher fees per month for cash access on average than those with formal financial services. However, this proportion is not growing; it has remained relatively static over the period 2005-2011, even as Mexico’s economy has grown.

Cost 8
article thumbnail

Digital Fairness vs. Facebook’s Dream of World Domination

Harvard Business Review

of its population has internet access (at home or over a wireless device); other estimates, such as that from the World Bank , suggest that the number may be even lower, 15.1% In fact, as the next graphic indicates, a market such as India has been among the top destinations for private equity investments in the space since 2011.

article thumbnail

The Triumph (and Challenge) of Climate Math

Harvard Business Review

To answer these tough questions, we can turn to two of the world's best number crunchers, McKinsey and PwC (full disclosure: I have a consulting partnership arrangement with PwC US). For perspective, in 2011 carbon intensity improved just 0.8%. trillion : The size of the "climate economy" by 2020 according to the bank HSBC.

article thumbnail

The Missing Political Debate Over the Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

A 2011 McKinsey study estimated that the internet accounted for 21% of GDP growth over the previous five years among the developed countries studied, a sharp increase over the 10% contribution over the 15 years prior. Consider some sobering analysis from McKinsey based on an analysis of over 750 occupations.