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Performance Measurement

Strategy Driven

While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out. Copyright (c) 2011. Richard Dobbs is a director of the McKinsey Global Institute, the firm’s business and economics research arm.

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The State of Strategy Consulting, 2011

Harvard Business Review

The days when you could make a living responding to companies' discovery of strategy, as in "Gosh, we gotta get ourselves one of those," are gone with the 1970s (or maybe the 1990s in the "developing world"). On the one hand, membership in the top bracket — the lofty heights occupied by the likes of McKinsey & Co. Monitor & Co.,

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How to Get More Value Out of Your Data Analysts

Harvard Business Review

We don’t declare victory when a great model or application is developed – only when it’s being used to improve business performance and create new value. Analytical business people who are ready, able, and eager to use better information and analyses in their work, as well as to work with the professionals on analytics projects.

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'Woman Up' (and Win in Business): How Valuing Traditionally Female.

Strategy Driven

Indeed, a 2008 issue of the McKinsey Quarterly noted that women tend to make deeper emotional connections with colleagues and business partners. Commit to developing and improving your social and emotional skill sets. Barry has published five books on the value of social and information networks.

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Africa's Growth Opportunity

Harvard Business Review

A decade on, in January 2011, The Economist has revised its dark vision, calling Africa's countries " The Lion Kings.". But the interesting point here is that this growth is not confined to the natural resource sector; the increased economic activity has led to the development of complementary sectors.

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Sales Still Matters More than Social Media

Harvard Business Review

Both cite a McKinsey survey which, ironically, found that “Organizations’ efforts to go digital. Even within the active-user segments, there is evidence that comprehension and retention decline significantly when information comes online. are picking up steam.” See, for example, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?

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Catering to the Self-Expressive Chinese Consumer

Harvard Business Review

According to the latest McKinsey survey, 35% of respondents in China believe that companies that market products across a range of categories are more trustworthy than those that focus on just one or two segments. According to the company, the website has received more than 50,000 unique visitors in the first two months after its launch.

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