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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. Examines ways to maintain and grow value through mergers, acquisitions, and portfolio management.

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The State of Strategy Consulting, 2011

Harvard Business Review

On the one hand, membership in the top bracket — the lofty heights occupied by the likes of McKinsey & Co. Marakon , which put value-based management at the core of its strategy concentration, is essentially defunct. Strategy has triumphed, the installed base is huge, no self-respecting company would be without one.

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What Management 2.0 Looks Like

Harvard Business Review

We're delighted to announce the finalists for the Management 2.0 They represent multibillion-dollar global companies, government agencies, software companies, cement makers, eyeglass manufacturers, retailers, insurance providers, and tomato processors. Everyone Innovates Every Day — Collaborative Idea Management at Ericsson.

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Dressing China

Harvard Business Review

All the world's apparel manufacturers and retailers have joined the race to clothe China. According to a 2007 McKinsey & Co. Meanwhile, the number of people agreeing with the statement "I build my wardrobe around different occasions and needs" rose from 36% in 2010 to 45% in 2011. Three years later, the number had jumped to 28%.

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Most Industries Are Nowhere Close to Realizing the Potential of Analytics

Harvard Business Review

Back in 2011, the McKinsey Global Institute published a report on the transformational potential of big data—and it would take a supercomputer to process all of the articles that have appeared since then urging companies to get on board before some digital disruptor renders them obsolete. Insight Center. The Next Analytics Age.

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The Hidden Costs of Cash

Harvard Business Review

There is no fee charged to retailers who use it and no exorbitant interest rates lying in wait for consumers. For businesses, paper money has to be managed: it must be stored, guarded, and accounted for. retail businesses lose about $40 billion annually because of the theft of cash alone. It’s safe from hackers. How can this be?

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