Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

The issues in each of these buckets require new leadership, or at least a rethinking of it in the highest ranks of companies, and deep operational changes. We’re starting to recognize that this relatively new situation has important ramifications for how businesses operate, and we’re making some progress. Insight Center.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

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%. Meanwhile, according to a recent article in The Financial Times , where a minimum threshold was adopted, there has been a marked improvement in gender balance.

Diversity 15

Diversity McKinsey Incentives Proposal 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

A McKinsey study released in May 2011 stated that, by using Big Data to the fullest, retailers stood to increase their operating margins by up to 60% — this, in an industry where net profit margins are often less than 2%. Independent retailers are savvy operators and are eager to join the fray if given the opportunity.

Retail 15

Retail Brand Marketing Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2013

If you want to put analytics to work and build a more analytical organization, you need two cadres of employees: Analytics professionals to mine and prepare data, perform statistical operations, build models, and program the surrounding business applications. There is widespread recognition of the shortage of analytical professionals.

How To 8

How To Competitive Intelligence Information Technology McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2011

The next most-represented originating organizations--the San Francisco Public Schools, Newark Public Schools, Chicago Public Schools, Americorps, the White House Fellow program, McKinsey and Company, and the United States Department of Education--each appeared in the work history of a founder of two (or about 4%) of these organizations.

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Education McKinsey Sample 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

For 2011, it all added up to $4.8 This strategy reflects the " create, operate, trade " principle of Richard Foster, the former McKinsey executive who (full disclosure) is now lead board member at Innosight. Shareholder returns matched profits exactly, at a compound 14%. billion in sales. That's a lot of PB&J.

Brand 13

Brand Strategic Fit Retail McKinsey 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

According to estimates from McKinsey, consumers in these markets could be worth $30 trillion by 2025 — a significant step up from the 2010 value of $12 trillion. Since 2011, as emerging markets have suffered from slower growth and fresh social unrest, that $30 trillion prize seems more distant. of the time.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Do we see similar patterns when we look at company level—and particularly at multinationals that operate in multiple countries? Specifically, are companies from advanced economies failing to keep up with the big shift? There are indeed some indications that point in this direction.

Globalization 9

Globalization Altman Sample Analysis 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Do we see similar patterns when we look at company level—and particularly at multinationals that operate in multiple countries? Specifically, are companies from advanced economies failing to keep up with the big shift? There are indeed some indications that point in this direction.

Globalization 8

Globalization Altman Sample Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

This cost is also disproportionately borne by mom-and-pops, many of which operate in poor neighborhoods and rural areas. India, where about 60% of adults are unbanked according to McKinsey, is also a cash-heavy economy for transactions and high in its use of gold as a store of value. How can this be?

Cost 8

Cost Transportation Banking Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. McKinsey reports that the value at stake from sustainability concerns can be as a high as 70% of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. ” Improving risk management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

That's a concern for many companies, as a recent McKinsey survey highlights. In 2010, 20% of China's urban consumers spent more money than they did the previous year because they were first-time buyers; that figure dropped to just 5% in 2011, according to our survey.

Productivity 15

Productivity Products McKinsey Survey 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The McKinsey Global Institute reports that price volatility has hit a high , second only to the energy crisis of the 1970s. Growth will benefit operations that design for durability , employ repair technicians, warehouse replacement parts, create service documentation , and build software to facilitate them all.

Resources 8

Resources McKinsey Globalization Industry 8

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The number of industrial robots in operation around the world has grown rapidly in recent years, but nowhere more so than in China, where some 30% of the world’s robots are in operation. They explored data across 28 different industries in 17 countries over a period spanning 1970 to 2011, during which 71 economic recoveries occurred.

TCO 85

TCO Decentralization CAPEX Industry 85

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

The development of new technologies is complex and challenging, and to come up with the next big innovation, businesses must think — and operate — in new ways. A 2011 McKinsey study showed that smaller and younger firms are wary of global R&D plays. Emerging markets present their own challenges, of course.

Globalization 8

Globalization Engineering Technology Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

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%. 260 billion : Global clean energy investment in 2011. How fast do we have to change?

McKinsey 8

McKinsey GDP Cost-Benefit Analysis Constraint 8