Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

In 2011, we published an article in HBR examining the surprisingly rapid growth of African economies and consumer markets. Lower resource prices and higher levels of sociopolitical instability have taken their toll: Africa’s real GDP grew at an average of 3.3% a year between 2010 and 2015, considerably slower than the 5.4%

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Globalization Long-term GDP Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

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. That's almost twice the number of Americans (18%) or British (13%) who feel the same way.

Brand 12

Brand McKinsey Marketing Trends 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

Consider three critical mega-trends: resource constraints and rising commodity prices; climate change and extreme weather; and radical, technology-driven transparency. McKinsey, for example, recently outlined the “new organizational capabilities” that chemical companies should develop to deal with frequent oil price shocks.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 2, 2012

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Complete Executive Karen Wright Harder Than I Thought Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O’Donnell HR Strategic Project Management SPOMP Leon M. Hielkema INTERVIEWS Matthew E. May: Second Interview, Part 1, by Bob [.].

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Blog Project Review Execution 89

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

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. However, this proportion is not growing; it has remained relatively static over the period 2005-2011, even as Mexico’s economy has grown. How can this be? Much like the U.S.,

Cost 8

Cost Transportation Banking Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

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. These unpriced natural capital costs are generally internalized until events like floods or droughts cause disruption to production processes or commodity price fluctuation.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

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.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2012

1] McKinsey & Co., Resource Revolution: Meeting the world's energy, materials, food, and water needs, November 2011. It's a powerful selling point for the product and puts us in a position where we can advocate for more stringent health and safety regulations rather than be cast as the villain. All this translates into hard cash.

Strategy 11

Strategy McKinsey Chemicals Armstrong 11

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. Taken together, it's not a matter of whether resource prices will go up — it's a matter of when, and by how much. In 2011, their annual sales approached $1 billion in remanufactured goods.

Resources 8

Resources McKinsey Globalization Industry 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?

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McKinsey GDP Cost-Benefit Analysis Constraint 8