Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The 2014 DHL Global Connectedness Index that one of us (Ghemawat) prepares with Steven Altman, and that was released on November 3, indicates that global connectedness started to deepen again in 2013 after its recovery stalled in 2012. Specifically, are companies from advanced economies failing to keep up with the big shift?

Globalization 8

Globalization Altman Sample Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

a year between 1964 and 2012 to only 2.1% New research we conducted at the McKinsey Global Institute found that while this is a very tall order, it could be do-able. In retail, for instance, productivity could increase by another one-third in developed economies and double in emerging economies between 2012 and 2025.

Globalization 8

Globalization Productivity Products GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Just a few weeks ago Harvard Business Review and McKinsey & Co. opened the first leg of their 2012/13 M-Prize challenge: " Innovating Innovation." What are the best means to measure the potential of ideas with high degrees of uncertainty? Parallel disciplines.

Case Study 8

Case Study Uncertainty McKinsey Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2011

A 2010 McKinsey study finds that across all industry sectors, companies with the most women on their boards of directors significantly and consistently outperform those with no female representation: by 41 percent in terms of return on equity and by 56 percent in terms of operating results.

Competitive Advantage 15

Competitive Advantage McKinsey Resistance Crisis 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

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

That may seem obvious in the age of the crowd, but it's far from operational. They also earn a chance to appear at a MIX event and awards ceremony in 2012. Watch this space for more features on the winning entries and the launch of the next leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation in the next few weeks.

Management 12

Management McKinsey Letter Retail 12

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. About 12% of the federal budget in 2012 supported programs that provide aid (other than health insurance or Social Security benefits) to poor families. It can be difficult to transport and is inherently insecure.

Cost 8

Cost Transportation Banking Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

Nationally, the percentage of coal feeding our grid has been dropping fast ( to 37% in 2012 ), but there are major regional differences. We''re operating in a "what can we get done" mentality, which is what passes for vision in Washington these days. Talk about our deep need to change how we operate fundamentally, but for the better.

Payback Period 8

Payback Period Energy Politics Efficiency 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. Since its launch in 2012, Flyknit has reduced 3.5 ” Improving risk management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 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). But the brutal logic of the McKibben, PwC, and McKinsey numbers applies at the microeconomic level as well. How fast do we have to change?

McKinsey 8

McKinsey GDP Cost-Benefit Analysis Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2013

Tellingly, only five of the 30 CEOs Barron's picked in 2008 as the world's best showed up on a similar list in 2012. When leaders come up short, as they often do, the problem may have less to do with them as individuals than with the top-down structures in which they operate.

P&L 8

P&L Supply Chain Bottom-up McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Individual companies are feeling the bite: analysts at Morningstar estimate that input costs at Tyson Foods will rise by $700 million — more than its 2012 net income. One auto analyst declared 2012 the " Year of the Green Car ," with more high-MPG models, 500,000 hybrid sales in the U.S., It wasn't just energy. on to 2013.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

We're delighted to announce the winners of the Long-Term Capitalism Challenge , the third leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation. We'll be announcing the grand prize winners of the year-long HBR /McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation at our live event, the MIX Mashup , in San Francisco on June 19, 2012.

Organization 14

Organization Cooper McKinsey Long-term 14