Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

In our experience at McKinsey, creating this ideal partnership usually requires the CFO to become more directly and deeply involved in strategy development. First, the finance chief is often first among equals on the board of directors and can help engage the board more productively on strategy. There are two reasons for this.

Strategy 8

Strategy CFO Finance Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

Despite rapid innovations in data processing and machine learning, many businesses have yet to make the leap from the Industrial Age to the information age, and the gap between technological and organizational progress is widening. Closing this gap requires much more than short-term fixes, like adopting new technologies. Insight Center.

Industry 12

Industry Short-term Planning Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

And as innovation brings self-driving cars, electric vehicles, in-vehicle data connectivity, mechanisms for sharing rides and vehicles, and other technologies to more people, getting around cities will become easier, faster, and safer. million deaths in 2015 ), and air pollution (health problems like respiratory ailments).

Transportation 10

Transportation Technology GDP Policies 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. When it comes to the work histories of the other top management team members at the organizations on our list, TFA again stands out.

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Education McKinsey Sample 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2018

In our recent research at the McKinsey Global Institute, we examined the superstar phenomenon across firms, as well as sectors and cities. The debate about superstar firms and superstar effects has been intensifying, partly in response to the rapid growth of global US tech companies. Wider dynamics may be at play.

Industry 12

Industry Company GDP Bottom-up 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

The bad news: Petabytes of new data and algorithmic innovation assure that “autonomy creep” will relentlessly challenge human oversight from within. McKinsey, Bain, and BCG are the management models here. They’re constantly driving data-driven reviews and making recommendations. The Autonomous/Autonomy Advisor.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Human-capital issues are top-of-mind for CEOs around the world — but their regard for the HR function remains perilously low: In a PwC study , only 34% said that HR is well prepared to capitalize on transformational trends (compared with 56% for finance). Sadly, chief executives aren’t the only ones with this negative perception.

Human Capital 13

Human Capital Charan Human Resources Cost 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2018

Although cross-border data flows grew 45x between 2005 and 2014, according to a McKinsey analysis , events since 2014 have pushed the pendulum to swing away from unconstrained data globalization. India’s finance ministry has proposed such an approach to the central bank. Data Is Deglobalizing.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Globalization GAAP Policies 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2012

On the contrary, they may become the most powerful tools yet developed to raise the productivity of high-skill knowledge workers — the kind of workers who help drive innovation and growth, and who are going to be in increasingly short supply. The total potential value at stake in these sectors is $900 billion to $1.3 trillion annually.

Media 15

Media Productivity Products Technology 15

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. For most governments, financing the global goals campaigns will be a stretch; governments have already reneged in the past on commitments for similar targets.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

Recent research from the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) looked at the state of digitization in sectors across the U.S. Right behind it are media, finance, and professional services, all of which have far more sophisticated digital capabilities than the rest of the economy.

Industry 8

Industry Benchmarking Supply Chain Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 1, 2014

Rahul and Noelle both made the transition into public service through Fuse Corps—a social sector start-up launched in 2011 with the support of companies like McKinsey, GE, and Starbucks to provide a pathway for talented professionals who wish to contribute to the public sector but don’t know where to begin.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Politics Budgeting Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

The same investment logic holds for Apple's innovation ecosystem; the flow and fortune of its third-party apps development alone would yield valuable insight. That's as true for a Walmart or a JCPenney as it is for a McKinsey & Co. Any data-driven, analytics-obsessed trader or investor would be thrilled running a Facebook fund.

Hedge 15

Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2015

What’s more, the recent McKinsey study on Greek competitiveness shows that the country’s biggest challenge has been a lack of investment. Although former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis made eloquent appeals about the need to rethink macro, he said very little about changing how the economy is run.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Tourism Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

The evidence indicates that the United States is losing its ability to attract and expand the operations of multinationals and their significant contributions to productivity growth, innovation, and high-wage employment. multinationals by the McKinsey Global Institute. private sector rose in the 1990s, but then fell in the 2000s.

Globalization 9

Globalization Rivkin Supply Chain Trends 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2016

By ignoring the distribution, that statistic masks a more important trend: As the McKinsey Global Institute has documented , variance in corporate earnings has increased substantially as well. As McKinsey’s researchers write in their report : The most digitized sectors in the U.S. Others will try and fail.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Document Engineering Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2013

Social entrepreneurs are stultified by traditional forms of financing. Donations and grants don't allow them to innovate and grow. This organizational innovation drew investment capital from institutional players like pension funds and endowments and allowed for appropriate time horizons.

Venture Capitalist 11

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Bond Finance 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

based consulting firm started by a pair of McKinsey alumni. These are all important questions for the founders of HourlyNerd to consider, but for now, they probably want to celebrate their successful first round of financing (not to mention, get ready for the start of their second year at business school).

McCallum 8

McCallum Consultative Disruptive Innovation Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2015

McKinsey analyzed more than 3,000 software and online-services firms from a 22-year period, finding that fewer than a third reached $100 million in revenue growth. How many software companies really make it big, at least in terms of revenue? Only a handful of companies reached the elusive $4 billion mark.

Software 8

Software Company McKinsey Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

and China take the lead in tech innovation. And a recently released report suggests that Europe’s digital divide problem extends way beyond the Atlantic; Europe is a distant third behind North America and Asia for $100 million plus financing for VC backed companies. Investing in innovation capacity.

Crisis 8

Crisis McKinsey Policies Globalization 8