Helping nonprofits do business
Business plan competitions are a powerful way to help nonprofits turn ideas into sustainable commercial ventures.
Content: Article | Authors: Anamaria Schindler, Andréa C. Waslander, Heinz-Peter Elstrodt | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Nonprofit | Industry: Non-Profit
How to Separate the Roles of Chairman and CEO
Many companies that thought they knew how to split them stumbled along the way. Five steps can make the process smoother and more successful.
Content: Article | Authors: Bob Felton, Simon Wong | Sources: CFO Publishing, McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: Corporate Governance
Internal Rate of Return: A Cautionary Tale
Tempted by a project with high internal rates of return? Better check those interim cash flows again.
Content: Article | Authors: John C. Kelleher, Justin J. MacCormack | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Finance, Management
Checking China’s Vital Signs
China’s growth is impressive, but so are the challenges it faces to keep its growth and reforms moving. This collection of exhibits-part of a special McKinsey Quarterly issue on China-looks at the sources of the country’s rapid economic growth and its effects on businesses and consumers.
Content: Article | Authors: Emmanuel V. Pitsilis, Jeffrey Wong, Jonathan R. Woetzel | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: International – China
What Executives Are Asking About China
The head of McKinsey’s office in China answers the senior executive’s most pressing questions about doing business there.
Content: Article | Author: Gordon R. Orr | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: International – China
Making a Market in Knowledge
The proprietary knowledge that resides in the minds of a company’s top professionals is a source of competitive advantage. An effective, efficient, company-wide knowledge market can deliver this power in ways that past efforts at knowledge management have failed to do. By creating a market mechanism for knowledge and a culture that encourages employees to share valuable knowledge with peers, companies can aggregate internal supply … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Lowell Bryan | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: Knowledge Management
Better rewards for hotel loyalty
Mobile’s Dissatisfied Customers
Integrating Southeast Asia’s Economies
The region is falling behind its rivals. Turning it into a true single market would boost its competitiveness and help restore its economic luster.
Content: Article | Authors: Adam Schwarz, Roland Villinger | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Economics, International – Asia
Taming postmerger IT integration – An optimal migration scheme requires a systematic approach
Using Mobile Phones to Boost TV Ratings
To realize the benefits of interactive technology, broadcasters and mobile carriers must work on their own interaction.
Content: Article | Author: Jacques R. Bughin | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: Industry Specific | Industry: Entertainment / Media
The Coffee Industry
US Grocery Industry Consumer Segments
Value Players Expanding Power in Markets
The Power of Productivity
Poor countries should put their consumers first.
Editor’s Note: a very interesting article, this is actually an excerpt of the book, “The Power of Productivity: Wealth, Poverty, and the Threat to Global Stability”.
Content: Article | Author: William W. Lewis | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Economics, International
Where Mergers Go Wrong
Most buyers routinely overvalue the synergies to be had from acquisitions. They should learn from experience.
Content: Article | Authors: Diane L. Sias, Robert S. McNish, Scott A. Christofferson | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: Best Practices
Nonprofits: Ensuring that Bigger is Better
The federation structure remains a viable model for nonprofit organizations – if managements transform themselves and affiliates collaborate more closely.
Content: Article | Authors: Lynn K. Taliento, Maisie O’Flanagan | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Industry Specific, Nonprofit | Industry: Non-Profit
Asia’s Governance Challenge
Corporate governance has undoubtedly improved in Asia. Some countries-Singapore in particular-have made significant progress. The next step is to instill the new behavior, and that will take time. Many corporate leaders, investors, and regulators in Asia articulate the benefits of more effective corporate governance. But they understand that enduring reform won’t be achieved overnight and that, in the short term, many practical impediments and disincentives … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Dominic Barton, Paul Coombes, Simon Chiu-Yin Wong | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Corporate Governance, International – Asia
Supply Chain Champs
A new survey shows that consumer goods companies can streamline their operations without compromising customer service.
Content: Article | Authors: Jochen Grosspietsch, Jörn Küpper | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Best Practices, Operations
When your competitor delivers more for less
Value-driven competitors have changed the expectations of consumers about the trade-off between quality and price. This shift is gathering momentum, placing a new premium on-and adding new twists to-the old imperatives of differentiation and execution.
Content: Article | Authors: Jeffrey P. George, Laxman Narasimhan, Robert J. Frank | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Case Related, Miscellaneous | Industry: Other