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 | | | Private Equity Isn't Fading Away | | BusinessWeek, November 20, 2007
Despite the credit crunch, private equity isn't fading away. In fact, the industry's assets may double by 2012, Diana Farrell writes in BusinessWeek Online | Read more on the McKinsey Global Institute site | | | | | | Financial Globalization's New Power Source | | The Economist, October 04, 2007
In the blizzard of headlines about borrowing by private-equity firms,
rising oil prices and accumulating hoards of cash at Asian central banks,
it's hard to tell if this is part of the same old story of money sloshing
around the globe, or if something big is happening. | Read more on the Wall Street Journal site | | | | | | Hard Choices on U.S.-China Trade | | Newsweek International, August 23, 2007
It's easy to blame the weak yuan for the huge U.S. current account deficit, but MGI research finds it's not the real problem. | | Read more on the McKinsey Global Institute site | | | | | | Americans Should be Warming to Energy Efficiency | | Financial Times, June 21, 2007
In a comment for the Financial Times, Diana Farrell, director, McKinsey Global Institute, and Ted Halstead, president and CEO, New America Foundation, make the case that a concerted effort to boost energy productivity - or the level of output achieved from the energy consumed - could have spectacular results. | | Read more on the McKinsey Global Institute site | | | | | | A Simple Plan to Cut Energy Demand Growth and Carbon Emissions | | BusinessWeek, June 07, 2007
Diana Farrell of the McKinsey Global Institute argues a commitment to energy efficiency can help avert a global climate crisis. | | Read more on the McKinsey Global Institute site | | | | | | A Recipe for Sarkozy's Success | | BusinessWeek), May 15, 2007
France's new leader should nourish the economy by limiting restrictions, increasing labor market flexibility, and boosting public-sector productivity, Diana Farrell writes. | | Read more on the McKinsey Global Institute site | | | | | | India's Consumer Evolution | | Business Standard (India), May 07, 2007
India is poised for a dramatic expansion of domestic consumption that will make the country one of the largest consumer markets in the world. | | Read more on the McKinsey Global Institute site | | | | | | Tremors Shake Global Capital Markets | | BusinessWeek, March 05, 2007
Is New York losing out to London? McKinsey Global Institute Director Diana Farrell discusses worldwide shifts beyond the trans-Atlantic rivalry. | | Read more on the McKinsey Global Institute site | | | | | | World's Assets Hit Record Value of $140 Trillion | | The Wall Street Journal, January 10, 2007
A study was released by McKinsey & Company that maps financial assets around the globe. | | Read more on the Wall Street Journal site | | | | | | China Tech Firms Gain Ground | | Wall Street Journal, December 01, 2006
China's technology companies are closing the gap with their foreign rivals in productivity, positioning themselves to become a bigger threat to multinationals both in China and abroad. | | Read more on the Wall Street Journal site | | | | | | A Lesson in Governance from the Private Equity Firms | | Financial Times, November 30, 2006
The more successful it becomes, the more private equity is coming under scrutiny. But there are no signs that the challenge posed by private equity firms to the public equity model is about to ease. | | Read more | | | | | | Energy Use Can Be Cut by Efficiency, Survey Says | | The New York Times, November 29, 2006
The growth rate of worldwide energy consumption could be cut by more than half, according to a report by the McKinsey Global Institute. | | Launch the New York Times article (PDF - 160 KB) | | | | | | Sweden's Balancing Lessons for Europe | | BusinessWeek, September 22, 2006
The McKinsey Global Institute's Diana Farrell says the country is demonstrating that a competitive market need not conflict with social protection for citizens. | | Read more on the McKinsey Global Institute site | | | | | | Financial Reform Key to Growth | | Straits Times, September 15, 2006
For both China and India, financial reforms are much more likely to achieve the social objectives that are currently used to justify the distortion of the financial system by the government. Such reforms should be among their highest priorities. | | Read more on the McKinsey Global Institute site | | | | | | Unproductive Uncle Sam; To Boost Performance, Government Needs to Measure and Set Targets for Its Programs | | BusinessWeek, August 14, 2006
Despite numerous attempts at management reform and a panoply of opportunities to transfer best practices between the private and public sectors, government seems to have missed out on the productivity boom seen in the private sector. | | Read more | | | | | | China's Financials Need an Overhaul | | BusinessWeek, August 09, 2006
Aggressive reform of China's financial system is necessary to promote sustainable growth, according to research by the McKinsey Global Institute. | | Read more on the McKinsey Global Institute site | | | | | | Addressing, and Assessing, Government Productivity | | The Washington Post, July 26, 2006
The government faces 'a productivity imperative' of providing improved services, but does not have a way to determine if it is up to that challenge, according to a report by McKinsey. | | Read more | | | | | | Unlocking India's Potential | | BusinessWeek, June 29, 2006
Reform of India's financial system would mean better use of capital and the elevation of millions from poverty, McKinsey Global Institute research shows. | | Read more on the McKinsey Global Institute site | | | | | | China Should Stick to Trial and Error - but Risk Bolder Trials | | Financial Times, June 07, 2006
China's strategy for economic growth has three signal features: the gradualism of its move from the planned economy to the market; the country's extraordinary integration into the world economy; and the level and growth of investment. | | Launch this article (PDF - 1.18 MB) | | | | | | Smarter Offshoring | | Harvard Business Review, June 01, 2006
Companies need to explore the emerging global labor market beyond the hot spots and to base investment decisions not just on costs but also on talent, markets, strategic aims, and appetite for risk. | | Read more | | | | | | Firms Advised to Court China's Nascent Middle Class | | The Wall Street Journal, May 31, 2006
Foreign companies focused on China's most affluent consumers should lower their sights, or risk missing a vast sales opportunity, according to U.S. consultancy McKinsey & Co. | | Read more on the Wall Street Journal site | | | | | | The Coming Imperative for the World's Knowledge Economy | | Financial Times, May 16, 2006
In developed economies, transactions have grown to dominate economic activity due to increased specialization of work, technology and globalization. | | Read more | | | | | | Tackling the Informal Economy | | BusinessWeek, May 08, 2006
Companies that operate in the gray sap economic growth in the developing world, Diana Farrell, director of the McKinsey Global Institute, writes in a new monthly BusinessWeek column. Here's what governments can do about it. | | Read more on the McKinsey Global Institute site | | | | | | The Hidden Key to Growth | | Winter, May 01, 2006
Martin Baily, Diana Farrell, and Jaana Remes explore how local services stimulate economic expansion. | | Launch this article (PDF - 112 KB) | | | | | | Putting China's Capital to Work | | Far Eastern Economic Review, May 01, 2006
China's financial system does an outstanding job of mobilizing savings. But there is considerable room for improvement in its capital allocation, and its overall efficiency. | | Read more on the McKinsey Global Institute site | | | | | | Don't Be Afraid of Offshoring | | BusinessWeek, March 22, 2006
Diana Farrell of the McKinsey Global Institute takes a close look at the workforce in China and India and says U.S. workers have little to fear. | | Read more on the McKinsey Global Institute site | | | | | | Plot Your Course for the New World | | Financial Times, January 13, 2006
McKinsey's Managing Director, Ian Davis, discusses the five trends that will change the future of business. | | Read more | | | | | | Debunking Myths About Asia's Service Industries | | The Asian Wall Street Journal, November 30, 2005
The emphasis on boosting offshore services risks overlooking a far larger, though less fashionable, opportunity for Asian nations - that of stimulating their domestic-services sector. | | Read more on the McKinsey Global Institute site | | | | | | China's Looming Talent Shortage | | South China Morning Post, October 19, 2005
A jump in With its huge supply of low-cost workers, China has fast become the world's manufacturing workshop. Is China set to become a giant in offshore information technology and business-process services as well? | | Read more on the McKinsey Global Institute site | | | | | | Rajat Gupta Addresses U.N. | | | A Public-Private Partnership to Build a Better World. | | Read more | | | | | | How Europe's Regulations Hold It Back | | Financial Times, October 18, 2005
Fear of change and discontent has influenced voters throughout Europe. The irony is that for Europe to preserve its way of life, it must embrace change and reform. | | Read more on the McKinsey Global Institute site | | | | | | Prospects Bleak for 'In-the-Middle' Asset Firms | | American Banker, July 15, 2005
Many senior management teams are wondering whether becoming megasize is the only way to succeed and stay successful in the asset management business. | | Launch this article (PDF - 52 KB) | | | | | | The Biggest Contract | | The Economist, May 28, 2005
By building social issues into strategy, big business can recast the debate about its role, argues Ian Davis. | | Launch this article (PDF - 56 KB) | | | | | | How to Escape the Short-Term Trap | | Financial Times, April 11, 2005
McKinsey's Managing Director Ian Davis shares the firm's thinking on corporate performance and the importance of focusing on the long-term health of companies. | | Launch this article (PDF - 71 KB) | | | | | | Aging Gracefully | | Far Eastern Economic Review, April 01, 2005
Over the next 20 years, the financial wealth of Japanese households will stop growing and begin to decline, leaving them with $8 trillion less than they would have had if historical growth rates persisted, according to the McKinsey Global Institute. | | Read more on the McKinsey Global Institute site | | | | | | U.S. Trade Deficit Does Not Spell Doom | | Financial Times, February 10, 2005
The declining value of the U.S. dollar was supposed to restore balance to global trade, discounting U.S. exports while making imports prohibitively expensive. But record deficit numbers have created a stir of concern. The deficit numbers should be a surprise. Nor should they prompt a protectionist response. | | Read more on the McKinsey Global Institute site | | | |
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