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 |  | | How Investors Can Get More Out of Infrastructure |  | The McKinsey Quarterly, February 2008 Opportunities to invest in public infrastructure will increase during the next few years, but so will competition for deals.
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 |  | | Managing for Quality: An Interview with Armand V. Feigenbaum |  | The McKinsey Quarterly, November 2007 A noted quality expert discusses how the underlying principles of quality improvement still hold true.
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 |  | | Building an Effective Change Agent Team |  | The McKinsey Quarterly, November 2007 A carefully constructed change agent program is essential to any successful operational transformation.
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 |  | | Bringing Best Practice to China |  | The McKinsey Quarterly, November 2007 As the country merges into the world economy, best practice in China will become best practice globally, products developed in China will become global products, and industrial processes developed in China will become global processes.
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 |  | | Inventing the 21st-Century Purchasing Organization |  | The McKinsey Quarterly, November 2007 To get the most out of the purchasing function, top-performing companies redefine its role and ensure that its goals align with corporate strategy.
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 |  | | Beyond Manufacturing: The Evolution of Lean Production |  | The McKinsey Quarterly, August 2007 Many nonmanufacturing sectors are rapidly adopting lean techniques. Soon they will no longer be a differentiating factor in themselves; the important thing will be how well you implement them.
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