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How to put your money where your strategy is
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How to put your money where your strategy is

March 2012—Most companies allocate the same resources to the same business units year after year. That makes it difficult to realize strategic goals and undermines performance. Here’s how to overcome inertia.more

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The power of an independent corporate center

March 2012—To develop a winning corporate strategy, you may need more muscle in your headquarters.more

Breaking strategic inertia Tips from two leaders
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Breaking strategic inertia: Tips from two leaders

April 2012—A CFO and a business unit head explain how they overcome the barriers that all too often separate capital, talent, and other resources from vital strategic goals.more

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Urban world: The shifting global business landscape

October 2013—By 2025, almost half of the world’s biggest companies will probably be based in emerging markets, profoundly altering global competitive dynamics.more

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Economic Conditions Snapshot, September 2013: McKinsey Global Survey results

September 2013—Executives’ optimism for the global economy is increasing, as they anticipate future growth from developed markets. Geopolitical instability tops the list of risks to global growth.more

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Improving board governance: McKinsey Global Survey results

August 2013—Directors are savvier about strategy than in 2011, still struggle to get their arms around risk management, and can learn more from boards with the highest impact.more

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Making great decisions

April 2013—Stanford’s Chip Heath and McKinsey’s Olivier Sibony discuss new research, fresh frameworks, and practical tools for decision makers.more

Early-stage research on decision-making styles
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Early-stage research on decision-making styles

April 2013—People make decisions—often in very different ways. Learn more about five distinct styles and the preferences that shape them.more

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Five routes to more innovative problem solving

April 2013—Tricky problems must be shaped before they can be solved. To start that process, and stimulate novel thinking, leaders should look through multiple lenses.more

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How ‘social intelligence’ can guide decisions

November 2012—By offering decision makers rich real-time data, social media is giving some companies fresh strategic insight. more

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Battle-test your innovation strategy

December 2012—Leading companies use war games to focus better on their competitors, while improving the way they identify, shape, and seize opportunities to innovate.more

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Have you tested your strategy lately?

January 2011—Ten timeless tests can help you kick the tires on your strategy, and kick up the level of strategic dialogue throughout your company.more

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Winning the $30 trillion decathlon: How to succeed in emerging markets

October 2012—Annual consumption in emerging markets will rise to $30 trillion, from $12 trillion, by 2025. McKinsey experts discuss how multinationals can harness the biggest economic force in the history of capitalism.more

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Enduring ideas from McKinsey

October 2009—A series of interactive multimedia presentations of classic frameworks

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