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By David Harding, Richard Jackson and Satish Shankar
Most top performers rely on M&A for a significant part of their growth.
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By Eric Almquist, Mitchell Leiman, Darrell Rigby and Alex Roth
Great innovators develop five critical capabilities—and always look at the process from both sides of the brain.
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By Jeff Melton, Jolyon Dove and John Norton
How service organizations can improve financial performance, raise customer loyalty and spark employee engagement.
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- Bain Brief
- March 21, 2013
By David Harding, Karen Harris, Richard Jackson and Satish Shankar
Deal making has always been cyclical, and the last few years have felt like another low point in the cycle.
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- Bain Brief
- March 21, 2013
By Mark Gottfredson
With tariffs at 30-year lows, what’s really holding up cross-border trade?
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- Bain Brief
- January 16, 2013
By David Harding, Satish Shankar and Richard Jackson
Looking back at the first decade of this century, it is clear that many companies succeeded in delivering superior shareholder returns using M&A as a weapon for competitive advantage.
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- Bain study
- November 15, 2012
A superabundance of capital will influence the shape and tempo of global economic growth through the end of the decade. For business leaders, the trick will be avoiding the bubbles and instead uncovering the real growth opportunities in advanced and developing economies.
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- Forum d'Avignon
- December 12, 2012
By Patrick Béhar and Laurent Colombani
Our in-depth look at the state of media and devices across several categories (music, video, books and video games) suggests that this field is as turbulent as ever, with cycles of innovation and reinvention creating a fertile ground for exploring new models.
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- Bain study
- November 13, 2012
By Dr. Olaf Wandhöfer, Dr. Franz-Josef Seidensticker and Lars Dingemann
This decade, companies' long-term growth plans have been thwarted by short-term external challenges brought about by the volatile global economy. A holistic approach enables companies to remain in control and consistently exploit the opportunities which arise in times of economic crisis.
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- Bain Brief
- November 14, 2012
By Eric Almquist and Tamar Dane Dor-Ner
Should you spend your next dollar on making your brand promise through advertising, or on keeping your brand promise by ensuring that your products deliver what customers want? The ultimate point of a brand is not to generate buzz - it's to shift customer demand.
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- Bain Brief
- November 14, 2012
By Mark Gottfredson and Steve Berez
Companies’ processes and systems often get gummed up, slowing down operations and hurting financial performance. Fixing overly complex processes and systems nearly always requires a big-picture approach.
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- Bain study
- November 14, 2012
By Rasmus Wegener and Velu Sinha
Do you have lots of data but few insights? Today's decision makers have no trouble finding enough data to make good business decisions.
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- Bain Brief
- September 12, 2012
By Mark Gottfredson
Unnecessary complexity cripples companies. But some have learned to root it out wherever it crops up.
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- Bain Brief
- September 10, 2012
By Steve Berez, Stephen Phillips and Jean-Claude Ramirez
How to get the return you expect from your IT investments.
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- Bain study
- March 06, 2012
By Karen Harris, Andrew Schwedel and Austin Kim
Eight macro trends offer huge growth opportunities that will touch many corners of the world this decade.
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- Manager Magazine
- March 20, 2012
By Eva Müller, journalist at Manager Magazine
Acht Treiber werden das globale Wachstum stimulieren, sagt eine Exklusivstudie hervor - ein Blick in die Märkte der Zukunft
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- Harvard Business Manager
- February 01, 2011
By Lothar Kuhn, journalist of Harvard Business Manager, with statements by Dr. Gunther Schwarz
Das Thema wird die Unternehmen in den kommenden Jahren nicht loslassen: der Fachkräftemangel.
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- Bain study
- October 18, 2010
By Julie Coffman and Russ Hagey
How to bring sustainability to a 24/7 world
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By Oliver Strähle, Dr. Axel Seemann and Rolf-Magnus Weddigen
This study explores the impact of the crisis on long-term trends, and provides answers to the implications for companies in a changed world.
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- Harvard Business Manager
- February 08, 2010
By Rob Markey, Fred Reichheld and Andreas Dullweber
Guter Service ist für viele Kunden von großer Bedeutung.
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- Bain study
- January 30, 2010
By Julie Coffman, Orit Gadiesh and Wendy Miller
Both men and women aspire to be senior leaders, but fewer women realize their dreams than men. Our survey shows that three major issues block the way to gender parity in many organizations.
