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Issue Lit
Organizations & People

Is Your Company Fit for Growth?

by Deniz Caglar, Jaya Pandrangi, and
John Plansky
A more strategic approach to costs can help you prepare for the next round of expansion.
 
Marketing, Media & Sales


The Case for the Brand Ideal

by Jim Stengel

 
Behind many a successful product, there’s a sharply focused intention to improve lives.
Global Perspective


Managing in a Multipolar World

by Paolo Pigorini,
Ashok Divakaran,
and Ariel Fleichman
Emerging markets are shifting the balance of economic power, and for multinationals, a “business as usual” approach will no longer suffice.
Global Perspective

China’s
Mid-Market Innovators

by Edward Tse, John Jullens,
and Bill Russo
 
A new category of competitor — low-price, medium-quality Chinese B2B upstarts — is shaking up the global competitive landscape.
 
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Thought Leaders

Lessons from the E-Commerce Wars

Entrepreneur Jim McCarthy on why online innovations succeed — or fail.
Interview: Ian Worling, Ikea’s director of business navigation, explains how this iconic Swedish furniture company developed a new way to expand
Interview: Ahmad Abdulkarim Julfar and Abdulaziz Al Sawaleh, two top leaders of the Middle East telecom company Etisalat, explain how they recruit and retain people in frontier markets
Conversation: Soumitra Dutta, INSEAD professor and creator of the Global Innovation Index, helps show which nations are on the rise and which are not
Business Literature
Books in Brief

The Upside of Management Gurus

A review of Masters of Management, by Adrian Wooldridge.
Author's Choice Ann Rhoades, author of Built on Values, introduces a lesson in attaining the full potential of employees from All In, by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton
Best Business Books 2011 Our annual review: James O'Toole on Ethics and Aspirations, Phil Rosenzweig on Strategy, David K. Hurst on Management, David Warsh on Economics, Catharine P. Taylor on Marketing, Barbara Kellerman on Leadership, and Michael Schrage on Technology
Recent Research

The Payoffs and Penalties of Holding Meetings

Danger lurks if a problem-solving discussion turns into unfocused complaining.
Supply Chain Efficiencies Suppliers benefit from having just a few big customers
M&A Success Retention of key managers from acquired firms can improve performance after new bonds are formed
Brand Acquisitions Investors reward companies that buy stand-alone brands they can market better than the sellers did
Family Firms Companies with founders still on board did best during the Great Recession
Recommended on Booz.com

Creating an Organic Growth Machine

This article in the May 2012 issue of the Harvard Business Review explains how even the most mature companies can kick-start their organic growth engine by following four straightforward rules.
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