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Issue Lit
Finance

Seven Value Creation Lessons from Private Equity

by Vinay Couto, Ashok Divakaran, and
Deniz Caglar
What top-tier PE firms can teach public companies about creating and sustaining value over time.
 
Consumer Products

Making Customer
Segmentation
Deliver

by Corey Yulinsky

 
As the ability to gather sophisticated data grows, here’s a four-step process for making segmentation drive improved performance.
Marketing, Media & Sales

What’s Your Company’s Facebook LPM?

by Nicholas Hodson,
Umut Aytekin, and
Jon Crawford
Every company can compare its brand value to that of its competitors based on a readily available scale: Facebook “likes,” adjusted for company revenue.
Operations & Manufacturing

Manufacturing’s Wake-Up Call
 

by Arvind Kaushal,
Thomas Mayor,
and Patricia Riedl
A study of the manufacturing industry shows how jobs can be kept in the United States, by bolstering the sectors where the country is most competitive.
 
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Thought Leaders

An Interview with Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries

INSEAD’s expert on leadership development clarifies how self-awareness can break the destructive pattern of corporate narcissism.
Conversation: Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Ripa Rashid argue that corporate leaders are overlooking one of the most enthusiastic, capable sources of talent in the world: women in emerging markets
Interview: Meg Wheatley, an expert on innovative leadership, warns that too many companies are reverting to fear-driven management
Interview: Ahmet C. Bozer, president of Coca-Cola’s Eurasia and Africa Group, explains how the world’s largest beverage company has delegated major decision making to individual markets
Business Literature
Best Business Books 2011

Asking the Right Questions

From s+b’s Best Business Books 2011: Three books on strategy that focus on the questions executives must consider as they decide the direction of their company.
Author's Choice Carl J. Schramm, author of Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity, introduces a lesson in power and the sources of good jobs from The Coming Jobs War, by Jim Clifton
Highlights from the Decade strategy+business published its first “Best Business Books” section in Winter 2001. Here, in retrospect, is the book from each year that we think was most significant
Recent Research

The “Third Team” Approach to Board Effectiveness

Gains are seen when a subset of directors and senior executives share knowledge and ideas.
Safeguarding Online Transactions Having too many protections puts buyers off by getting in the way of good deals
CSR and Sustainability How a deep commitment translates into better numbers in the stock market and on the bottom line
Antidumping Tariffs Revenues rise at protected companies, but from price hikes — and production decreases
CEO Careers Starting out in a recession scales down the scope of success
Recommended on Booz.com

Managing the Global Enterprise in Today's Multipolar World

Global success in a multipolar world hinges on three management enablers: a rebalanced organizational structure and footprint, dispersed decision rights and tighter controls, and a fresh approach to leadership and talent management.
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