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Marketing & Sales

The New Consumer Frugality

by Matthew Egol, Andrew Clyde, and
Kasturi Rangan
Retailers must adapt to the enduring shift in U.S. consumer spending and behavior, according to a new Booz & Company survey of buying habits.
 
Strategy & Leadership


Six Industries in Search of Survival

by the Booz & Company industry teams; introduced and edited by Karen Henrie
Despite improvements in the global economy, chemicals, retail banking, consumer packaged goods, engineered products and services, oil and gas, and technology still need to transform.
Organizations & People

India and China May Not Be the Answer

by Kevin D. Stringer

 
An offshoring expert argues that companies could compete and profit best by outsourcing to small, more developed countries.
Innovation


Five Gates to Innovation

by William J. Holstein

 
Corning Inc.’s process for developing inventive products actually works, a claim that few companies can make.
 
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Thought Leaders

Management by Reflection

Managing author Henry Mintzberg believes that to improve business schools, we must first understand the essence of what managers do.
INTERVIEW: Jason Hwang, coauthor of The Innovator’s Prescription, argues that the solution to health-care costs lies in the business models that incumbent companies have not yet embraced
INTERVIEW: Erik Brynjolfsson, MIT’s theorist of productivity, draws a link between innovation in management practice and ongoing prosperity
INTERVIEW: William Fung, the head of a large Hong Kong trading company, on making and selling products in a vastly altered global landscape
Business Literature

Seven Chapters of Strategic Wisdom

A shortcut to the big themes in the conversation about corporate strategy.
Author's Choice Nell Minow, coauthor of Corporate Governance, introduces a lesson in corporate transparency from The Responsibility Revolution, by Jeffrey Hollender and Bill Breen
BOOKS IN BRIEF A review of Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique, by Michael S. Gazzaniga
Recent Research

Smart Collaborations

Executives should seek to remove barriers to firm-wide collaboration and help general managers work together.
RETIREMENT & HEALTH Retirees who transition into temporary employment have better everyday health than those who quit work entirely
WORKPLACE BULLYING Aggressive managers often feel inadequate — and take it out on their employees
ORGANIZATIONS & PEOPLE Why outsiders are better in turnarounds
CONSUMER GOODS Understanding which factors influence whether a consumer will purchase an extended warranty
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ICT for a Low-carbon World: Activism, Innovation, Cooperation

A report by Booz & Company, in cooperation with the World Economic Forum, on how companies in the information and communications technology (ICT) industry can play a larger role in combating climate change.