All articles by Vinay Couto

Major companies are transforming their core and rethinking their functions.

During a restructuring, rumors spread and fear takes hold. You can reduce the turmoil by finding ways to inform, empower, and inspire employees.

With these 10 principles for rethinking cost management, you can maximize value and avoid threats from Wall Street.

Take Booz & Company’s Fit for Growth* Index profiler and find out what you need to be successful in the long term.

A Booz & Company study reveals that only 17 percent of companies are poised for a profitable future.

What top-tier PE firms can teach public companies about creating and sustaining value over time.

Business transformation is now a continuous process that most companies haven’t mastered. Here’s a formula for managing ongoing change.

The business press is touting a return of offshored jobs to the U.S. — but we’re not buying it.

Great companies are always looking for ways to cut costs — in finance, HR, IT, and other general and administrative services. But stringent cost management is counterproductive when it shortchanges your ability to grow or hamstrings your best people. The answer lies in optimizing overhead: designing services from the market back, using IT more effectively, and looking beyond conventional approaches and geographical borders for solutions.

By blending the poetic with the quotidian, organizational strategies and cultures can find common ground.

How your company can master the art of global enterprise.

As the turbulent global services industry matures, a highly skilled cadre of master providers and customers is emerging.

An ongoing survey finds that “activist” chief financial officers are becoming strategic assets to their companies — a change in job description that may not only improve their company’s performance but also enhance their career options.

With Sarbanes-Oxley at their backs and growth on the horizon, leading chief financial officers are transforming their roles … and their companies.

With Sarbanes-Oxley at their backs and growth on the horizon, leading chief financial officers are transforming their roles...and their companies.