Issue 63, Summer 2011

In this issue
Cover story
- Strategy & LeadershipBooz & Company’s annual study of turnover among chief executives — now increasingly diverse, as the world’s largest companies migrate to emerging economies — suggests that the nature of the job varies with the role of the corporate core.
- Finance
The Next Winning Move in Private Equity
To outperform their rivals, private equity firms will need to enhance their ability to spur organic growth in the companies they own. (And public companies will need to follow.) - Strategy & Leadership
Strategic Bets
Sooner or later, most global business leaders will have to put their entire enterprise at risk. Here’s how to do it successfully. - Global Perspective
The Future of Women Leaders in the Middle East
A number of high-profile women are chipping at the “cement ceiling” in the Gulf countries and making it possible for others to do the same.
Comment
- Energy
Will Your Next Electric Company Be a Global Oil Enterprise?
As the energy markets evolve, oil and gas majors should consider diversifying into power generation. - Thought Leaders
The Art of the Business Narrative
Hollywood producer, executive, and entrepreneur Peter Guber makes the case that telling purposeful stories is an essential skill for leaders. - Finance
Banking on Social Media
Retail banks can use Facebook, YouTube, and other new platforms to better reach their “Generation C” customers. - Organizations & People
Retooling Labor Costs
Despite years of cutbacks, many companies’ pay structures are still unbalanced. Here’s a dispassionate, logical way to realign them. - Strategy & Leadership
Data Points: Corporate Incoherence
More than half of surveyed executives don’t buy their company’s strategy. - Operations & Manufacturing
Focus and Scale on the Internet
The next wave of online business models must focus narrowly, rather than blindly pursuing scale. - Organizations & People
Eat Your Peas: A Recipe for Culture Change
The methods used by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver to promote health in a West Virginia city can also be used to raise organizational performance. - Strategy & Leadership
Crafting Best-in-Class Business Intelligence
Start by choosing the metrics that matter most for your company, and then ensure the support of your employees and partners. - Finance
The New Financial Matchmakers
The rise of private market networks is changing the capital markets and opening up new opportunities for business leaders and innovators.
Conversation
The Thought Leader Interview: Henry Chesbrough
To escape the commodity trap — and to compete effectively in a knowledge-based economy — business leaders of all kinds need to reinvent themselves as innovators in services.New Views of Microeconomics
A review of Identity Economics, by George A. Akerlof and Rachel E. Kranton.New Views of Capitalism
A review of The New Capitalist Manifesto, by Umair Haque.New Views of Management
A review of Practically Radical, by William C. Taylor.New Views of Sustainable Commerce
A review of Earth, Inc., by Gregory Unruh.Is Creativity a Bad Trait for a Senior Leader?
Supporters of the status quo — not the creative types — are seen as more effective.