All articles tagged: design

To build closer connections to customers, start by developing analytical prowess.

Emerging alternatives to the shareholder-centric model could help companies avoid ethical mishaps and contribute more to the world at large.

Carbon regulation will be unexpectedly complex — and business leaders will need to plan their approach accordingly.

Faced with plummeting demand, automakers should make vehicles with features that match customer preferences.

In Search of Entrepreneurial Spirit

Talent Unleashed

To help corporations create knowledge more consciously, the author of Managing Flow draws on Western and Eastern philosophic traditions.

This year’s annual Booz & Company study of corporate R&D spending reveals, for the first time, where in the world the money is being spent — and why.

Investing in a capabilities-driven strategy will equip your company for growth in uncertain times.

Beijing is mandating an increase in home-grown R&D, but Chinese companies face long odds in meeting international standards of innovation.

Structural shifts in the Asian giant’s economy are forcing companies to adopt deeper and more personal strategies for supplier relationships.

A new survey finds that transformations succeed when top executives pay attention.

What The Lucifer Effect, Philip Zimbardo’s landmark book on a prison experiment at Stanford University, tells us about the dangers of corporate conformity.

How visual tools and techniques help managers lead with the whole brain.

With the right kind of organization, you can expand while cutting costs.

How we built a world-class organic growth engine by investing in people.

Consumer choice modeling can help companies improve their market share by offering a better understanding of consumer preferences.

Community college partnerships are training workers with made-to-order skills.

Facing mounting competitive pressure, India’s biggest firms are reshaping themselves as multinationals.

In a world that requires business leaders to address the concerns of all their stakeholders, we must reshape management education to be both practical and aspirational.

Facing up to climate change requires a revolution in business thinking.

“Putting people first” can be more than a slogan.

To combat poverty in Africa, government should redirect aid to foster local business.