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The great rebalancing

Posted with permission from McKinsey Quarterly The great rebalancing As the center of economic growth shifts from developed to developing countries, global companies should focus on innovation to win in low-cost, high-growth countries. Their survival elsewhere may depend on it.…

Daniel Yergin on the future of global energy

Reprinted with permission from McKinsey Quarterly The Pulitzer Prize–winning author and global energy expert sees rising demand from the East spurring innovation.   The recent rise of emerging markets as voracious consumers of energy has established a price point for oil…

Stephen Roach on the consumer opportunity in China

Focusing on exports to the world’s second-largest economy will help the United States generate growth and jobs, says Morgan Stanley Asia’s former nonexecutive chairman. A year ago, the National People’s Congress enacted China’s 12th five-year plan, which included three main building…

Understanding social media in China

The world’s largest social-media market is vastly different from its counterpart in the West. Yet the ingredients of a winning strategy are familiar. Reprinted with permission from McKinsey Quarterly No Facebook. No Twitter. No YouTube. Listing the companies that don’t have…

Are you making the most of your company’s ‘software layer’?

Reprinted with permission from McKinsey Quarterly. As consumers increasingly interact digitally with companies, competitive advantage lies in understanding the range and complexity of those touch points. The past 15 years have created a very different business environment, which has empowered consumers,…