McKinsey Quarterly 2015 Number 2
Thriving at scale
Offers strategies to help companies operate successfully at scale in areas including innovation, R&D, and human resources. Also explores technology’s role in building efficient global operations and increasing productivity across organizational lines.
Revving up your innovation engine
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The eight essentials of innovation
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Strategic and organizational factors are what separate successful big-company innovators from the rest of the field.
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Brightening the black box of R&D
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An all-in-one, one-for-all formula to determine R&D’s productivity can help companies see how well the function is performing.
Other highlights
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Toward a new HR philosophy
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HR should empower managers to decide on standards, hire how they choose, and develop company-wide leaders.
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Getting beyond bureaucracy in human resources
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By becoming more strategic and operating with an edge, corporate HR departments can boost their effectiveness and shed their bureaucratic reputation.
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Digital hives: Creating a surge around change
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Online communities are helping companies engage with employees to accelerate change.
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The globally effective enterprise
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Today’s technology enables integrated operations that can change the globalization penalty into a premium.
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Delighting in the possible
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In an unpredictable world, executives should stretch beyond managing the probable.
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The real business of business
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Shareholder-oriented capitalism is still the best path to broad economic prosperity, as long as companies focus on the long term.
Research, trends, and emerging thinking
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Japan: Lessons from a hyperaging society
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The country’s population, already the world’s oldest, is aging quickly. Companies in Europe, North America, and Asia can learn from its experience.
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How agile is your supply chain?
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Our research shows that ten operating practices are tied to higher service levels and lower inventory costs.
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Are you ready to decide?
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Before doing so, executives should ask themselves two sets of questions.
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Decoding financial-technology innovation
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Start-ups are eyeing a wider revenue pool across a growing and broader range of products and services.
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Cohabiting with your e-commerce partners
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Top-performing consumer-product companies are aiming to strengthen their digital-channel strategies by locating teams at Amazon and other key players.
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Getting the most from R&D teams
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The size of these teams and the number of sites where they work have a big impact on semiconductor research productivity.
Closing views
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Changing the nature of board engagement
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Five tips for directors and CEOs striving to make the most of their limited time.
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CEO succession starts with developing your leaders
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Focusing on future priorities and debiasing decisions help, too.