BCG PerspectivesMore from BCG PerspectivesAll TechnologyNew Approach Urged for Financing Infrastructure Projects, Especially in AfricaMany vital infrastructure projects struggle to progress beyond the concept stage because project preparation is such a costly, complex and risky undertaking. The difficulty is particularly acute in Africa, where projects encounter frequent challenges related to capabilities, the regulatory environment, project governance and financial resources.June 8, 2015All TechnologyTo Save Money, Manufacturers Turn from Low-cost Labor to Smart Technologies to Boost ProductivityFor the past few decades, the scramble for competitive advantage in manufacturing has largely revolved around finding new and abundant sources of low-cost labor. But with wages rising rapidly in China and other emerging markets, manufacturers worldwide are under intensifying pressure to gain advantage the old-fashioned way - by improving their productivity.February 3, 2015All TechnologyMobile Technology Impacts Lives - and Supply Chain - Around the WorldGlobally, mobile technology has emerged as a primary engine of economic growth, stimulating enormous private-sector spending in both R&D and infrastructure, and profoundly changing daily lives - everywhere.January 29, 2015Global Trade ManagementAre Chinese Companies Beginning to Lose Some of Their Global Clout?Ever since Chinese companies began going global in force a couple of decades ago, their impact on worldwide business has been hard to overstate. By combining low cost with massive scale, and by taking full advantage of a huge domestic market, companies based in China have disrupted and transformed industries from telecommunications equipment to solar panels. Will that leadership continue?January 16, 2015All TechnologySpotlight on Growth of Mobile Internet Usage in EuropeIn less than a decade, the mobile internet revolution has overtaken the digital revolution and is still accelerating. Mobile penetration is increasing, the costs of access and devices are coming down, and more and more people in both developed and developing economies are using the mobile internet as their first - and often their only - means of going online. Let's look at the phenomenon in Europe.January 5, 2015Business Strategy AlignmentSurprisingly, China May Have Some Management Lessons to ImpartChina Inc. might appear to be an improbable source of fresh management thinking. Its state-owned enterprises are, for the most part, regulated giants that are experimenting with Western management practices. China has yet to produce a world-class company like GE or Samsung, and outside the country most of its businesspeople are better known for amassing wealth than for innovative management ideas. Yet China offers more management lessons today than do most other countries.December 5, 2014All TechnologySupply Chain Transformation Critically Important, But Most Such Efforts Fall Short of GoalsAcross almost all sectors and regions, companies face unprecedented disruption. The competitive advantages that once gave companies a defensible position - their product lineup, scale or legacy position - are no longer as secure as they were. Some upstart with a newer and more agile operating model will start taking market share - if it hasn't already.November 13, 2014Business Strategy AlignmentInnovation in Your Business Model May Be Indispensable TodayToday, with increased marketplace volatility and the rising diversity of attractive customer segments, business models age faster than ever before - making business model innovation an important strategy for driving value-creating growth.October 23, 2014Logistics OutsourcingMarket Gains Confidence as Megadeal Merger & Acquisition Activity Takes Off in 2014If one had to choose a single word to describe the M&A market in 2013, it would be disappointing, and indeed many market participants have used this very term. But the exasperated deal makers have had little time to cry in their beer - they've been too busy. The M&A market took off like a rocket in 2014, fueled by the return of the megadeal (transactions with a value of more than $10bn), which has been in hibernation for the last several years. The momentum of the first quarter carried into the second, setting up 2014 as a potential bellwether for the market's longer-term evolution.October 1, 2014Business Strategy AlignmentReplacing Cheap Human Labor, Robots Are Reporting for DutyWhen people think "robots," they often envision vaguely humanoid sci-fi-movie beings with strange speech patterns. But today’s state-of-the-art robots are a far cry from that outdated stereotype. And they are showing up for work.September 8, 2014Previous PagePage 4 of 7Next Page
