Corporate Headquarters | Strategic Management
Dear Audience, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants conducted its first corporate headquarters study in 1999. Since then, the study has gone beyond the standard benchmarking analyses and focused on specific issues that concern modern corporate headquarters. Increasingly complex business environments are creating […]
Qatar’s SiliconValley | Strategic Management
Dear Audience, Qatar is becoming a knowledge-based economy, and western companies and universities that promote knowledge transfer could reap some of the benefits. The Qatar Science & Technology Park is a textbook example of a successful technology cluster … Roland […]
Light footprint management | strategic management
Dear Audience, „The military and China’s private sector are “early adapters” to a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world. Companies should follow in their footsteps. A consensus is emerging that at some time in the relatively recent past, the business environment […]
Gut genug | Strategien umsetzen
Hallo liebe Hörer, sie sollen einfach, robust und günstig sein: Produkte, die speziell für die Bedürfnisse in Schwellenländern entwickelt werden. Immer öfter erobern sie auch die westlichen Märkte – und verkehren die sonst übliche Innovationsrichtung in ihr Gegenteil. Mit Elektrokardiogrammen (EKGs) […]
Big Business: Megacities | Strategien umsetzen
Hallo liebe Hörer, bislang fielen die Megastädte vor allem durch eines auf: ihr oft unkontrolliertes Wachstum. Jetzt fangen Regierungen überall auf der Welt an, in die Zukunft ihrer Millionen- Metropolen zu investieren. Der Bedarf ist gewaltig. Laut einer US-Studie fließen […]
Wealth Management for Entrepreneurs | Strategic Management
Dear Audience, at a time when growth rates and returns are dwindling, the banks are rediscovering wealth management for private clients. And in so doing, they often overlook their corporate clients, despite the fact that these are frequently the perfect […]
Erfolgreich wie die Champions | Strategien umsetzen
Hallo liebe Hörer, was macht ein Maschinenbau-Unternehmen erfolgreich und was können Unternehmen auch in anderen Branchen von den herausragenden Champions lernen? Das ist, vereinfacht gesagt, die Frage, der das neue Buch von Roland Berger Strategy Consultants nachgeht. „Erfolgreich wie die […]
X is the new V | Strategic Management
Dear Audience, cut costs, or boost growth? The right answer for recession-hit companies is both. Strategic restructuring has become a key issue for top management – and it’s here to stay. The ABB electrical engineering group made an impressive comeback in 2011, with […]
good enough | strategic management
Dear Audience, they’re simple, robust, and cheap, developed specially for the needs of developing countries. But “frugal” products are also becoming increasingly popular in Western markets – a reversal of the normal direction in which innovations are introduced. Doctors use electrocardiograph […]
Lean into leadership! | Strategic Management
Dear Audience, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg is one of the most powerful women in the world. Now she has written a book with which intends to show women the way to the top. It also reveals the three decisive turning points […]