Most Executives Agree That Their Companies Spend Too Much Money on Low-Priority Initiatives and Cut Costs Indiscriminately, Says New Strategy& Survey
June 17, 2014 08:45 ET | Strategy& (Formerly Booz & Company)
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Jun 17, 2014) - Executives worldwide say low-priority initiatives get too much funding, cost-cutting isn't strategic and budgeting isn't tightly aligned with strategic...
New Research Predicts Notable Change in C-Suite: Women Will Be a Third of Big-Company CEOs Before Mid-Century
June 05, 2014 08:50 ET | Strategy& (Formerly Booz & Company)
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Jun 5, 2014) - More women are receiving and accepting big-company CEO jobs, but the numbers remain strikingly low according to a new study by Strategy&, a member of...
Is the C-Suite an Echo Chamber for Strategy?
June 03, 2014 10:08 ET | Strategy& (Formerly Booz & Company)
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Jun 3, 2014) - Record-setting stock market performance could be masking a significant problem: Companies are actually strategically and financially out of shape,...
Companies in Brazil, Russia, and India Most Frequently Changed CEOs Last Year, According to New Strategy& Study
May 20, 2014 09:00 ET | Strategy& (Formerly Booz & Company)
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - May 20, 2014) - CEO turnover at the world's 2,500 largest public companies occurred with the highest frequency last year in Brazil, Russia, and India, according to the...
Vast Majority of CEO Turnovers at World's Largest Companies Are Planned and Vast Majority of New CEOs Are Promoted From Within, According to New Strategy& Study
May 07, 2014 11:35 ET | Strategy& (Formerly Booz & Company)
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - May 7, 2014) -  The vast majority -- 70% -- of CEO turnovers at the world's largest 2,500 public companies in 2013 were planned events, as opposed to forced...
Quarter Century Until About One-Third of Incoming CEOs at World's Largest Companies Are Women, Predicts New Strategy& Study
April 29, 2014 09:00 ET | Strategy& (Formerly Booz & Company)
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Apr 29, 2014) - The numbers are moving in the right direction: In eight out of the last 10 years, the share of women becoming CEOs of the world's biggest public...
Senior Executives Express Deep Concerns About Their Companies' Strategies and Their Ability to Execute Them, According to New Strategy& Survey
April 23, 2014 09:00 ET | Strategy& (Formerly Booz & Company)
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Apr 23, 2014) - Executives disclose their companies have significant shortcomings when it comes to developing and executing strategy, according to a Strategy&...
Companies in Asia Need to Make Innovation Everyone's Mandate, Says Singapore-Based Consultant Scott D. Anthony, Author of the Just-Released "Little Black Book of Innovation"
January 15, 2012 20:00 ET | Innosight
SINGAPORE--(Marketwire - Jan 15, 2012) - In order to compete with the rapid-pace of business growth in Asia, companies need to change their approach to innovation. Too many see it as something...
Today's Key Leadership Challenge: Making Innovation Everyone's Mandate
January 11, 2012 11:15 ET | Innosight
BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - Jan 11, 2012) - Innovation mastery remains elusive, despite decades of superb thinking and work on the topic. Too often, companies mistake creativity for innovation,...
Majority of 2011 M&A Deals Stand to Backfire Unless Merger Strategies Center on Building Capabilities -- Not Diversification, According to Booz & Company Quantitative Research
March 30, 2011 10:13 ET | Booz & Company
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - March 30, 2011) - With trillions of dollars in cash on their balance sheets, many of the world's largest companies will make significant acquisitions during the balance of...