The decision-driven organization
Harvard Business Review 6/1/2010
by Marcia W. Blenko, Michael C. Mankins, and Paul Rogers
Reorganizations are popular with chief executives, who believe that making big structural changes will lead to better performance. In reality, a company's structure results in better performance only if it improves the organization's ability to make and execute key decisions better and faster than competitors.
Managing IT to win in the recovery
BusinessWeek 5/23/2010
by Rudy Puryear and Thomas Gumsheimer
Instead of hitting the gas, a more careful approach to information technology budgets could serve companies better.
After easy money: Managing in a new era
The Wall Street Journal 5/14/2010
by Andrew Schwedel and Karen Harris
As we emerge from the depths of the recession, a lot of attention naturally focuses on trying to handicap the speed and strength of the rebound. But no matter how fast the turnaround comes, success is unlikely to get easier. Executives will have to run lean and focus on their core businesses.
Individual philanthropy lags in India and China
Harvard Business Publishing: The Daily Stat 5/13/2010
by Bain Global Technology and Telecom practices
Despite a growing number of wealthy individuals in India and China, charitable giving in those countries stands at just 0.6% and 0.1% of GDP, respectively, and only about 10% of that comes from individuals, with the rest provided by governments and foreign organizations. In the U.S., for comparison, philanthropy constitutes 2.2% of GDP, and nearly three-fourths comes from individuals.
Focused incentives keep health costs in control
Harvard Business Publishing: The Daily Stat 4/27/2010
by Bain Global Healthcare practice
Overweight Safeway employees who smoke and have high blood pressure pay up to $800 more per year in health-care premiums than their slim, tobacco-free coworkers. Safeway is a leader of a new wave of self-insured companies that have controlled health-care costs by giving employees financial incentives to get healthy, according to Bain & Company. Safeway's recent year-over-year health-care costs showed a nearly zero percent increase.
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