What drives a company’s success?New research conducted by global management consulting firm Booz & Company strikes down the notion that misreading, ignoring or de-emphasizing the market, customers and other external forces is what gets most big companies into trouble. More… |
Booz & Company to merge with PwCThe global partners of Booz & Company, a management consulting firm, have voted overwhelmingly to approve a combination with UK-based PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a professional services firm. The two organizations announced More… |
NCDs ‘to cost GCC $36bn in 2013’The total direct and indirect cost of the most common non-communicable diseases (NCDs) for the GCC will be close to $36 billion in 2013 – one and a half times official healthcare spending, a report said. The economic develop More… |
Cost management ‘key to long term performance’Sustainable company performance is driven by the extent to which corporations are able to link their strategic and cost and resources agendas, a report said. “Since the 2008 economic crisis, when many firms had to slash cost More… |
The varying effects of digitization on economiesWhile digitization provided a $193 billion boost to world economic output and created six million jobs globally in 2011, the effects of the growing technologies are uneven across countries and sectors, a report said. “Access More… |
Arab digital generation – a key actor for futureA new generation is emerging in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region – those born between 1977 and 1997. This demographic represents 40 percent of the Mena population. A growing More… |
Local economies ‘not reaping full benefits of growth’Out of the GCC’s current and planned $590 billion oil and gas sector investments only 17 to 20 per cent of the value will be captured by the local economies, said a report by global management consulting firm Booz & Company. I More… |
Ambitious women ‘will boost GCC outlook’GCC firms that tap into a base of talented national women that is well-educated and eager to join the workforce will get a long-term competitive edge and also assume a key role in shaping the future of women in the region, said an expert. More… |
Supply chain management 'can help cut hospital costs'Successful hospital supply chain management (SCM) will can help alleviate the rising hospital costs, while helping to improve patient care, experts from Booz & Company revealed. “In the Mena region, healthcare accounted for 3 to 5 perc More… |
Majority of firms 'lack coherence'A majority of company executives believe their companies lack “coherence” and struggle to set a clear and differentiating strategy, said a recent survey by Booz & Company. Over 64 per cent of the executives said their biggest frustrati More… |