You’re one of those people, aren’t you? The kind who stay up late at night, thinking of ways to improve their businesses. It’s great to have this much passion. By now, you’ve probably at least read the basics about split testing. And while the general concept is very simple, it’s fairly difficult to run Read more about 6 Accidental Ways to Ruin Your Split Tests and Limit Your Profit[…]
Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey, both of Harvard, discuss what they’ve learned from studying radically transparent organizations where people at all levels of the hierarchy get candid feedback, show vulnerability, and grow on the job. Their book is “An Everyone Culture.” Source: Ideacast 523: Let Employees Be People
Differences in the market’s response to deal announcements reflect how deals are funded as much as expected performance. Source: McKinsey Creating value from M&A—advantage Asia?
Although women make up about 46% of the workforce there exist significant inequality which has huge economic costs. Advancing women’s equality in the workplace could add $2 trillion to GDP in the next decade write Kweilin Ellingrud and Vivian Riefberg, in Time.com Source: McKinsey 5 myths about America’s gender gap
Gender equality is an economically “smart” thing to do. The U.S. could add at least 5% to GDP by 2025 by advancing the economic potential of women in the workforce, write Kweilin Ellingrud, James Manyika, and Vivian Riefberg in Harvard Business Review. Source: McKinsey How reducing gender inequality could boost U.S. GDP by .1 Read more about How reducing gender inequality could boost U.S. GDP by $2.1 trillion[…]
Short-term measures of volatility can fluctuate wildly. But over the long term the market has been remarkably stable. Source: McKinsey The long and the short of stock-market volatility
Announcement effects are a good instant measure of market sentiment but a poor indicator of longer-term value creation. Source: McKinsey Managing the market’s reaction to M&A deals
A deal deluge typically follows an oil-price collapse—but hasn’t always created value. Past cycles teach that deals enabling players to lower costs will probably be most valuable in today’s volatile oil-price world. Source: McKinsey Mergers in a low-oil price environment: Proceed with caution
Public and private capital markets seem to value technology companies differently. Here’s why. Source: McKinsey The ‘tech bubble’ puzzle
Consumers have access to more healthcare information than ever. Here’s how pharmaceutical companies can better understand the way people make decisions about their care. Source: McKinsey How pharma companies can better understand patients