How to Improve Your Alexa Ranking in 30 Days or Less Numbers don’t lie. When it comes to the popularity and overall value of your business, it’s important to have a solid Alexa Ranking. Why? It’s a common metric that potential business partners, investors, etc. will use to determine the state of your business. They’ll Read more about How to Improve Your Alexa Ranking in 30 Days or Less[…]

Between ROIC and a hard place: The puzzle of airline economics At a recent symposium of the International Air Transport Association, McKinsey’s Alex Dichter delved into airlines’ tangled finances. Source: McKinsey Between ROIC and a hard place: The puzzle of airline economics

From disrupted to disruptor: Reinventing your business by transforming the core Companies must be open to radical reinvention to find new, significant, and sustainable sources of revenue. Source: McKinsey From disrupted to disruptor: Reinventing your business by transforming the core

564: Why You Should Buy a Business (and How to Do It) Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff, professors at Harvard Business School, spell out an overlooked career path: buying a business and running it as CEO. Purchasing a small company lets you become your own boss and reap financial rewards without the risks of Read more about 564: Why You Should Buy a Business (and How to Do It)[…]

Optimizing back-end semiconductor manufacturing through Industry 4.0 Can Industry 4.0 tools help back-end semiconductor factories capture elusive gains in productivity, throughput, and quality? Source: McKinsey Optimizing back-end semiconductor manufacturing through Industry 4.0

How technology is reshaping supply and demand for natural resources The ways we consume energy and produce commodities are changing. This transformation could benefit the global economy, but resource producers will have to adapt to stay competitive. Source: McKinsey How technology is reshaping supply and demand for natural resources

Discover technology’s impact on natural resources This interactive graphic explores how recent trends could affect supply and demand for resources. Source: McKinsey Discover technology’s impact on natural resources

7 Tools for Generating Infinite Content Ideas for Your Blog Blogging sucks. Okay that’s a bit extreme. In fact, there’s a lot that I enjoy about blogging—mainly connecting with you guys. But what does suck is having to constantly come up with new ideas for blog posts. It’s a grind that can be quite exhausting, Read more about 7 Tools for Generating Infinite Content Ideas for Your Blog[…]

Spectra Energy: ‘We go where the lights are’ President and CEO Greg Ebel on how Spectra Energy became one of the most successful pipeline companies in North America and the future of the industry. Source: McKinsey Spectra Energy: ‘We go where the lights are’

Pioneering a customer-experience mind-set for Federal Student Aid programs Brenda Wensil discusses how to build momentum for a customer-centric approach. Source: McKinsey Pioneering a customer-experience mind-set for Federal Student Aid programs