An explosion of smartphone users and a world-class digital infrastructure are fueling the rapid growth of fintech in India. But innovating for low-income groups remains a challenge. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton What’s Driving India’s Fintech Boom?
Amazon’s new cashier-less convenience store aims to answer one of retail’s thorniest challenges: Understanding why shoppers do what they do, and leveraging that knowledge into increasing sales. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Will Amazon Go Capture the Holy Grail of Retail?
If you internalize the real odds of strategy, you can tame its social side and make big moves. Source: McKinsey Strategy to beat the odds
Understanding the true principles of agile can give companies the ability to work quickly, boosting efficiency and product success, and, ultimately, creating real, lasting value. Source: McKinsey Agile with a capital ‘A’: A guide to the principles and pitfalls of agile development
Our annual private markets review showed the market scaling in 2017. The way limited partners and general partners respond to the opportunities that arise will be critical to their success. Source: McKinsey The rise and rise of private equity
What should you do when you become the boss? HBR’s new advice podcast Dear HBR: has the answers. In this bonus episode, Dear HBR: co-hosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer your questions with the help of Harvard Business School professor Alison Wood Brooks, an expert on behavioral insights. They talk through what to do Read more about Introducing Dear HBR:[…]
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New digital technologies can help Southeast Asian manufacturers reassert their place in the global landscape. Source: McKinsey Industry 4.0: Reinvigorating ASEAN manufacturing for the future
Economic pressures, digital disruption, and rising job complexity are prompting universities to seek more “outsider” leaders for their top jobs. Source: McKinsey Shaking up the leadership model in higher education
New Wharton research shows that timing is the key to maximizing donations, particularly from people with an existing connection to an organization. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton It’s All About Timing: How Nonprofits Can Increase Charitable Donations