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MAY 2009

Good boss, bad times

Management expert Robert Sutton shares lessons on handling layoffs and teams in crisis.

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APRIL 2009

Surveying the economic horizon: A conversation with Robert Shiller

The noted economist explains and explores the downturn’s root causes—and possible ways forward.

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DECEMBER 2008

Klaus Kleinfeld on the global downturn

Alcoa’s CEO sees risks in antibusiness rhetoric, but also a chance for speedier recovery.

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FEBRUARY 2009

A supply chain CEO on the global downturn

Noble Group’s Richard Elman explains the domino effect of the financial crisis on moving commodities around the world.

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MARCH 2009

Connecting climate change and economic recovery

Economist Nicholas Stern discusses the downturn and its effect on the climate change agenda.

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FEBRUARY 2010

Wedding innovation with business value: An interview with the director of HP Labs

Prith Banerjee discusses the new mission of corporate research labs and the challenge of managing innovation to create business impact.

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APRIL 2009

Managing innovation: Pages from Alessi’s handbook

A three-part multimedia feature explores how design firm Alessi manages innovation—from working with collaborators, to how design constraints help shape products, to assessing new innovations’ potential.

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JANUARY 2009

Hal Varian on how the Web challenges managers

Google’s chief economist says executives in wired organizations need a sharper understanding of how technology empowers innovation.

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JANUARY 2009

How to fix the innovation gap: A conversation with Judy Estrin

The author and tech executive says we are living off the fruits of previous research and need to seed new ideas.

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NOVEMBER 2009

Winning the talent war in China

A search-firm expert offers advice on tailoring successful talent strategies to a changing China.

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OCTOBER 2009

China’s retail revolution: An interview with Wal-Mart’s Ed Chan

Wal-Mart China’s CEO outlines the strategy of the world’s largest retailer in the world’s most populous nation.

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OCTOBER 2009

Preparing for the next Asia

Stephen Roach explains how the next two decades will bring dramatic changes to the region.

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AUGUST 2009

China’s consumption challenge

A panel of leading Chinese economists debates proposals to stoke private consumption in the world’s fastest-growing economy.

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AUGUST 2009

Unlocking the power of Chinese consumers: An interview with Stephen Roach

Morgan Stanley Asia’s chairman discusses the roots and prospects of China’s next revolution.

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MAY 2009

Is China recession proof?

A panel of leading Chinese economists explains how the world’s fastest-growing economy keeps expanding despite the global downturn.

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MAY 2009

China’s ‘sticky floor’

Economic success in China will hinge on fixing the gender inequality among its workers.

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JANUARY 2009

China and India: The power of complementary cultures

Tarun Khanna says their common optimistic entrepreneurialism makes them a formidable force.

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JANUARY 2010

Decoding Copenhagen: What the climate summit means for business

McKinsey’s Jeremy Oppenheim analyzes the impact the recent climate conference will have on businesses and economies around the globe.

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JANUARY 2010

Managing water strategically: An interview with the CEO of Rio Tinto

Tom Albanese explains how Rio Tinto is adapting its operations to a future when climate change may make the world’s dry parts drier and wet parts wetter.

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DECEMBER 2009

The future of capitalism: Building a sustainable energy future

In a collaboration between Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and McKinsey, a panel of experts and CEOs from leading energy companies debate the critical scientific, resource, and policy issues challenging energy sustainability today.

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AUGUST 2009

How China and the US will set the global climate agenda

The Brookings Institution’s Ken Lieberthal discusses the opportunities he sees for a China–US clean-energy partnership going into December’s climate change conference.

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JULY 2009

When sustainability means more than ‘green’

Protecting the natural environment isn’t the whole story: companies must consider their social, economic, and cultural impact as well.

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MARCH 2009

Prospects for a global deal on climate change: Three European views

Will governments negotiate an agreement on reducing carbon emissions at the December 2009 UN Climate Change Conference?

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OCTOBER 2009

McKinsey conversations with global leaders: Paul Polman of Unilever

Unilever’s chief executive reflects on lessons learned at three major consumer goods companies, including how to manage people in a global context, the obligations corporations have to society, and why you should never waste a good crisis.

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JULY 2009

McKinsey conversations with global leaders: Dan Vasella of Novartis

The CEO and chairman of Novartis AG shares his personal approach to management and leadership and discusses health care reform, the economic downturn, and executive compensation.

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JULY 2009

McKinsey conversations with global leaders: John Chambers of Cisco

The CEO and chairman of Cisco Systems explores approaches to decentralized management and leadership and also offers perspective on the future of Web technology and the opportunity that an economic downturn provides for strategically minded companies.

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JULY 2009

McKinsey conversations with global leaders: Jeroen van der Veer of Shell

The former CEO reflects on the oil industry’s future, as well as management lessons learned over a long career.

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SEPTEMBER 2009

Focused on foresight: An interview with the US’s national intelligence officer for warning

Kenneth Knight shares lessons from a career spent analyzing and preparing for the unknown.

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SEPTEMBER 2008

Google’s view on the future of business: An interview with CEO Eric Schmidt

How the Internet will change the nature of competition, innovation, and company operations.

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MAY 2008

Daniel Kahneman on behavioral economics

In an interview, the Nobel Laureate says organizations should think of decisions like any other product, and apply quality controls.

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JANUARY 2008

Peter L. Bernstein on risk

The celebrated author of Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk explores the history of risk and how it works in real-world markets and in our lives.

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NOVEMBER 2007

Act global, think local

When companies globalize, executives must anticipate the reaction at home. Norsk Hydro President and CEO Eivind Reiten explains why.

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NOVEMBER 2007

Betting on prediction markets

How companies such as Google and Best Buy gather the collected wisdom of customers and employees to better predict future events.

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NOVEMBER 2007

What's next in innovation

Management guru C.K. Prahalad examines the technique of tapping individual consumers to help develop products and create appealing experiences.

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MAY 2009

Beyond economics: Factoring politics into investment strategies

Ian Bremmer discusses how businesses can limit risk exposure to political shocks.

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NOVEMBER 2007

Business beyond oil in the Middle East

Arif Naqvi of Abraaj Capital, a Dubai-based private equity firm, explores generational change in the Middle East and its implications.

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NOVEMBER 2007

A strategy for the Gulf

Kito de Boer, a McKinsey director, examines the strategic and practical policy questions now facing oil-rich Middle East states.

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