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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business

Robo-advisors, which were introduced in 2008 , are steadily eating up market share from their human counterparts much the way that Amazon and Netflix have taken share from Walmart and Regal Cinemas. 7 trillion by the year 2025 from about U.S.$300 7 trillion by the year 2025 from about U.S.$300 will grow to U.S. $5

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Finally, Proof That Managing for the Long Term Pays Off

Harvard Business

To help provide a better factual base for this debate, MGI, working with McKinsey colleagues from our Strategy & Corporate Finance practice as well as the team at FCLT Global, began last fall to devise a way to systemically measure short-termism and long-termism at the company level. for all other companies. Where Do We Go from Here?

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If the U.S. Gets into a Trade War with the EU, It Will Lose an Ally in Pressuring China

Harvard Business

SOEs receive preferential access to land, finance, telecom, hydrocarbons, and electricity. Instead, particularly after the 2008 financial crisis, China has expanded central planning ; 100,000 SOEs have been the principal engine of that expansion. Moreover, MADE IN CHINA 2025 is only the first of three phases. The growth of SOEs.