Reports & Studies Archives
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| Boosting the Bottom Line Through Improved Trade Promotion Effectiveness Many consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers are so focused on generating additional volume that the overall efficiency of their trade spend investment is low. |
| Smart Customization - Profitable Growth Through Tailored Business Streams The striking customer popularity and financial success of Southwest Airlines, Nucor Steel, and Commerce Bank has led many to proclaim that focus is the only viable approach to fending off competitors and achieving above-average shareholder returns. We disagree. At some point in a firm's evolution, its focused market — whether premised on geography, product, service, or segment — must inevitably become saturated. |
| Business Process Offshoring - Making the Right Decision Offshoring business processes can offer companies across a range of industries the opportunity to lower costs by 40% or more. Still, offshoring is not for every firm — and certainly not for every business process. |
| R&D Spending in the German Automotive Industry Study identifies need to improve how the German automotive industry investments in R&D. |
| Financial Analysts Rate Capital Market Communications in Europe European companies receive a failing grade from analysts for their capital market communications. |
| Telecom Industry Steps Up Reliance on Outsourcing 75% of telecom executives consider outsourcing a key business lever — many companies now outsource "core" network-related activities. |
| Optimizing Internal Demand - Third-Generation Service Delivery In recent years, as top-line growth has stalled, companies have had to get creative about cost reduction. |
| Management Spans and Layers - Streamlining the Out-of-Shape Organization Do you recognize the hourglass organization? |
| Managing Customization Complexity in Service Companies The conundrum of growth for today's service companies is that it comes at great cost — the cost of complexity. |
| A New Take on Business Process Redesign As the economy shows signs of a turnaround, corporations are directing their focus to capturing growth in the upturn. |
| How Corporate Values Translate Into Value at the Bottom Line In an era of corporate scandals, study reveals economic payoff of corporate values and governance. |
| New Public/Private Partnerships Needed to Fight HIV/AIDS Strategic simulation provided an unprecedented forum for the generation of ideas on accelerating the business response to HIV/ AIDS in India. |
| Multi-Branding Strategies in the German Automotive Market Dealers say that the opportunities from multi-branding outweigh the risks and could result in an increase in net profitability ranging from 0.5 to 2.0% or greater. |
| The Cost of Medical Technologies - Maximizing the Value of Innovation Innovation is a fundamental driver of progress that improves the quality of lives. This is true across a broad range of fields, none more so than medical technology. |
| Strategies for German Retail Banking Study reveals what retail banks must do to profit from the ongoing consolidation of the German banking market. |
| CEO Revolving Door Means Australian Corporate Chiefs Get Less Time to Act CEO turnover in Australia is higher than in Europe and North America. |
| Business Process Outsourcing and Offshoring Faced with mounting pressures to improve business performance, most major corporations have already assessed their internal services and employed a series of cost reduction strategies. |
| Implementing the Customer-Centric Bank — The Rebirth of the Forgotten Branch Up to 90% of customer relationships are formed — and lost — in branches. |
| "Please Wait for the Next Available Agent..." — The New Frontier in Service Delivery More products and services. Expanded delivery channels. Greater customer demands and expectations. For today's service companies or service departments, these conditions define business as usual. |
| Getting IT Right - An Approach to Managing IT Complexity Growing complexity in information systems poses a significant challenge to senior managers. |
| The Customer-Centric Bank Debunking the myth that cross-sell equals customer-centric. |
| Natural Gas: A Growing Component of the MENA Energy Pie The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) markets today offer opportunities along the entire value chain. |
| The Future of Brazil's Chemical Industry Study outlines recommendations to reduce the industry's trade deficit and bolster its international competitiveness. |
| CEO COM LINKSM Wargame: Improving Response and Recovery Rapidly linking the public and private sectors during a crisis can dramatically improve collaboration and effectiveness in enhancing homeland security. |
| European Private Banks Fail to Meet Clients' Service Expectations Fundamental factors inhibit private banks from delivering high quality service. |
| Beyond the Boardroom: The CEO Governance Agenda Corporate governance, in its broadest sense, is the integration of leadership and organization at all levels of a company. |
| Realizing the Smart Card Promise Study explores smart card driven opportunities across information-based service businesses. |
| IT in the Middle East: The CEO Agenda Study outlines strategy for Middle Eastern companies to exploit IT to shape their business strategies. |
| Asset Management - Winning Through Focus Against the backdrop of the extended bear market, fund companies are facing major new challenges. |
| Electronics Manufacturing in Emerging Markets Will See Five-Year Growth of $60 Billion by 2005 China expected to capture 77% of developing world production increase — its share of global production will exceed Western Europe. |
| Driving Demand Management for Internal Services Faced with stagnant growth and increased competitive pressures, companies in many industries are reexamining their cost structures to extract further savings and sustain adequate margins. |
| Telecommunications Service Providers: A New Operating Model Study says operating models of the industry's leading players have not transformed along with the marketplace. |
| A New Operating Model for Telcos: The Customer-centric Organization Conceptualizing a new operating model for telecommunications carriers is one thing — designing and implementing it is another. |
| Shining the Light on Shadow Staff: Understanding and Minimizing Hidden Staff Costs Peer into the hallways of any business unit, and you will likely find "shadow staff," people performing tasks that duplicate those performed elsewhere in the organization, typically by corporate functions (e.g., HR, finance, IT). |
| Delivering Real Solutions in High Tech: The Criticality of Interoperability Buyers of high technology infrastructure are increasingly demanding end-to-end solutions from their vendors. This makes it critical for vendors to have robust Solution Interoperability Testing (SIT) programs in place. |
| The Future of the Global Mobile Entertainment Market Study identifies the opportunities and threats facing companies throughout the mobile entertainment industry. |
| Risk Is Reality Recent events have provided dramatic evidence that risk is reality. Booz Allen Hamilton can help Boards of Directors and CEOs manage that risk. Email us at global_assurance@bah.com. |
| Closing the Digital Divide in the Arab World Study examines the challenges facing the Arab world in effectively developing and leveraging information and communication technology. |
| Study Examines Value Chain Unbundling Trend Booz Allen reveals an increasing trend towards unbundling in the European power and gas industry. |
| The New CFO Agenda - Setting the Pace for Value Generation Today's CFO is taking on greater accountability and authority. |
| Port Security War Game - Implications for U.S. Supply Chains A strategic simulation of a terror attack designed to assess the vulnerability of America's cargo transportation system and supply chains found that such an attack could cripple global trade and have a devastating impact on the nation's economy. |
| Study Reveals Trends in Corporate Wireless Purchasing Booz Allen-Bear Stearns study sheds light on U.S. wireless purchasing behavior and usage trends in the corporate market. |
| When Everyone Agrees, But Nothing Changes Study explores aligning people, incentives, and knowledge to overcome organizational inertia. |
| The View From the Top - Rethinking the Roles of Senior Management Encouraging and facilitating the "right" amount and type of senior management interaction is a constant challenge. |
