Gender parity: Not a corporate priority
Harvard Business Publishing: The Daily Stat 3/25/2010
by Bain Global Strategy practice
Just one in four businesspeople in a worldwide survey say their companies' leaders consider gender parity a priority issue. That might be one reason why the survey, conducted by Bain & Company in association with Harvard Business Review, also shows that women continue to disappear from all rungs of the corporate ladder.
Start filling your talent gap-now
Business Strategy Review 3/20/2010
by Alan Bird, Lori Flees and Paul DiPaola
Every CEO worries about having enough talent, but most are frustrated by the time and effort it takes to kick-start the talent machine. The most effective CEOs today not only recognize that it's important to find, develop and deploy the best people, they also take personal responsibility for making it happen.
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A dramatic decline for leveraged buyouts
Harvard Business Publishing: The Daily Stat 3/18/2010
by Bain's Global Private Equity practice
A 96% drop. That's how much the total value of U.S. leveraged buyouts declined from its cyclical peak in 2007 through the end of 2009 as the credit meltdown cut off debt financing, which fuels many mergers and acquisitions, including private equity investments. Though deal activity is showing signs of recovery, credit markets will remain under pressure over the next three to five years, according to Bain & Company.
What health insurers can do now to cut costs
Forbes.com 3/12/2010
by Phyllis Yale and Joshua Weisbrod
Rising health care costs are driving up premiums so fast they could almost double for the average family by 2020. Insurers need to make progress on cutting costs--and they can do so by following the lead of what some large businesses already do: motivate people to stay healthy.
Keep luxury goods consumers from shopping abroad
Forbes China 3/10/2010
by Bruno Lannes and Xuan Wang
After two years of plunging sales, the battered global luxury goods market is poised to start rebounding in 2010. However, a full recovery will not take hold until the following year. When growth does return, it will be due in part to increasing demand by consumers in the emerging markets of Asia, with China leading the way.
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