Bain Classics

Timeless insights about the complex business issues that companies face in a changing market. 

Go-to-Market Strategy
Is Your Sales Organization Ready for a Recession?

A winning plan will help companies prosper when the economy turns down.

Etude29 juillet 2022
Organisation
Three Ways Companies Make Work Purposeful

Retaining employees starts with keeping them engaged.

HBR.org20 juillet 2022
Organisation
There Are Two Ways to Manage Organizational Change: One Is Easy, the Other Is Better

Today’s challenges are forcing leaders to rethink their approach to change management.

Infographic4 avril 2022
Opérations
Getting Business Resilience Right

Five myths stand in the way of allowing a company to hedge against, absorb and recover from the inevitable shocks to its system.

Etude7 janvier 2021
Stratégie
What Gets in the Way of Great Strategy?

Seven common pitfalls trip up leadership teams.

Etude5 octobre 2018
Stratégie
The Firm of the Future

We're beginning to see what the next generation of successful companies will look like.

Etude12 avril 2017
Bain Classic
Distribution
Embracing Agile

Agile methodologies, which helped revolutionize IT, are spreading across a broad range of industries and functions.

Harvard Business Review30 avril 2016

Explore Bain’s proprietary data, expert analysis and provocative points of view

Bain Classic
Stratégie
Reigniting Growth

Three qualities can help any company restart its growth engine by removing gunk and complexity that has built up over the years.

HBR.org1 mars 2016
Bain Classic
Technologie
Anatomy of a Digital Forerunner

Five key characteristics of the companies that combine scale with digital agility.

Etude9 décembre 2015
Bain Classic
Technologies de l'information
Rebooting IT: What Separates Digital Leaders from the Rest

To meet rising customer demands and capture fast-moving opportunities, most organizations will need to completely change the way IT works.

Etude10 juin 2015
Services Financiers
Cutting through the Complexity of Compliance

A clean-sheet approach allows the compliance function to improve decision making and manage risk.

Etude13 mai 2015
Bain Classic
Fusions et Acquisitions
Breaking Out of the No-Growth Trap

Many companies are holding on to their cash or returning it to shareholders when they could be investing in growth.

Etude10 décembre 2014
Bain Classic
Stratégie
The Journey North

Why are so many fast-growing, disruptive companies able to run circles around larger, slower multinationals?

Etude3 décembre 2014
Bain Classic
Organisation
How to Be a Better Boss

Coaching your team to make and execute critical decisions leads to higher productivity and engagement.

Etude20 octobre 2014
Bain Classic
Stratégie
Digital-physical mashups

As the digital revolution progresses, companies must fuse their digital and physical worlds.

Harvard Business Review1 septembre 2014
Bain Classic
Distribution
Leading a Digical® Transformation

The big change taking place in business today is the combination of digital and physical elements to create wholly new sources of value.

Etude11 juin 2014
Bain Classic
Operating Model & Org Design
Your Scarcest Resource

Time is money, but few organizations treat it that way.

Harvard Business Review15 avril 2014
Bain Classic
Accelerated Performance Transformation
Choreographing a Full Potential Transformation

Altering a company’s trajectory with game-changing results.

Etude9 avril 2014
Bain Classic
Technologie
Is Your Company Ready for the Internet of Things?

The rise of machine-to-machine computing could generate as much as $1.4 trillion investment by 2017.

Etude5 février 2014
Bain Classic
Organisation
The defining elements of a winning culture

Culture is the glue that binds an organization together and it's the hardest thing for competitors to copy. As a result, it can be a lasting source of competitive advantage.

HBR.org19 décembre 2013
Bain Classic
Advanced Analytics
Big Data: The Organizational Challenge

If you don't know who (and where) your chief analytics officer is, you may already be behind the curve.

Etude11 septembre 2013
Bain Classic
Fusions et Acquisitions
How the best divest

The best companies manage their divestiture portfolios in a disciplined manner, following four straightforward rules.

Video13 juin 2013
Bain Classic
M&A Due Diligence
The renaissance in mergers and acquisitions: How to make your deals successful

Experienced acquirers know how to recognize good deals—and how to build up a repeatable M&A capability.

Etude8 mai 2013
Bain Classic
Conduite du Changement
Results Delivery: Managing the highs and lows of change

Major change initiatives provoke wild mood swings, which cloud people’s judgment and lead to bad decisions. Companies that have mastered change know how to anticipate those swings and counter the serious risks they create.

Etude8 mai 2013
Bain Classic
Stratégie
Founder's Mentality®: The Path to Scale Insurgency

How fast-growing companies can capture the benefits of scale and scope by maintaining a Founder's Mentality®.

Etude3 mai 2013
Bain Classic
Stratégie Client et Marketing
The keys to effective learning

Net Promoter System empowers employees by teaching them the skills they need to generate loyalty and enthusiasm among customers.

Etude26 mars 2013
Bain Classic
M&A Due Diligence
The renaissance in mergers and acquisitions: The surprising lessons of the 2000s

In the first decade of this century, many companies used M&A to deliver superior shareholder returns.

Etude16 janvier 2013
Bain Classic
A world awash in money

Capital trends through 2020.

Rapport14 novembre 2012
Bain Classic
Net Promoter System®
From feedback to action

The tight link between feedback and action is a key design element of Net Promoter System. The systems provide different kinds of feedback, and they encourage action at multiple levels of the organization.

Etude21 septembre 2012
Bain Classic
Amélioration de la Performance
The focused company

Unnecessary complexity cripples companies. But some have learned to root it out wherever it crops up.

Etude28 juin 2012
Organisation
Measuring decision effectiveness

Good, fast decision making and execution produce good financial results.

Etude5 juin 2012
Bain Classic
Stratégie
Bringing Your Strategy to the Front Line

If you can make your company's routine behaviors mirror your strategy, you can transform your business.

HBR.org24 janvier 2012
Bain Classic
Service Operations
Using employee segmentation to bring out the best in your workforce

Employees, like customers, respond positively to offers customized to their needs and preferences.

Article12 août 2011
Bain Classic
Operating Model & Org Design
The decision-driven organization

Forget the org chart—the secret is to focus on decisions, not structure.

Harvard Business Review1 juin 2010
Bain Classic
Amélioration de la Performance
Right-sizing the balance sheet

The benefits of a tightly managed balance sheet outweigh the benefits of cost cutting.

Etude10 mai 2010
Bain Classic
Stratégie
Mining Hidden Gems Often Pays Dividends

Nine out of ten companies find the secret to renewal is already within their walls.

The Financial Times11 juin 2007
Bain Classic
Stratégie
Finding Your Next Core Business

How to know when your core business must change—and what to do next.

Harvard Business Review1 avril 2007
Bain Classic
Grande Consommation
Turning your consumers into die-hard fans

Most senior executives at consumer products companies can say with complete conviction that their business strategy is entirely focused on the consumer.

Etude30 janvier 2007
Bain Classic
Operating Model & Org Design
Building a winning culture

A company's key to success is in its heart and soul.

Etude25 août 2006
Bain Classic
Stratégie
Growth Outside the Core

Seeking growth? Expand your core businesses into related markets. Then repeat.

Harvard Business Review1 décembre 2003

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