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The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm and the world's leading advisor on business strategy. We partner with clients in all sectors and regions to identify their highest-value opportunities, address their most critical challenges, and transform their businesses.More
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Integrity, respect for the individual, delivering value, and making an impact on society are just some of our core values. Our commitment to both our clients' success and our own standards is what sets BCG apart as a world-class professional services organization.More
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BCG does not believe in standard industry answers. We know that custom solutions yield the greatest competitive advantage and value for our clients. We ground each solution in how our client’s organization actually works and in the client’s unique position in the marketplace.More
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Our 4,500 consultants come from a wide variety of exceptional backgrounds. They hold diplomas in all disciplines, from business administration and economics to biochemistry, engineering, psychology, classics, and law. More
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Growth-Share Matrix
Over the past four decades, BCG's growth-share matrix has become the standard approach to capital allocation in multisector, multisegment companies. "Stars," "dogs," "cash cows," and "question marks" have become firmly embedded in the language of business. View PDF The Experience Curve
The experience curve grew out of work BCG did in the 1960s for a major manufacturer of semiconductors. It would become a conceptual cornerstone in the understanding of both the role market share plays in establishing competitive advantage, and the importance of asset allocation in portfolio management. View PDF Time-Based Competition
Time is the secret weapon of business. Our concept of time-based competition represented a new paradigm in strategic thinking and business practice. No successful organization has since been able to ignore the fact that speed often matters as much as direction. View PDF