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US Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum: Analyzing the Impacts | BCG
21 Feb 2025
A new BCG analysis estimates new tariffs will increase US steel and aluminum import costs by $22 billion. Read to learn more.
Raising the Bar in Industrial Goods Pricing | BCG
21 Feb 2025
According to our 2024 Pricing Maturity Assessment, few industrial goods firms invest enough in pricing to sustain above-average revenue and profit growth.
Gros Revenus, Grande Anxiété : Sous Pression
20 Feb 2025
Un segment de consommateurs crucial, les Gros Revenus Insécures, est sous pression et se méfie de plus en plus des entreprises. Les reconquérir exige de les rejoindre là où ils en sont – et de leur offrir une valeur tangible.
Insecure High Earners: Feeling the Pressure | BCG
20 Feb 2025
A critical consumer segment, The Squeezed-Out Middle, is under strain and increasingly distrustful of business. Winning them back requires meeting them where they are – and delivering tangible value.
Winning Approach to Segmenting Pharmaceutical Markets | BCG
20 Feb 2025
Demand-centric growth is a data-driven method helping brand marketers find top growth opportunities. In biopharma, its use can unlock significant value.
Annual Oil & Gas Benchmarking Study | BCG
20 Feb 2025
BCG research shows oil and gas companies can build low-carbon businesses by adopting strategies to overcome challenges and drive sustainable growth. Learn more.
How Governments Can Navigate Green Industrial Policies | BCG
19 Feb 2025
Governments are embracing green industrial policies and making public investments. Learn about the three steps they can take to successfully navigate tradeoffs.
Delivering the Energy Transition | BCG
19 Feb 2025
Electricity grid companies are undertaking a rare, large-scale effort to build infrastructure for clean, secure, and affordable energy. Read on to learn more.
The CIO’s Role in AI Transformation and Productivity | BCG
19 Feb 2025
By leading the charge on GenAI, CIOs can boost productivity within the tech function and also help spark a true AI transformation in the larger organization.
Patent Cliff Threatens Biopharmaceutical Revenue | BCG
18 Feb 2025
The biopharmaceutical industry’s ability to unlock the next wave of innovation and to continue its strong record of shareholder returns is at risk.
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Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention
By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.
Company story – Cunard Line
By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024
The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.
Samuel Slater – textile tycoon or traitor?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Dec 2023
Samuel Slater is a name that holds significant importance in the annals of American industrial history. Often referred to as the ‘Father of the American Factory System’, Slater's contributions played a pivotal role in shaping the nation’s industrial landscape.
Underwood Typewriter Company – an icon of the past
By Kiron Kasbekar | 21 Dec 2023
You’ve probably never heard of Underwood typewriters. For the company folded up in 1963 – 60 years ago. You may not even have seen and handled a typewriter, unless someone in your family owned one.
The rise and fall of Chrysler
By Kiron Kasbekar | 16 Dec 2023
A century ago, the American automobile industry was more crowded than a vegetable market on a Sunday morning, with such a wide variety of stuff on sale that buyers were spoilt for choice. Buyers could pick and choose, bargain, pay up and drive out with the newly purchased vehicle.
TRW – the tide turned
By Kiron Kasbekar | 13 Dec 2023
There used to be an American company called Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. This company, which was a global supplier of automotive systems, modules, and components to car and truck manufacturers, started small, as most companies do. Then, as the automotive industry grew bigger, so did TRW.
The rise and fall of Nokia
By Aniket Gupta | 07 Dec 2023
My interest is stories about dominant companies that failed all of a sudden. These companies were once etched into people’s minds but have since become a symbol of nostalgia. One such company, which was the biggest in its industry before it failed catastrophically, is Nokia.
Yahoo!: The first king of the internet
By Aniket Gupta | 01 Dec 2023
The year is 1994. You go to the internet to search for a particular website, but there is no Google that could be used to search your desired website. What do you do? The answer is that you use Yahoo.
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