McKinsey on Finance Podcasts
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Podcast Description
McKinsey on Finance is a quarterly publication written by experts and practitioners in McKinsey and Company's Corporate Finance practice. This publication offers readers insights into value-creating strategies and the translation of those strategies into company performance. McKinsey on Finance articles are available online at www.mckinseyquarterly.com.
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How to put your money where your strategy is | Allocating resources the same way every year creates inertia. Here’s a better way. | 4/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Choosing where to list your company | Location matter matters less than the non-financial benefits an exchange offers. | 3/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Testing the limits of diversification | It works if a company is the best owner of businesses outside its core industry. | 2/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Taking a longer-term look at M&A value creation | Companies that do many small deals can outperform their peers—if they have the right skills. But they need more than skill to succeed in large deals. | 1/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Five steps to a more effective global treasury | Demands on the corporate treasurer are changing, and many are struggling to keep up. Here’s where to start. | 11/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A bias against investment? | Companies should be investing to improve their performance and set the stage for growth. They’re not. A survey of executives suggests behavioral bias is a culprit. | 10/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Finding the courage to shrink | Spinning off businesses can have real advantages in creating value—if executives understand how. | 9/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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When big acquisitions pay off | Some are quietly creating value that doesn’t make the headlines. Here’s how. | 7/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Can Chinese companies live up to investor expectations? | In a reversal of long-term trends, Chinese companies now enjoy a valuation premium over their peers in developed markets. What’s changed? | 6/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paying back your shareholders | Successful companies inevitably face that prospect. The only real question is how. | 5/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Leasing: Changing accounting rules shouldn’t mean changing strategy | Recent proposals will mean more transparency for investors—but won’t change how companies operate and create value. | 4/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How CFOs can keep strategic decisions on track | The finance chief is often well placed to guard against common decision-making biases. | 3/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How the growth of emerging markets will strain global finance | Surging demand for capital, led by developing economies, could put upward pressure on interest rates and crowd out some investment. | 2/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The myth of smooth earnings | Many executives strive for stable earnings growth, but research shows that investors don’t worry about variability. | 2/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What's next for interest rates? | Investment in emerging market real estate and infrastructure will drive them higher. | 12/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The CEO’s guide to corporate finance | Four principles can help you make great financial decisions—even when the CFO’s not in the room. | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why Asia’s banks underperform at M&A | Why do Asian banks create less value with acquisitions than nonbank investors do? | 9/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Conversations with global leaders: The Carlyle Group's David Rubenstein | China’s role in a rebalancing global economy, the private-equity industry, and M&A. | 9/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The right way to hedge | Deciding how to hedge requires a company-wide look at costs and benefits. | 8/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Five ways CFOs can make cost cuts stick | Successes in cost cutting erode with time. Here’s how to make them last. | 7/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A singular moment for merger value? | Companies have a rare chance to re-establish acquisitions as a powerful strategic tool. | 6/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How inflation can destroy shareholder value | Executives should note that the capital markets don't expect them to deliver against longer-term analyst growth forecasts. An update of McKinsey analysis confirms that despite rules and regulations intended to improve them, equity analysts are typically still excessively optimistic. Capital markets, on the other hand, are much more reasonable in their expectations. | 5/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A lighter touch for postmerger integration | Some Asian companies take a different approach to M&A outside their borders. | 4/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Deleveraging: What policymakers and executives need to know | Several major economies are likely to face imminent deleveraging. If history is any guide, it will be a lengthy and painful process . | 2/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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M&A teams: When small is beautiful | Large M&A departments aren’t essential for making successful acquisitions. | 1/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is there a better owner for your business? | Companies must know how they add more value than other potential owners. | 12/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Risk cascades | The financial crisis provided a valuable reminder that risks gone bad in one part of the economy can set off chain reactions in areas that may seem completely unrelated. Organizations that thought they had a handle on risk management are no longer certain of their ability to anticipate the effects, both positive and negative, of events that occur throughout the business cycle. There’s no easy formula for anticipating the path of risk as it cascades through a company or an economy. But we’ve found that executives who systematically examine the way risks propagate across their value chain—including competitors, suppliers, distribution channels, and customers—can foresee and prepare for indirect threats more successfully. In this podcast recorded in October 2009, McKinsey Director Eric Lamarre discusses ways indirect risks can unexpectedly impact a company across the value chain. A related article, Risk: Seeing Around the Corners, can be found at www.mckinsey.com. | 11/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Unleashing the Chinese consumer | A more consumer-centric Chinese economy would generate more jobs, spread the benefits of growth more equitably, and even grow more rapidly. Global companies should take note. | 10/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Measuring what matters in CSR programs | When McKinsey consultant Sheila Bonini examined in 2007 how mainstream investors viewed corporate social responsibility programs, she found a critical shortcoming: companies typically measure only their environmental, social, or governance impact—not their financial impact, which may be significant. In this August 2009 interview with McKinsey on Finance editor Dennis Swinford, Ms. Bonini describes her research and explains how a financial evaluation offers investors a clearer, more complete picture of a company’s overall performance and helps the company to prioritize its programs and to ameliorate deep-seated social and environmental challenges. Copyright ©2009 McKinsey&Company. All rights reserved. | 8/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The future of private equity | These funds face a credit-constrained world; they must adapt to thrive. | 7/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Just-in-time budgeting for a volatile economy | A volatile economy makes traditional budgets obsolete before they’re even completed. Here’s how companies can adapt more quickly. | 6/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Taking stock: Ten years after the Asian financial crisis | This article is adapted from a speech given by the author in the summer of 2007 at a conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. The text of this recording can be found at www.mckinseyquarterly.com. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is the M&A boom over? | Our data finds that reports of the demise of the M&A boom may be greatly exaggerated. But to keep it going, companies must work even harder to ensure that deals create value. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The new role of oil wealth in the world economy | Regulators may worry when Arab investors acquire stakes in western companies, yet vast reserves of petrodollars have kept down interest rates and buoyed financial assets. What's the broader effect of the surge in petrodollars? | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How to improve strategic planning | It can be a frustrating exercise, but there are ways to increase its value. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Market fundamentals: 2000 versus 2007 | When the S&P 500 stretched above 1,500 in May 2007, it returned to levels not seen since the tech bubble in 2000. While it has since subsided, at this writing it is still quite strong. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How to choose between growth and ROIC | Investors reward high-performing companies that shift their strategic focus prudently — even if that means lower returns or slower growth. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The granularity of growth | A fine-grained approach to growth is essential for making the right choices about where to compete. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The state of the corporate board, 2007: A McKinsey Global Survey | Corporate directors want more information about their companies and industries, and they say that investments by private-equity firms improve governance. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Quiet revolution in China’s capital markets | Reforms that attracted little attention in the Western world mark a major step forward in the modernization of China’s capital markets. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Preempting a hostile takeover | Companies that stick to valuation basics can preemptively capture any value that would make them attractive for takeover bids. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living with the limitations of success | Once companies reach a certain size, setting realistic performance aspirations gets a bit trickier. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Getting more out of offshoring the finance function | Companies aren’t getting the most out of their offshoring programs. Key design changes would help. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The new dynamics of managing the corporate portfolio | As investors demand that companies actively manage their business portfolios, executives must increasingly balance investment opportunities against the capital that’s available to finance them. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Preparing for the next downturn | In a buoyant economy, the next recession seems far off. But managers who prepare during good times can improve their companies’ chances to endure—or thrive in—the eventual downturn. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The truth about growth and value stocks | Investors and fund managers build entire portfolios around the premise that growth stocks grow faster than value stocks. The problem is that they don’t. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why accounting rules shouldn’t drive strategy | When changes in accounting rules provide no new information, they don’t register with investors. Nor should they lead managers to shift focus. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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When should CFOs take the helm? | CFOs can bring much-needed skills to the CEO role, but the career path isn’t always a direct one. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Successful mergers start at the top | A cohesive top-management team is essential for integrating acquisitions successfully. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Shaping strategy from the boardroom | As companies turn their attention from compliance to growth and innovation, boards must focus on strategy. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Making capital structure support strategy | A company’s ratio of debt to equity should support its business strategy, not help it pursue tax breaks. Here’s how to get the balance right. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A long-term look at ROIC | Finance theory isn’t enough when companies set their expectations for reasonable returns on invested capital. A long-term analysis of market and industry trends can help. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Are companies getting better at M&A? | The latest boom in merger activity appears to be creating more value for the shareholders of the acquiring companies. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Capital discipline for Big Oil | The oil and gas industry has a history of over investing at the top of a cycle. This time it should break the habit. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How to make M&A work in China | The conditions are right for China’s nascent M&A market to flourish. Companies should try a new approach to deal making. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Do fundamentals—or emotions—drive the stock market? | Emotions can drive market behavior in a few short-lived situations. But fundamentals still rule. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Measuring long-term performance | Earnings per share and share prices aren’t the whole story—particularly in the medium and long term. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The irrational component of your stock price | In the short term, emotions influence market pricing. A simple model explains short-term deviations from fundamentals. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Measuring stock market performance | TRS doesn’t reflect a company’s performance or health. What does? | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Building the healthy corporation | It is difficult—but vital—for managers to strike a balance between the short and long terms. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Habits of the busiest acquirers | M&A executives at the most successful US companies understand not only how acquisitions create value but also how to enlist the support of the organization. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Does scale matter to capital markets? | Simply getting bigger won't produce a higher valuation multiple. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The right passage to India | Companies attracted to the country’s potential must do more than merely transplant products and systems that have succeeded elsewhere. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The misguided practice of earnings guidance | Companies provide earnings guidance with a variety of expectations and most of them don't hold up. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reducing the risks of early merger discussions | Used early in negotiations, a third-party clean team can help companies assess a deal and protect sensitive data. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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All P/Es are not created equal | High price-to-earnings ratios are about more than growth. Understanding the ingredients that go into a strong multiple can help executives make the most of this strategic tool. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How to escape the short-term trap | Markets may expect solid performance over the short term, but they also value sustained performance over the long term. How can companies manage both time frames? | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Learning to let go: Making better exit decisions | Psychological biases can make it difficult to get out of an ailing business. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Toward a leaner finance department | Borrowing key principles from lean manufacturing can help the finance function to eliminate waste. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Smoothing postmerger integration | It takes less time than you think for a clean team to make valuable contributions to the integration of businesses. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The value of share buybacks | Companies shouldn't confuse the value created by returning cash to shareholders with the value created by actual operational improvements. After all, the market doesn't. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The crisis: Timing strategic moves | Timing is key as companies weigh whether to make strategic investments now or wait for clear signs of recovery. The authors of this month’s podcast analyzed various scenarios of recovery to expose the risks of moving too quickly or slowly. | 4/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Financial crises, past and present | Past financial crises had very different effects on the real economy. Though the lessons of the past don’t give much cause for optimism, they do provide hints on how companies should prepare this time around. | 3/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The CFO’s role in navigating the downturn | Companies—and their CFOs—may have to adapt more radically to the downturn than they now expect. | 3/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mapping decline and recovery across sectors | Different sectors enter and emerge from downturns at different times. A look at past recessions suggests how some industries may fare. | 2/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why the crisis hasn’t shaken the cost of capital | The cost of capital hasn’t increased so far in the downturn—and didn’t in past recessions. | 12/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How climate change could affect corporate valuations | Efforts to lower carbon emissions will affect different industries differently, depending on the level of carbon reduction required, industry responses to emerging technologies, changing customer behaviors, and regulation, and individual company current positioning and ability to respond. Executives should take steps immediately in order to be competitive in a low-carbon future. | 11/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Preparing for the next downturn | In our April 2007 podcast, Preparing for the next downturn, the authors looked at what capabilities and strategies enabled companies to endure—and even thrive—in past downturns.The text of this recording can be found at www.mckinseyquarterly.com. | 10/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Preparing for a slump in earnings | In our April 2008 podcast, Preparing for a slump in earnings, the authors observed that historic trends suggest earnings may fall more than most executives expect. Companies should prepare for steeper declines and take steps to strengthen their positions when times improve. The text of this recording can be found at www.mckinseyquarterly.com. | 10/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A better way to understand TRS | Traditional methods of analyzing TRS are flawed. There’s a better way. | 9/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Managing capital projects: Lessons from Asia | Some Asian companies are better at executing capital projects than are rivals elsewhere. What lessons can others learn from them? | 8/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Organizing for value | The division structure can mask big differences in the performance of smaller units. A finer-grained approach can better show where value comes from. | 7/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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China's track record in M&A | China’s companies are expanding the focus of their outbound M&A, but so far they have struggled to create value. | 6/23/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Communicating with the right investors | Communicating with investors can take up a lot of an executive’s time. In our May 2008 podcast, the authors observe that executives spend too much time talking with those who don’t matter—and offer a prescription for identifying those who do. The text of this recording can be found at www.mckinseyquarterly.com. | 5/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Preparing for a slump in earnings | In our April 2008 podcast, Preparing for a slump in earnings, the authors observe that historic trends suggest earnings may fall more than most executives expect. Companies should prepare for steeper declines and take steps to strengthen their positions when times improve. The text of this recording can be found at www.mckinseyquarterly.com. | 4/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Running a winning M&A shop | The authors argue that picking up the pace of M&A requires big changes in a company’s processes and organization—even if the deals are smaller. The text of this recording can be found at www.mckinseyquarterly.com. | 3/23/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 86 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
It could be much better
The content is good, but the format consists of articles read out loud without much Energy or intonation making it a bit boring to listen to...
Great
Great resource for learning specially if you are in a business major :)
Great Content.
I agree with earlier reviewers: the content is really second to none. Particularly, in the field of corporate finance. However, the format and presentation could be improved. Despite this, as mentioned, the content is absolutely A-1. As the host and producer of CEO TALK RADIO and CFO TALK RADIO, I have gained a lot of insight from several programs, including Harvard Business Review's IdeaCast, Knowledge@Wharton, and McKinsey Quarterly Audio. I recommend all very highly. Thanks to McKinsey Quarterly for some fantastic content!!
