In a fast-changing world, CEOs need to build or strengthen their companies’ capabilities to win, and they must do so in an enduring way. This means creating an enabled organization, where the right people are supported by the right organizational structure, processes, and tools.

Achieving growth is easy for some companies but hard for most. What distinguishes those companies that grow in the face of competition and stagnant markets? Lessons from BCG’s study of “uphill growers” point the way.

The principles of time-based competition, a concept introduced by BCG in a series of Perspectives in the late 1980s, still hold. But to succeed in today’s rapidly evolving business environment, companies must combine speed with adaptiveness.

Most companies will wait until a crisis point to embark on a transformation initiative. To thrive in today’s business environment, however, companies must orient themselves toward ongoing preemptive transformation.

The world’s largest marketers have ramped up investments in rapidly developing economies, but they face risks: most have only a modest ability to track results or optimize return on investment there. This article identifies five practical steps that marketers can take to build nimble return-on-investment capabilities and jump-start their effectiveness.

Business has discovered that big data can generate big value. But big data’s transformative power in both the digital and physical realms will go largely unrealized unless it’s complemented by speed. Fast data is the added element that unleashes the value-creating potential of big (and small) data.

The relationship between private-equity firms and the CEOs of portfolio companies is central to the success of PE investments. Why, then, does that partnership break down? In this report, PE professionals and CEOs describe the missteps that can sink the relationship and how to forge a productive, value-creating alliance.

Not long ago, all the emerging markets seemed to be booming. Now economic slowdowns and volatility are simultaneously sweeping nations like India, Brazil, South Africa, Turkey, and Mexico. Is it time to fundamentally question the importance of these markets? No, but it is time to look at them through a new lens.

In an era of increased market turbulence, companies face growing pressure to reinvent their businesses. But many transformation efforts fail to deliver long-term growth and lasting competitive advantage. BCG has identified the key factors that lead to successful transformations—and the common traps that characterize failures.

A good brainstorming session isn’t something that you jump into—it’s something you design. To really drive ideation, leaders need to shape new “boxes” within which their teams can brainstorm freely and productively. Here are five suggestions to help your team generate better ideas.