Insights and Ideas

Knowledge development is a critical element of our practice as it enhances the quality and depth of our advice to clients. By conducting ongoing research on a wide spectrum of functional and industry issues we enrich our knowledge base and understanding of our clients’ major business challenges.

To gain broader insight and value from our research efforts, we team up with academic institutions, experts and faculty from the best schools. That allows us to combine our practitioner perspectives with the latest developments in academic business thinking.

Our research interests concentrate on our areas of expertise and potential adjacent areas we aim to incorporate to our practice. In addition, we deepen our industry knowledge by conducting sector-specific research.

The most relevant findings of our research are presented in articles and research briefs, issued in management, business and scholarly publications. Please click on the links below to see our selection of articles, presentations and research briefs:

• Governance dynamics in a multi-stakeholder network: The case of Nespresso AAA Sustainable Quality Program, September 2008
• Strategically engaging your organization: challenging your ambition, IMD Perspectives, April 2008
• Market Intelligence as a key to boost export competitiveness, Concept Paper and Action Guide, April 2008
• Sustainability and Quality: The creation and operation of multi-stakeholder networks in ethical supply chains, September 2007
• Unlocking value at the bottom of the pyramid markets, February 2007
• “Competitiveness through Export Clustering: Strategic Considerations” a publication with International Trade Center, UNIDO and Tirupur’s Exporter Association, March 2005
• “When Strategy is not a Luxury: Keeping the Balance in the New Luxury Market” in the strategy publication The Critical Eye in September 2004.
• “Switzerland: Searching an Edge on Hedge Funds”, appeared in Institutional Investor Magazine in March 2004.