BCG Report -- Head, Heart and Hands: the qualities of a leader
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) conducted in autumn 2020 a study in 4 European countries (France, Spain, United Kingdom and Germany) among 4,000 professionals, with the aim of understanding which were the most valued characteristics in current leaders. The study revealed that consideration, empathy and listening are the most appreciated qualities in a good leader cited by [...]
BCG report -- The growing demand for female digital talent
The demand for digital talent is currently very high and growing rapidly, so much so that companies are embarking on a desperate race to recruit the best talent. However, they are missing a great opportunity by not reaching women more effectively. Women make up 36% of university graduates in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics [...]
BCG Report -- The growing demand for female digital talent
The demand for digital talent is currently very high, and is growing rapidly, so much so that companies are embarking on a desperate race to recruit the best talent. However, they are missing a great opportunity by not reaching women more effectively. Women make up 36% of college graduates in the science, technology, engineering and [...]
BCG Report -- The amazing value of forests
The current value of the world's forests ranges from $50 to $150 billion, the most important component of which is their role in regulating the climate. However, a new report by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), The Staggering Value of Forests-And How to Save Them, reveals that a number of threats, especially land use change and [...]
BCG Report -- 65% of Spanish freelancers believe that the health emergency will bring them more projects
Six out of ten Spanish freelancers believe that the health emergency could be an opportunity for them, by increasing the number of projects in their sectors in both the short and long term. This confidence has its origin, among other reasons, in the increase of projects related to digital transformation, the general paralysis of contracting [...]
BCG Report -- Women are key to new ways of working and leading
Today's business environment demands new ways of working and leading, and, especially at this time, companies need leaders who focus all their attention on people, who are empathetic and who are committed to communication, collaboration and teamwork. These skills have become increasingly important in recent years, but the COVID-19 pandemic (along with the economic crisis [...]
The financial industry takes on the transformation of the business after COVID-19
In its second analysis of the transformation of the banking business brought about by COVID-19, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) focuses on the impact on business profitability in a group of banks in the US and Europe, and the client's vision of the new dynamic of relationship with his entity that will bring about the new [...]
Spanish consumers will change their consumption habits in the new normality
One third of the market is at stake: shift from out-of-home consumption to retailers, shift between channels, brands and products New patterns of food consumption that will mark the transition to the new normality: greater consumption in the home, the search for price and value and the growth of e-commerce In this context, the winners will be [...]
Increasing the number of women entrepreneurs would grow the world economy by $5 trillion
An article published by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) states that, if there were the same number of women and men entrepreneurs, the world's GDP could grow by approximately 3% to 6%, which would represent between 2,500 and 5,000 billion dollars to the international economy. However, women entrepreneurs still need the support of various groups [....]
Why Data Science degrees are unattractive for STEM students?
According to the Boston Consulting Group and BCG GAMMA report «What's Keeping Women out of Data Science?«, almost 50% of STEM students believe that data science is excessively theoretical and that work in companies in this discipline still has little impact. Furthermore, there is a feeling that data science is more competitive than other fields. [...]
Coronavirus: status, risks and implications
The latest update on Covid-2019, also know as Wuhan's Coronavirus, informs that although deaths are still increasing, these are doing so at a slower rate than in previous weeks. However, we are faced with a cyclical risk in that we do not know when the pandemic will end. It also represents a financial risk because [...]
Acting to Combat Climate Change is More Cost-Effective Than Inaction
Boston Consulting Group's new Center for Climate Action, in a recently published report determines that, in terms of climate change, the cost of inaction far outweighs the investment needed to combat it. Ignoring the problem comes at a very high price, estimated at a reduction in global GDP per capita of 30%, if not more, [...]