Our publications: Bain Insights
Bain Insights: Showcasing our thought leadership, from the classics of business literature to our latest industry and capability points of view.
At Bain, we take pride in developing insights that companies around the world can act on. Ideas that generate results.
Bain is home to many of the business world’s best known thought leaders, and working at Bain means working with them, putting their ideas into practice for your clients or even helping build the foundations of new thought leadership.
Bain Insights includes hundreds of publications that Bain authors produce every year, including Bain-authored books and articles in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Business Week and other top-tier publications around the world. Reflecting our integrated approach to strategy consulting, Bain Insights includes specific, deep industry briefs, innovative capability briefs and integrated works that demonstrate how our capabilities are applied in different industries.
In addition, our Business Insights section highlights signature projects and thought leadership on significant social and business issues, from the work we do each year as a strategic partner of the World Economic Forum, to our points of view on macro trends, decision effectiveness, loyalty, gender parity, and more.
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Featured publications
Macro Trends
September 9, 2011 | Bain Brief
By Karen Harris, Austin Kim and Andrew Schwedel
Eight trillion-dollar macro trends are at work in the global economy. The pursuit by both business and government of the opportunities they offer will touch many corners of the globe. Exciting opportunities exist in emerging markets, but we also see opportunities where many commentators see none right now—in the home markets of many of the world's leading businesses.
The Ultimate Question 2.0
September 20, 2011 | Harvard Business Review Press
By Fred Reichheld and Rob Markey
In this thoroughly updated and expanded edition of his landmark book, Fred Reichheld, with Bain colleague Rob Markey, explains how practitioners have built Net Promoter into a full-fledged management system that drives extraordinary financial and competitive results.
Management Tools 2011: An Executive's Guide
December 13, 2010 | Bain & Company guide
By Darrell K. Rigby
In this guide, we define 25 of the most popular and pertinent management tools, a list that continually evolves. This year's guide, for example, includes social media, which has grown rapidly but ranks low in executive satisfaction.
Decide & Deliver
September 27, 2010 | Harvard Business Review Press
By Marcia W. Blenko, Michael C. Mankins and Paul Rogers
Great organizations make great decisions and execute them effectively. Decide & Deliver offers five practical steps to transform your organization into a decisive, nimble high-performer.
