A business environment in which carbon emissions carry new costs creates a different competitive context. To succeed in this new environment, companies must reevaluate their core strategic choices, rethink their critical sources of competitive advantage and invest in new capabilities.

The latest in Monitor's series of quarterly reports on the behavior of sovereign wealth funds investments found the number and value of transactions for the third quarter of 2009 had risen significantly.

In this Harvard Business Review cover article, Robert H. Miles, a senior adviser to Monitor, outlines six organizational problems which can slow corporate change, and explains how to attack them sequentially.

Most commentators point to a grim prognosis for sub-Saharan Africa. This research report from Monitor, while acknowledging the region's real problems, argues that it shows signs of diversified economic development and it should resume growing with the recovery of the global economy.

Monitor, working in close partnership with Esty Environmental Partners, has developed a unique and integrated approach to analyzing, formulating, and executing successful sustainability strategies that are tailored to our clients' unique contexts, capabilities, and aspirations. In this webcast, Monitor's Eamonn Kelly and Bob Lurie along with Dan Esty, explain how sustainability can be a core part of future success.

In this video Eamonn Kelly outlines four key discontinuities driving global change and identifies how leaders can take action to gain competitive advantage. It is part of a special series explaining how leaders can seize opportunities during tumultuous times.

Companies need to look beyond their walls to compete in these tumultuous times. Open innovation can help businesses more reliably discover new ideas, but they need discipline to pursue the right opportunities with the right approaches. Read more and see other articles in our series.

In this article in Pharmaceutical Executive Magazine, Monitor's Bansi Nagji and Matt Locsin explain how design thinking can help pharmaceutical executives explore new business models while attending to their existing commercial model.

This research report analyzes how Asian countries responded to the global economic crisis of 2008-2009 and underlines the tight interconnections that link emerging Asian economies and the advanced economies of Europe, North America and elsewhere.

Controlling costs has become a necessity for every business in these difficult and uncertain times. But taking costs out of an organization carries significant risks as well as opportunities. How companies approach cost reductions now will help determine their financial health and competitive position when the recovery takes hold.

In this paper, Monitor's Josh Lee and Karin Stawarky discuss how adaptive cost management empowers business leaders to focus spending decisions on strategy and growth.