Over the past year, the use of social media tools has become increasingly mainstream, interest in both networks and leading with a network mindset has mushroomed (driven in part by the success of the 2008 Obama campaign), and the tools themselves have continued to mature. This paper, an updated version of a 2008 article, is an effort to update and share our learning to date.

Monitor Group and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), a leading international research center based in Milan, Italy, released Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment  Behavior: Analysis of Sovereign Wealth Fund Transactions during Q1 2009, a new quarterly report analyzing the effects of the global recession on behaviors and financial transactions of sovereign wealth funds. 

In a panel discussion organized by the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Monitor cofounder Joseph Fuller and other experts talk about ways that pharmaceutical companies can change their business models, financing structures, corporate governance models and incentive systems to build sustainable, profitable futures.

In this uplifting presentation as part of the TED Talks series, Monitor's Katherine Fulton sketches the new future of philanthropy -- one where collaboration and innovation allow regular people to do big things, even when money is scarce. Giving five practical examples of crowd-driven philanthropy, she calls for a new generation of citizen leaders.

In their quest for innovation-led growth, executives are apt to approach technology investments with a conservative risk-averse mindset. This paper explains how taking an active approach to technology risk management, using three common portfolio management techniques, can reduce uncertainty and increase a company's opportunity for growth.

Watch this webcast in which Monitor thought leaders Eamonn Kelly, Josh Lee and Karin E. Stawarky discuss how executives can make the right investment and cost savings choices.

This research paper explains how the heightened expectations of the Millennial Generation will influence workplace practices from hiring, recruiting and retention, to compensation, promotion, training and organizational culture. The paper also identifies a short list of actions that will help any company prepare for a future in which Millennials will play a major role.

This paper describes three contracting challenges pharmaceutical executives face when working on performance-based contracts, and how they can overcome them.

Monitor Group, one of the world’s leading advisory and consulting firms, and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, a leading international research center, based in Milan, Italy, released, “Weathering the Storm: Sovereign Wealth Funds in the Global Economic Crisis of 2008,” a new annual report analyzing the effects of the global economic crisis on the behaviors and financial transactions of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs).

Taking Advantage of Tumultuous Times, a series of articles and narrated slideshows from Monitor, offers insights into critical issues organizations face—from corporate strategy to adaptive cost cutting—during this unprecedented period of economic uncertainty and disruption challenging industries across the globe. This article explains how to use strategic pricing strategies to survive a difficult economy and emerge from it stronger and more competitive.