Mckinsey and Company

JULY 17, 2025

Recent McKinsey research shows that prioritizing talent investment over labor cost cutting more than doubles the likelihood of achieving outsize gains in productivity and total shareholder returns  (Exhibit 3). This article was edited by Christian Johnson, an executive editor in the Washington, DC, office.

Technology 54

Technology Total Shareholder Return Start-ups Marketability 54

Value Scope

JULY 21, 2020

How do you justify making substantial investments and fundamental changes to corporate structures and culture without empirical evidence that it will make a direct impact on shareholder value, total shareholder return, net present value, and individual rates of return? What about stock price?

Intangible Assets 130

Intangible Assets Beta Alpha Unlevered Beta 130

Value Scope

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

How do you justify making substantial investments and fundamental changes to corporate structures and culture without empirical evidence that it will make a direct impact on shareholder value, total shareholder return, net present value, and individual rates of return? . These are fair questions.

Intangible Assets 130

Intangible Assets Alpha Beta Marketability 130