Challenges
No other organizational phenomenon is as intrinsically tied to the rise of the modern multibusiness corporation as the role of the corporate center. As a result of changing internal and external forces, corporate leaders now face a number of new questions:
What are the megatrends affecting our business, and how do we adjust the role and accountabilities of our corporate center accordingly?
How do we determine the optimal size of our corporate headquarters?
How do we most efficiently add value to business units (through vertical synergies) with minimal cost?
On an increasingly global playing field, how do we strike a balance between central coordination, local responsiveness, and the entrepreneurial autonomy of our businesses?
BCG Competencies
Our Role of the Center experts are an integrated part of our work in corporate strategy, organization models, and people behavior. BCG’s global expertise provides a holistic approach to adjusting the role of the corporate center to respond to new challenges:
Our network of experts enables us to base our work on case experiences from around the world and across all industries.
Beyond our case experience, internal access to corporate benchmarks through our Corporate Center Database (CCDB) allows us to develop our recommendations on the basis of quantitative analysis.
BCG’s proven track record in change management assures that our implementation of any corporate-center changes moves beyond the theoretical stage to create visible and long-lasting impact.