Infrastructure’s Future Looks a Lot Like Private Equity
And that means owners need to start thinking and acting like private investors.
As top-quartile returns become harder to achieve, successful investors are becoming more active and are looking long and hard at their value creation toolkit. Explore BCG’s latest thought leadership in private equity for insight into the trends driving investments in the coming decade.
And that means owners need to start thinking and acting like private investors.
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The technology has real potential, but it’s no panacea. What to look for when evaluating the immediate and long-term benefits of blockchain-enabled counterfeit protection.
Direct private equity investment can deliver outsize returns, but that comes with a cost. To preserve value, funds must establish strong organizational supports and match their level of engagement with appropriate resources.
Leaders hone tools to access new technologies and accelerate innovation.
Institutional investors can achieve greater environmental and social benefits by engaging with the management teams of portfolio companies than by focusing on divestments and exclusions.
Private equity firms can deploy digital capabilities to achieve significant differentiation and deliver extraordinary and sustainable returns well into the future.
Companies are using digital technologies to unlock new sources of economic value—but it takes more than technology alone. Senior leaders, including CEOs, must create a strong digital culture.
Business leaders should consider five questions as they rethink their innovation strategies for the digital age.
Using a three-part approach, companies can redesign processes and choose the right tools to unlock the real value of digital technology in support functions.
