Strategy Data/Reading/Reference List

Newspapers/Websites:
1. Financial Times or Wall Street Journal
2. Livemint
3. Globalist: https://www.theglobalist.com/

Consulting Resources:
1. Bain Strategy Insights: http://www.bain.com/publications/capability-
insights/strategy.aspx
2. Deloitte - All Industry Reports: https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/industries/all-industries-
sectors.html#
3. Gartner – Technology Research: https://www.gartner.com/en
4. KPMG India Insights: https://home.kpmg.com/in/en/home/insights.html
5. McKinsey Global Institute: https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/overview
6. McKinsey Quarterly: https://www.mckinsey.com/quarterly/the-magazine
7. McKinsey India Insights: http://www.mckinsey.com/india/our-insights
8. McKinsey Strategy and Corporate Finance Special Collections:
https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-
insights/strategy-and-corporate-finance-special-collections
9. PWC Industry Trends: https://www.strategyand.pwc.com/industry-trends
10. Strategy& Archives: https://www.strategy-
business.com/strategy_and_leadership/strategy_and_leadership-archive

Data/Reports:
1. BCG Global Challengers Report: https://www.bcg.com/en-in/publications/2018/global-
challengers-2018.aspx
2. BCG Most Innovative Companies Report: https://www.bcg.com/en-
in/publications/collections/most-innovative-companies-2018.aspx
3. The Global Innovation Index: https://www.globalinnovationindex.org/
4. PWC Global Innovation 1000: https://www.strategyand.pwc.com/innovation1000
5. BCG Value Creators Report: https://www.bcg.com/en-in/publications/collections/tmt-
value-creators-report-2018-hardwiring-digital-transformation-b.aspx
6. AT Kearney FDI Confidence Index: https://www.atkearney.com/foreign-direct-
investment-confidence-index
7. AT Kearney Global Services Location Index: https://www.atkearney.com/digital-
transformation/gsli
8. Coface: Country and Sectoral Risk assessments: http://www.coface-usa.com/Economic-
studies

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9. McKinsey Economic Conditions Snapshot: https://www.mckinsey.com/business-
functions/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/economic-conditions-snapshot-
june-2018-mckinsey-global-survey-results
10. RBI: Annual Reports:
https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/AnnualReportPublications.aspx?Id=1221
11. RBI: India Outward FDI Data: https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/Data_Overseas_Investment.aspx
12. World Bank Data Catalog: https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/
13. World Bank Development Indicators: https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/world-
development-indicators
14. Geert Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions: https://geerthofstede.com/research-and-
vsm/dimension-data-matrix/
15. India Brand Equity Foundation: Industry Reports: https://www.ibef.org/industry.aspx
(Take only the data; their analyses are not worth considering)
16. Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index:
https://www.transparency.org/research/cpi/overview
17. Tax Justice Network: Financial Secrecy Index: https://www.financialsecrecyindex.com/
18. Motilal Oswal Equity Reports: https://www.motilaloswal.com/stock-market-
research/Companies-Covered.aspx (Very useful for getting industry information for listed
companies)
19. DHL Global Connectedness Index: https://ghemawat.com/gci
20. GlobalEdge Market Potential Index: https://globaledge.msu.edu/mpi
21. GlobalEdge Global Resources: https://globaledge.msu.edu/global-resources
22. World Bank: Logistics Performance Index: https://lpi.worldbank.org/
23. World Bank Doing Business Reports: http://www.doingbusiness.org/reports/global-
reports/doing-business-2018