McKinsey on Finance, Number 86

A new survey confirms the well-founded principles behind the allocation of resources for long-term value creation.

The most effective resource allocation processes are radically simple.

Generative AI technologies can automate time-consuming tasks for finance professionals, but can they be trusted to give the right answers?

Companies can reap substantial benefits from programmatic, sustainability-linked M&A if they follow a compelling deal rationale and a tailored execution approach.

Being included in (or excluded from) a stock index does tend to change the stock price. But the effect disappears in a few weeks.

The former CFO of the LEGO Group shares insights and lessons for finance leaders.

A good old-fashioned task force can help boards depersonalize the process of picking new leaders.

It’s hard to create outsize value when you have to manage the finance function’s daily and often urgent demands. But some CFOs rise to the challenge.

Activist investors seek to maximize their own returns—which can lift a company’s share price when activists hold shares. But what happens a few years after an activist exits its position?