The Shape of Change In Healthcare

This year-end summary examines the possibilities of healthcare reform under the newly elected administration. Although top-down, fundamental change is unlikely in the next few years, important trends are emerging that will determine the nature of the playing field, the players, and the plays in various segments of the healthcare sector. download (323kb, PDF) >

Informatics as a Competitive Advantage for Health Plans

Although informatics delivers a clear and compelling business case for investment, execution of a cost-effective informatics strategy is not a plug-and-play proposition. download (321kb, PDF) >

Health-Wealth Convergence, Part 1: The Next Step in Health Care Evolution?

Interview with Joni Bessler, Partner at Booz & Company, and Kent Smetters, professor of insurance and risk management at Wharton School of Business, on the current health-wealth convergence in the healthcare industry. Consumers must learn to plan for their healthcare costs as they do for their other financial expenditures. read more >

Toward a Flexible Energy Future

When the price of fuel reflects all the costs, government and industry will know where to invest. read more >

The Critical Enabler

As businesses improve their environmental performance, government should be a powerful partner. read more >

Security, Strategy, and the Commercial Enterprise

In the post-9/11 world, companies are faced with the challenge of simultaneously promoting openness and protecting the firm. To achieve this goal, senior executives must understand one fundamental principle: Security and strategy are interdependent. read more >

A Decade of Opportunity: The Coming Expansion of the Private-school Market in the GCC

A combination of demographic factors, a desire for higher quality, and parents’ increased willingness to pay for education will all drive private-school enrollment in the GCC countries over the coming decade, presenting a significant opportunity for investors and school operators. A Booz & Company survey of more than 1,000 parents shows the most critical areas for potential market entrants to address. download (1.4mb, PDF) >

Educated, Ambitious, Essential: Women Will Drive the GCC’s Future

Private-sector companies in GCC countries have an opportunity to address several pressing issues, including nationalization imperatives, local unemployment, and their own talent gaps, by attracting more national women into their workforce. download (433kb, PDF) >

The Compendium on Economic Governance in the Arab World 2011

This compendium, published at the World Economic Forum Special Meeting on Economic Growth and Job Creation in the Arab World in October 2011, includes an overview of the most critical issues facing the Middle East. It includes a chapter from Booz & Company on the most urgent priorities for the region’s emerging middle class: education, employment, and health. download (2.1mb, PDF) >

Youth in GCC Countries: Meeting the Challenge

A Booz & Company survey of young people in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates shows that a universal, all-encompassing effort in five areas-- education, employment, the gender gap, leisure, and community service-- is needed to ensure that the countries of the GCC reap their demographic dividend. download (1.8mb, PDF) >

A Challenging Mandate for Ministries of Finance: How the Right Capabilities Can Address Post-crisis Priorities

Booz & Company conducted a survey of more than 60 finance ministers and other economic thought leaders to understand how ministries of finance can grapple with their new slate of responsibilities. download (473kb, PDF) >

Economic Diversification: The Road to Sustainable Development

Taking the steps outlined in this study will help policymakers create long-term, sustainable growth in their economies—and in so doing, help ensure stability and a high standard of living for their nations. download (399kb, PDF) >

Oasis Economies

An unexpected source of political, social, and economic stability is emerging in the Middle East: diversified, open economies, no longer dependent exclusively on oil revenues. read more >

The Case for Flexible Employment in GCC Countries

Although GCC countries’ labor laws offer significant flexibility to employers, those regulations typically ignore part-time or temporary work arrangements, rendering such work contracts difficult, expensive, or impractical. This gap inhibits the region’s economic competitiveness in three critical areas: labor participation, employment rate, and overall business agility. download (560kb, PDF) >

Saving Shared Services from Stalling

Governments in the Middle East and North Africa have begun initiating IT shared services programs to aggregate demand, enable the expert delivery of services, create economies of scale, reduce costs, and boost productivity. But many of these efforts are faltering. A thorough understanding of the shared services ecosystem will allow governments to detail the right roles, capabilities, and responsibilities for each stakeholder. download (311kb, PDF) >

Governments Go Digital: Citizens Get a Direct Connection

E-Government can be as simple as renewing drivers’ licenses online and as complex as supporting the growth of high-tech industries. Around the globe, e-government is changing how public agencies serve citizens. read more >

Middle East Transport and Logistics at A Crossroads

The Middle East region is facing exciting global, regional, and local developments in transportation and logistics. The region provides a multitude of land and sea connections linking economic mega-agglomerates. With the explosive growth of global and regional trade, the region faces unprecedented opportunities to capitalize on the strengths of its geographic location. download (248kb, PDF) >

Next Generation eTicketing

Innovative near-field communications technology combined with a new commercial ecosystem can lead to a revolution in customer convenience for public transport passengers. download (1.1mb, PDF) >