Multi-Polar World Research Reports

By learning from the choices high performers make as part of their multi-polar strategies, businesses can find new ways to counter short-term pressures while setting a path for sustained high performance in the recovery and beyond. These reports, for business and for public service organizations, will help you plan the journey.

From Global Connection to Global Orchestration:
Future Business Models for High Performance
Where Technology and the Multi-Polar World Meet

The dynamics of the multi-polar world combined with maturing IT technologies is enabling new ways of doing business, making new types of relationships possible—not simply by providing new ways to connect across the multi-polar world but by orchestrating the six new market-making forces. These market-making forces have big implications for businesses and governments that are in pursuit of high performance.

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Strategies for Achieving High Performance
in a Multi-Polar World for Business

High performers join battle in new and distinctive ways. They create geographic options, weave themselves into multiple local markets, and sustain a strong global operating model to propel people and know-how across a smart, enabling organization. These companies are writing a new playbook for globalization—one that will help businesses withstand short-term pressures while laying the groundwork for growth in the upturn.

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The Challenges to Government from the Multi-Polar World

In the multi-polar world, the old ‘rules’ no longer apply for businesses or governments. Indeed, governments face unique trends and challenges in today’s rapidly changing global economy. In this report, the Accenture Institute for Public Service Value explores the dimensions of the multi-polar world as they affect government—and recommends ways for public service organizations to manage the risks and seize the opportunities.

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The Rise of the Emerging Market Multinational

The rise of the multi-polar world means it is no longer sufficient to view globalization solely through a Western-centric prism. This study attempts to "invert the lens"—to examine what the multi-polar world looks like from the standpoint of the emerging-market multinationals and the distinctive ways in which they are approaching talent, new markets, capital, resources and innovation.

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The Rise of the Multi-Polar World

Developing economies are challenging the United States, Europe and Japan, giving rise to a multi-polar world economy. This study offers an in-depth look at the drivers and characteristics of this latest phase of globalization and the implication for businesses looking to achieve high performance.

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