Jacob LaPorte

Co-Founder & VP, Global Head of BIOME - The Digital Innovation Lab by Novartis.
PhD, Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology from Harvard University.

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AI & Digital

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The Growth Imperative: Why The Next Big Pharma Competitor Could Be Google Or Apple

In a seminal work published by McKinsey & Company – The Granularity of Growth, a detailed study of the performance of the 100 largest US corporations over the two most recent business cycles – a key finding emerged: top-line growth is vital for survival.

To dig a bit deeper, the study found that a company whose revenue increased slower than the growth of U.S. GDP was five times more likely to falter in the next cycle than a company that expanded more rapidly. Companies have a “Growth Imperative,” which is to either “grow or go,” the authors concluded; in other words, companies must grow faster than their peers or else be left behind.