At Finweek, Rita McGrath’s 2012 Harvard Business Review article on the subject is cited extensively. …which shows us that of 4793 companies, each with a market value in excess of $1bn, only 8% were able to grow real earnings faster than world GDP without interruption between 2005 and 2009. Finweek commented further on the article, and then applied Rita McGrath’s findings to South African companies. To read the entire article, click here.