Aparna Bharadwaj is Boston Consulting Group’s global leader for the Global Advantage (GA) practice and one of the leaders of BCG’s Center for Geopolitics. GA is a Practice that covers all matters linked to global growth and resilience – with presence in 70+ markets.
With over two decades of experience, Aparna has deep expertise in global trade, economic statecraft, trade policy, and helping companies navigate an evolving geopolitical landscape. She advises multinational corporations and policymakers on economic development, the digital economy, productivity, and future skills, with a particular focus on ASEAN, Asia and Global South markets. She has worked extensively with public sector clients, including ministries and government agencies, and is a specialist in emerging market dynamics and ecosystems.
Prior to leading BCG’s Global Advantage practice, Aparna led the firm’s Center for Customer Insight globally, with presence across 50 markets, where she significantly expanded the Center’s footprint and teams.
Geopolitical forces already shape fundamental business decisions for global companies: where to operate, what to build, whom to partner with, how to access capital and more.
Pese a los titulares de este año, el comercio mundial no ha colapsado, pero sí se encuentra en transición. El auge del nacionalismo económico y la fragmentación de las instituciones globa...
Despite this year’s headlines, global trade has not collapsed; it is, however, in transition. The rise of economic nationalism and fragmentation of global institutions – long-forming tren...
Globalization today looks very different from a decade ago. As we move in a multipolar era, power is increasingly dispersed, alliances are shifting and geopolitics are central considerati...
Many corporations are unprepared for one of our largest generational challenges – the outsized impact of geopolitics. Leaders must act swiftly to prepare their organizations for this new ...
グローバリゼーションの永続的なナラティブのひとつは、アジアの台頭です。元国連安全保障理事会議長のキショール・マブバニ氏が「アジアの世紀の幕開け」と呼んだように、アジアの台頭は長い年月をかけて発展してきました。世界秩序は急激に大きく変化するのではなく、さまざまな要因が絡み合いながら徐々に進展していくものです。
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The world is facing major geopolitical disruptions, economic challenges and technological change. These big-picture issues have captured headlines. They’ve also entered the consumer narra...
企業が新たな市場や成長機会を模索する一方、目の前では数兆ドル規模の市場が放置されています。50歳から70歳までの10億人近くの消費者による市場が、見過ごされているのです。こうしたシニア世代による消費は、すでに世界の支出の4分の1以上を占めています。
As companies search for new markets and opportunities for growth, a neglected multi-trillion-dollar market sits right in front of them: the nearly billion consumers aged between 50 and 70...
What will it take to dramatically expand the number of consumers who choose environmental sustainability, whether through their behaviours or their purchases? Our research confirms that c...
Decades of globalization have undeniably brought dispersed societies closer together. As they travel abroad, interact on social media, and stream the same movies and music, people around ...
