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View from the Top: Steve Ellis: Additional Reading

 

Steve Ellis is the worldwide managing director of Bain & Company. He joined Bain in 1993 from a Silicon Valley strategy consulting firm he co-founded in 1989.

Case experience
While at Bain Steve has been a leader in the firm's worldwide technology and telecommunications practice and the firm's Industry leading Private Equity Group. He has worked in a wide range of industries including, telecommunications, computer hardware and software, networking, financial services, information services, energy services, private equity and real estate. He has led engagements addressing business and corporate strategy, sales and marketing effectiveness, operational improvement, acquisition valuation, merger integration and change management.

Impact and leadership opportunities
Prior to his election as worldwide managing director in 2005, Steve served as office head of Bain's San Francisco and Palo Alto offices. He also serves as a general partner in the firm's Venture Capital Fund.

Diversity of experiences
Prior to starting his own firm in 1989 Steve was a principal at Knowledge Edge Inc. where he gained extensive experience working with leading high technology companies. Steve currently serves on the board of The Bridgespan Group, an independent nonprofit consulting firm offering services customized to the distinctive needs and challenges of organizations in the nonprofit sector. 

Education
Steve received a BA in economics and history, with honors, from the University of California at Berkeley. He earned an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Selected Articles

Additional reading material has been selected by Jackson Library Staff. Due to contractual arrangements, remote access is only available to the current Stanford community and the subscribers of the "Library Databases" offered through the GSB Alumni's Lifelong Learning Program. Other access is limited to onsite at Jackson Library. Inclusion below does not imply University endorsement of ideas expressed.

 

Feeding Off India's Growth Business Today, 11/18/07
The article presents a corporate profile of Bain & Co., a leading global business and strategy consulting firm, in India. The company derives nearly a third of its revenues linked to the performance of its clients where it claims that its clients has outperformed the market four to one. Moreover, the company has invested over $500 million globally in several deals. Furthermore, Bain was headed by Steve Ellis as its worldwide managing director and Ashish J. Singh, managing director in India.
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Multinationals Can Learn from Chinese Companies China Daily, 01/24/07
It is the "Chinese Miracle" all right, but its roots lie in Japan and South Korea. 
The nation began its quantum economic leap by borrowing a three-phase strategy first used in Japan and South Korea: They established local manufacturing, often for low-cost sourcing to multinationals; they acquired know-how and technology through licensing and joint ventures; and they bought assets and brands abroad to secure global positions. 
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Blocking China’s Fast Lane Results Brief Newsletter, 11/16/06
"Bain & Company's analysis shows that, where it took Japanese and Korean firms 25 years on average to reach global leadership, Chinese firms will achieve it in 10 to 15 years."
- Steve Ellis Listen to Podcast

Outsmarting China's Start-Arounds Far Eastern Economic Review, July/Aug 2006
Opinions regarding China's economic rise often hinge on two hard-to-ignore numbers: One is China's current labor cost advantage, which is as much as 95% over multinationals in the US, Europe, Japan and South Korea; the other entails the prediction that in 30 years China will become the world's largest economy. View article

Selected Websites

Bain

The Bridgespan Group

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