McKinsey & Company is a leading management consulting firm. The company publishes McKinsey Quarterly, an online journal, which features current thinking on business strategy. Go to http://www.mckinsey

McKinsey & Company is a leading management consulting firm. The company publishes McKinsey Quarterly, an online journal, which features current thinking on business strategy. Go to http://www.mckinsey.com, find the search box on the right-hand side of the website, and conduct a search for articles on “strategy implementation.” Select a recent article on this topic, and briefly outline the key insights that the article provides. Respond to the following questions as well. Please answer all 3 questions!

1. How would the tendency of business-to-business operations to develop close-knit relationships and partnerships affect their strategy development?
2. Describe how global expansion interrelates with strategic planning.
3. List the ethical implications involved with the development of a strategic plan.

Your response should be a minimum of three full pages, double-spaced. Please begin your article debrief with an article introduction along with a summary of the article itself. References should include your textbook plus a minimum of one additional credible reference. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. All references and citations used must be in APA style.

Textbook: Hutt, M. D., & Speh, T. W. (2013). Business marketing management: B2B (11th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western.