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BCG Growth-Share Matrix

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Bruce HendersonBoston Consulting Group, 1970

Plot businesses by market growth and relative share — stars, cash cows, question marks and dogs — and manage the portfolio's cash flows accordingly.

BCG (Reeves et al.)BCG retrospective, 2014

The matrix still works when applied dynamically: in faster markets, the value lies in how quickly companies move units between quadrants, not the snapshot.

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