Growth-share matrix

The growth-share matrix (aka B.C.G. analysis, B.C.G.-matrix, Boston Consulting Group analysis) is a chart that had been created by Bruce Henderson for the Boston Consulting Group in 1970 to help corporations with analyzing their business units or product lines. This helps the company allocate resources and is used as an analytical tool in brand marketing, product management, strategic management and portfolio-analysis.

Related pages

• marketing

Other websites

• Software that generates the Boston Matrix Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Compares and contrasts BCG with other 2 x 2 matrices like Ansoff and 3 x 3 matrices like GE Portfolio Archived 2007-02-18 at the Wayback Machine