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Jun 24, 2019
The engineering-and-construction sector is seeing a merger wave. To avoid a wipeout, focus on culture, capabilities, and value capture.
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Jun 24, 2019
The rise of domain control units (DCUs) will open new opportunities for semiconductor companies.
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Jun 24, 2019
The Internet of Things connects the world in truly exciting ways. Insurance carriers that capture the opportunities of IoT stand to boost revenues and reduce claims expenses.
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Jun 24, 2019
Even as critics of free trade gain the upper hand, globalization, wholly of its own accord, is transforming in rich countries' favor, write Susan Lund, James Manyika, and Michael Spence in Foreign Affairs.
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Jun 21, 2019
For companies that respond strategically, input-cost increases can be an opportunity to restructure pricing, upgrade sales skills, and improve account management.
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Jun 21, 2019
Education policy in Norway has been shaped by data more than by doctrine. As a result, education reforms in the country have been supported by various governments across a broad political spectrum for more than a decade.
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Jun 20, 2019
Best practices are well understood. But are companies following them as closely as their leaders claim?
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Jun 20, 2019
Collaboration among state governments across several tasks will contribute to the timely and cost-effective scaling of the emerging offshore wind industry along the US East Coast.
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Jun 20, 2019
Research from over 30 countries offers insight into providing digital healthcare, including practical steps for key stakeholders.
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Jun 20, 2019
Is your marketing executive a Unifier, Loner, or Friend? The CMO's rapport with the C-suite is crucial in establishing marketing's role as a growth driver.
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Jun 20, 2019
The director of US Strategic Command's Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications Enterprise Center describes recent efforts to engage the private sector in modernizing the US nuclear deterrent.
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Jun 19, 2019
Legacy structures and operations are keeping companies from taking full advantage of technology.
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Jun 19, 2019
Heavy industry has a lot to gain from the digital revolution. To capture the benefits, companies need the right kind of transformation plan.
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Jun 18, 2019
Shifting construction away from traditional sites and into factories could dramatically change the way we build. Will modular construction make a sustainable impact this time around?
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Jun 18, 2019
A small group of winners captures much of the economic profit in the insurance industry. New research quantifies just how far ahead the leaders are—and what other insurers can do to catch up.
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Jun 18, 2019
Personalization will be the prime driver of marketing success within five years. Here are the capabilities companies need to develop to stay ahead of the curve.
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Jun 16, 2019
In this report, we share stories of the things we are doing, beyond our client work, to make a difference in our communities and for our planet.
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Jun 14, 2019
Although end-to-end digital claims management is still a distant vision, much can be gained from digitizing portions of the claims process today.
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Jun 14, 2019
Shifting growth patterns and digitization are reshaping the sector. A strategic response can help machinery and industrial automation companies to keep pace.
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Jun 14, 2019
Business leaders need three capabilities to drive growth: mind-set, curiosity, and a willingness to adapt to the client and the market.
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Jun 13, 2019
Managing modern consumer-goods supply chains is demanding, but measuring supply-chain performance should be simple. It isn't yet— because of an inconsistent approach to the critical OTIF metric.
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Jun 12, 2019
Four core areas of medical-affairs activity combine to maximize patient experiences and outcomes.
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Jun 12, 2019
Data and analytics, combined with a personalized approach to performance management, are helping B2B sales execs inculcate best practices and significantly improve growth.
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Jun 11, 2019
Three members of the telco's top team describe the challenges and rewards of implementing agile rapidly—and the power of a "no plan B" approach to change.
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Jun 11, 2019
Uncertainties surround the future of shared autonomous vehicles. Modeling scenarios for their development and adoption can help companies on the road ahead.
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Jun 10, 2019
The United Kingdom is one of Europe's AI leaders, and now needs to build on its strengths and tackle weaknesses.
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Jun 10, 2019
Profitably serving small and medium-sized enterprises has been a challenge for banks. An ecosystem approach may be the key to tapping this vast market.
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Jun 10, 2019
Millions of women in the United Kingdom may need to transition between occupations and into higher-skilled jobs due to automation but those transitions could be challenging.
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Jun 07, 2019
To see how the healthcare sector stacks up on gender equality, we look at employee experiences, policies, and the effectiveness of industry programs intended to promote diversity and inclusion.
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Jun 07, 2019
Marketing has been on the front lines of the digital revolution, but the landscape has become much more complicated, requiring a focus on growth, data, and new modes of creativity.
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Jun 07, 2019
Roche's Frank Duff and Malte Schutz explain how trust, a faster pace, and evolutionary design have transformed their highly technical (and highly regulated) work.
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Jun 07, 2019
Caution is understandable when it comes to blockchain, but there are a number of areas where the technology could create value for retail banks.
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Jun 06, 2019
A recent survey shows that personalized benefits can help address consumer data-privacy concerns.
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Jun 06, 2019
AI has the potential to help humans make fairer decisions—but only if we carefully work toward fairness in AI systems as well.
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Jun 06, 2019
Dealers, investors, and disruptors can up their games to cater to digitally savvy used-car consumers.
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Jun 05, 2019
Medical-device players are venturing into adjacent value pools through solutions and services. What do they require to capitalize on the opportunity and deliver on their profitable growth aspirations?
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Jun 04, 2019
This 253-year-old auction house is betting on China as a source of growth.
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Jun 04, 2019
Small, independent teams are the lifeblood of agile. Here's how senior executives can help them thrive.
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Jun 04, 2019
The future of the Canadian economy holds opportunities for women but to capture them, women will need to successfully reskill and transition.
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Jun 04, 2019
Concerted and creative new solutions are needed to enable women to seize new opportunities in the automation age; without them, women may fall further behind in the world of work.
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May 31, 2019
At British telco giffgaff, growth comes from a formula for making the best decisions.
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May 31, 2019
Global-strategy adviser Parag Khanna describes what makes Asia's political economy distinctive.
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May 31, 2019
Globalization isn't in retreat, but it has morphed into a very different phenomenon, increasingly powered by trade in services and by intraregional trade.
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May 31, 2019
Smart hospitals make extensive use of innovative technologies to improve care quality and patient experience while reducing costs.
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May 30, 2019
Public-private data collaboration holds great promise for solving some of society's toughest challenges, but a holistic data-governance framework is needed to help build trust and address risks.
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May 30, 2019
If China and the world were to diminish their engagement with each other, significant value could be lost for both, write Jonathan Woetzel and Jeongmin Seong in Quartz.
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May 30, 2019
Our perspective on the global offshore-drilling market offers projections to 2035.
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May 29, 2019
CEO Udit Batra describes what it took to fuse two vibrant R&D organizations, as well as the business value realized from their integration.
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May 29, 2019
Over the course of her eight-year tenure as Colombia's minister of education, Cecilia María Vélez White oversaw a massive overhaul of the country's approach to student enrollment and achievement.
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May 29, 2019
New analysis suggests that companies are missing some growth opportunities.
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May 29, 2019
Biopharma in China is poised for change that will transform commercial and operating models, and require a step change in capabilities.
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May 28, 2019
China has become a critical growth engine for this global cosmetics powerhouse.
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May 28, 2019
Work is changing, for the better. Top companies manage to capture the benefits of automation for their business—and their workers.
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May 27, 2019
Rapid, customer-tailored pricing adjustments being made possible by new digital and advanced-analytics capabilities can generate substantial revenue improvement for chemical companies.
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May 27, 2019
Hospital care is changing both rapidly and radically. Because of innovations in care delivery and organisational structures, future hospitals are likely to be very different from those of today.
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May 24, 2019
The e-commerce megatrend is a big opportunity for postal players, but market and competitive dynamics are squeezing incumbents. Three winning tactics can help these companies stay competitive.
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May 24, 2019
Global-strategy adviser Parag Khanna describes the ways that the world economy is increasingly Asia-centric and will be moving even more swiftly in that direction.
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May 23, 2019
Four questions can help a company translate business goals into operating-model design.
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May 23, 2019
Automation will reshape retail business models and the broader value chain, creating organizations with fewer layers and a better trained and trusted workforce empowered by real-time data and analytics. The winners in the sector will be those who understand these implications and act quickly to address them.
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May 23, 2019
Although private equity firms have been hesitant to invest in healthcare tech, they have reason to invest in promising targets now.
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May 22, 2019
Four leaders in Indian agriculture discuss the sector's challenges and digital innovation's potential impact on smallholder farmers.
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May 22, 2019
Although many businesses in the Gulf region are interested in digitization, few of them have moved aggressively enough. But there is a clear way forward.
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May 22, 2019
Established companies with long histories of performance, increasingly face new competitors with no track record and lower prices. What's the value of experience?
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May 22, 2019
What infrastructure improvements will promote the growth of autonomous vehicles while simultaneously encouraging shared ridership?
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May 22, 2019
Globalization, technology, and other often-cited factors may not be the main causes.
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May 22, 2019
Troubled universities can reset their financial trajectory.
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May 21, 2019
The world that has been radically transformed since the commercial internet emerged a quarter century ago. Ten insights help frame the digital journey.
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May 21, 2019
Economic downturns are impossible to predict and sure as sunrise. Build resilience now, because when the sun comes up, you'd better be moving.
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May 21, 2019
In the face of rising uncertainty, get ready for the unexpected. To build resilience, accelerate productivity improvement and operational flexibility.
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May 21, 2019
With more than half the world's population living in cities, congestion and pollution are worsening. Technology may hold the solution—but only if city governments and companies collaborate.
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May 21, 2019
Companies looking to improve workplace safety have a number of methods at their disposal. But to embed a sustainable safety culture, they must overcome the mind-sets that underlie unsafe behaviors.
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May 20, 2019
Personalization at scale requires companies to take on the challenges of technology and business in tandem, starting in the C-suite.
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May 16, 2019
Georgia faces challenges to its growth from its uneven distribution of prosperity. More of the state's workforce, regions, and firms need to be brought into the fold to extend the state's success.
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May 16, 2019
As uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) increases, the EV-battery market represents an opportunity for European players. We assess the potential and look at factors guiding the location of production capacity.
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May 15, 2019
Focusing on innovation, skills, and labor fluidity will be keys to good social outcomes of technology adoption.
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May 15, 2019
Six factors will determine whether Europe's building-materials players can grow at the same rate as the construction industry they supply.
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May 14, 2019
Technology-driven innovation holds the potential to improve our understanding of patients, enable the delivery of more convenient, individualized care—and create $350 billion-$410 billion in annual value by 2025.
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May 14, 2019
Changes in what people want, and where they want it, means companies must move fast—without breaking things.
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May 13, 2019
AI is driving a substantial part of the automation potential in the Nordics, and it could unlock $80 billion of value for businesses.
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May 13, 2019
Procurement has an opportunity, indeed an imperative, to transform from an enabler of cost reduction to a creator of sustainable competitive advantage.
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May 13, 2019
Digital could help the region reboot inclusive growth and regain lost ground.
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May 10, 2019
Our 2019 analysis of McKinsey's Global Insurance Pools database offers a detailed look at global insurance trends, with analysis by region and line of business.
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May 10, 2019
You know what an agile organization is, and why it's important. But figuring out how to pull off an agile transformation is another question.
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May 10, 2019
Management teams that engage positively with attackers may find activist campaigns bring ideas that create value and improve shareholder performance.
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May 09, 2019
The global packaging industry could change significantly by 2030. Here is what you need to know to stay competitive.
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May 09, 2019
Transforming the state procurement function is a large undertaking, but it can result in significant improvements in compliance, speed, cost, and quality.
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May 09, 2019
The company has maintained a competitive edge by catering to the diverse and hyperlocal tastes of Chinese consumers.
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May 09, 2019
As renewable-energy sources proliferate, power grids become smarter, and industries electrify, strong financial partners will play a critical role in providing funding for a capital-intensive sector.
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May 09, 2019
Not yet. Despite rising corporate-debt levels, research shows companies can cover their obligations for now. But they should prepare for a possible downturn by stress-testing their capital structure.
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May 08, 2019
Vaccine development has slowed over the past five years, but changes to investment strategies and a shift in focus to more technical and complex vaccines could renew the innovation engine.
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May 08, 2019
People with the right skills and talents are the greatest differentiator for banks. They are also the scarcest resource.
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May 08, 2019
Effective meetings produce better business decisions. Yet too many decision meetings are doomed from the get-go. You can do better.
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May 07, 2019
Technology isn't the only—or even the most important—reason high-reliability organizations outperform their peers.
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May 07, 2019
Many incumbents are starting to build their own platforms or to forge ties with others. The penalty for not playing may be steep.
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May 07, 2019
Four leading voices share their perspective on whether emerging markets will continue to drive growth, and how.
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May 07, 2019
UK companies can and should see the current high-uncertainty environment as a spur to rethink their supply chain strategies and make them more resilient.
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May 03, 2019
Our research shows that when consumer-goods manufacturers collaborate more closely with retailers, they outperform their competitors. We identified four principles for fruitful partnerships.
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May 03, 2019
Brick-and-mortar retail stores need to up their game. Technology could give them significant boost.
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May 03, 2019
And five keys to outperformance in the years ahead.
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May 03, 2019
The agile revolution is sweeping across industries, and asset-heavy companies are taking note. We explore how and where they can capture the benefits of agility while preserving safety and assurance.
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