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Aug 29, 2025
Early shopping, generational shifts, and the rise of practical gifting redefine consumers' approaches for the 2025 holiday season.
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Aug 29, 2025
Biomedical interventions that materially affect the aging process and improve health outcomes may emerge in the future. Stakeholders can shape their roles in this potentially transformative field now.
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Aug 28, 2025
The CEO of an acclaimed construction firm shares her family's journey in the industry from the mid-1800s to today—and her advice for leading a successful business.
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Aug 28, 2025
We asked 15,000 consumers and 100-plus executives for their perspectives on today's beauty market. In this podcast episode, we highlight the themes that emerged from our research.
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Aug 28, 2025
Africa leads in women's participation in tech, but more work is needed to close the gender gap. Tackling drop-offs at three key stages of women's professional journeys can help level up the sector.
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Aug 28, 2025
Culture, organization, and talent risks often arise when assets are carved out. Here's how people leaders can address them.
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Aug 28, 2025
As regulatory demands and geopolitical tensions mount, companies are redesigning products and supply chains for sustainability. Can these moves strengthen both environmental and financial performance?
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Aug 28, 2025
New research reveals the costs of widening C-suite divides—and how strengthening the axis between chief marketing officers and their CEO and CFO colleagues can reignite sustainable, customer-centric growth.
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Aug 27, 2025
To create end-to-end value, companies can free themselves from the confines of structure by radically simplifying their processes.
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Aug 27, 2025
CFOs can tackle ‘dis-synergies' and stranded costs, among other complexities, with flexible models and well-structured transitional service agreements.
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Aug 27, 2025
Our research finds that the growth rate of the country's largest companies has trailed global peers for the past decade. The good news is this trajectory can be reversed.
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Aug 27, 2025
The bank's global head of group transformation discusses delivering successful modernizations, building an effective team, and seeing constraints as a virtue.
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Aug 27, 2025
Taking stock of how your company's growth stacks up is critical to identifying where and how to jump-start growth. Five acceleration levers offer a clear path forward.
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Aug 26, 2025
When the rules of global trade could change any day, how do you make decisions? McKinsey experts report from the business frontlines of geopolitical turmoil.
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Aug 26, 2025
IMF revises global growth estimates upward but warns of ongoing trade tensions, while US and China record strong second-quarter growth; central banks in holding pattern on interest rates.
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Aug 26, 2025
The financial services sector is not immune to the transformative effects of the AI and technology revolution. What does this mean for banks going forward?
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Aug 26, 2025
Polarization is on the rise—but ironically, so is discomfort with disagreement. New research reveals the costs of avoiding conflict and offers a three-part framework for confronting it constructively.
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Aug 26, 2025
Global managing partner Bob Sternfels and senior partner Gautam Kumra, chairman of McKinsey Asia, explain why they see Singapore as poised to compete and thrive in the global industries reshaping the future.
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Aug 26, 2025
Global trends suggest that the battery market is oversaturated, but a regional analysis reveals pockets of opportunity.
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Aug 26, 2025
Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you're looking for a quick win.
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Aug 25, 2025
Quantum computing presents a multibillion-dollar opportunity to revolutionize drug discovery, development, and delivery by enabling accurate molecular simulations and optimizing complex processes.
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Aug 25, 2025
AI is already talking to your car. Now automakers must decide how to harness its full potential.
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Aug 25, 2025
To meet surging demand, manufacturers must urgently rethink their operations to unlock speed, focus, and frontline empowerment.
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Aug 25, 2025
The latest investor survey underscores the importance of the right metrics and cohesive communications.
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Aug 25, 2025
Moia, a Volkswagen subsidiary, is preparing for an autonomous transition. CEO Sascha Meyer explains the real work: changing minds, not just tech.
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Aug 22, 2025
Misframing a problem can lead to solving the wrong one.
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Aug 21, 2025
With the support of McKinsey, the organization launched an expansion of clinical trial capacity at research sites across the United States, enabling more than 20 new trials and reaching over 4,600 participants to date.
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Aug 21, 2025
Britney Spears. Bro films. The rise of reality TV. Aughties pop culture was tough on women—and continues to shape how millennials perceive ambition, workplace dynamics, and female leadership today.
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Aug 21, 2025
GM's chief marketing officer shares how he builds partnerships across marketing and other executive functions to work toward a shared growth mindset.
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Aug 21, 2025
McKinsey partner Ben Stretch and senior partner Chris Bradley discuss how Australia can kickstart its sluggish productivity to grow its economy.
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Aug 21, 2025
Developments in data, technology, and manufacturing are finally allowing modular to deliver on its promise. Insights from our database of more than 700 companies illustrate what success looks like.
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Aug 21, 2025
Here is how India can reach consistent 8 to 9 percent real GDP growth required to become developed by 2047.
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Aug 21, 2025
Workday CEO Carl Eschenbach discusses agentic AI and building a durable growth company through a focus on service to others.
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Aug 20, 2025
Sweden can become a global leader but must resolve growth paradoxes through a bold, long-term agenda led by innovation, reform, and investment to accelerate economic growth.
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Aug 20, 2025
At first glance, the future of tech looks limitless: just think how fast artificial intelligence (AI), including generative and agentic AI, is advancing. Already, 80 percent of companies are using AI in at least one business function and more than 90 percent are planning to increase their AI investments, writes Kweilin Ellingrud in Forbes.
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Aug 20, 2025
US women's sports have passed an inflection point and are poised for future growth, but stakeholders will need to overcome multiple challenges to deliver their full economic potential.
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Aug 19, 2025
New market entrants have cut automotive time to market in half. Established players need to speed up, or they risk being left behind.
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Aug 19, 2025
While negotiating carve-out deals, buyers and sellers should consider the operational risk—and price it in the valuation.
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Aug 19, 2025
A new study by MIT and McKinsey finds that AI investments in operations are paying back faster than ever, but leading organizations are pulling away from the rest.
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Aug 19, 2025
Harvard University CIO Klara Jelinkova describes the "soft power" needed to make sure that IT is delivering value.
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Aug 19, 2025
Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you're looking for a quick win.
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Aug 18, 2025
US state departments of transportation are setting capital priorities against a backdrop where bankable plans—with the best returns on investment—are increasingly important for project funding.
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Aug 18, 2025
Innovative risk transfer strategies can help banks optimize capital, unlock new revenue streams, and foster new partnerships with private investors. But the business also brings risks.
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Aug 15, 2025
Tech investor Laurie Yoler shares her thoughts on the evolution of AVs, changing mobility patterns, and the long reach of autonomous technologies.
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Aug 15, 2025
Indonesia has set an ambition to become a high-income economy by 2045. Is this possible? Two McKinsey experts discuss how it could be and what actions would need to be taken to achieve it.
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Aug 15, 2025
The experienced airline CEO and board member reflects on leading through industry-defining disruption and the leadership lessons that endure.
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Aug 15, 2025
AI agents are poised to make sophisticated money decisions for customers, reshaping banking and affecting billions of dollars in revenue.
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Aug 14, 2025
The winningest coaches, athletic directors, and administrators follow a few core principles to set uncompromising standards and build elite organizations. Here's how C-suite leaders can do the same.
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Aug 13, 2025
Our latest obituaries also include a chief automotive designer, a NASA engineer who saved lives, and an idealist "touched with fire."
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Aug 13, 2025
Black American women face disproportionately high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity. Better research and care can transform health outcomes and boost the economy by $25 billion.
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Aug 13, 2025
Although macro indicators remain mixed and headwinds persist, several lesser-known developments are signaling deeper shifts in how China consumes, innovates, and competes both at home and on the global stage.
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Aug 13, 2025
Piloting gen AI is easy, but creating value is hard. That requires empowering employees to cocreate gen AI products against a North Star that redefines ways of working.
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Aug 12, 2025
Founder and director of Kotak Mahindra Bank, Uday Kotak, believes that common sense, an open mind, and strategic partnerships help build an institution that lasts beyond the individual.
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Aug 12, 2025
How can OEMs navigate frugal consumers and shifting macroeconomics in the increasingly competitive white goods sector? We examine our latest global state of the industry customer survey to learn more.
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Aug 12, 2025
Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you're looking for a quick win.
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Aug 11, 2025
RegTech, or "regulatory technology," refers to technologies that improve processes at financial-services organizations, particularly those related to risk and compliance.
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Aug 11, 2025
Securing rising living standards for all Americans requires action on the affordable housing shortage.
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Aug 11, 2025
To fend off the rise of digital attackers, banks must serve MSMEs better with a model that effectively blends the best of digital and AI with the personal touch of an advisor.
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Aug 08, 2025
State governments will need to balance a complex range of costs and a full view of the benefits as they weigh their strategies in data center development.
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Aug 07, 2025
Financial institutions are allocating significant resources to fighting financial crime, but they are generally making little progress. AI-based solutions may be an accelerator.
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Aug 07, 2025
How can leaders learn from disruption and pursue purpose? Stanford lecturer in management Robert E. Siegel shares a systems leadership playbook and transforms classroom lessons into boardroom learnings.
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Aug 07, 2025
Nerves of steel or "same old, same old"? Either way, dealmakers stared down volatility, leading to higher global M&A activity in the first half of this year.
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Aug 07, 2025
Financial institutions are allocating significant resources to fighting financial crime, but they are generally making little progress. AI-based solutions may be an accelerator.
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Aug 07, 2025
"All that work and what did it get us?" Leaders feel frustrated when transformations fall short, but they can achieve their goals by avoiding six common pitfalls.
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Aug 06, 2025
What does it take to lead a procurement transformation that delivers lasting impact in a world where the function is asked to do everything from managing volatility to generating sustainability and savings?
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Aug 06, 2025
Annual mobile-data growth rates are expected to fall from more than 50 percent in 2019 to as low as 10 percent in 2029. Will this lead to unprecedented competition or a new profitable era for telcos?
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Aug 06, 2025
McKinsey's Dr. Rupal Malani discusses changing policies and workforce shortages and how leaders are using M&A and AI to improve margins, operations, and care delivery.
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Aug 05, 2025
A seismic threefold increase in advanced-manufacturing investment could transform rural America by driving economic growth, creating high-quality jobs, and revitalizing communities.
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Aug 05, 2025
Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you're looking for a quick win.
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Aug 04, 2025
Life sciences companies are spending big on new capital projects. Industry leaders who embrace capital excellence could secure a competitive edge.
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Aug 04, 2025
Six strategies could catalyze growth and improve the well-being and economic mobility of rural residents across the country.
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Aug 04, 2025
Five leading cybersecurity executives and public company directors discuss how chief information security officers and boards can work together to grow and protect their organizations.
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Aug 01, 2025
Powering AI and new computation technologies can accelerate data center project delivery and optimize spending to reduce the projected $1.7 trillion global spend through 2030 by up to $250 billion.
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Aug 01, 2025
Six building blocks could help pharma organizations slash filing timelines from months to weeks, potentially unlocking as much as $180 million in net present value for priority assets.
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Jul 31, 2025
A new target operating model is crucial if gas distribution system operators are to capture the opportunities presented by changing market forces.
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Jul 31, 2025
As overall investment trends in future mobility have remained steady, analysis reveals that the market is undergoing deeper structural change.
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Jul 31, 2025
By harnessing gen AI, companies can leapfrog from selling data to building robust data products that deliver actionable intelligence and unlock previously untapped value.
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Jul 31, 2025
Creating a successful business venture is more than just a notion. An executive coach outlines the risks and rewards of business building and shares the core elements of successful start-ups.
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Jul 31, 2025
Tim Koller shares insights from the eighth edition of Valuation, reflects on economic trends, and considers the lasting influence of Warren Buffett.
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Jul 30, 2025
How can organizations move from reactive mental health efforts to proactive well-being strategies? A Cambridge professor shares a blueprint for supporting teams from the inside out.
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Jul 30, 2025
At Cannes Lions, McKinsey partner Eli Stein and Jasper CMO Loreal Lynch explore unlocking AI value at scale and building personalization that performs.
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Jul 30, 2025
Overall economic volatility has subsided, but consumer confidence is deteriorating and demand remains fragile, despite inflation decelerating across most countries.
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Jul 30, 2025
Facing a complex array of threats, payments providers will need to embrace a mix of traditional and emerging approaches.
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Jul 30, 2025
Stop tinkering with your org chart. Start rethinking your operating model—and closing the gap between strategy and performance as a result.
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Jul 30, 2025
The field of robotics presents opportunities in industries from manufacturing to healthcare to agriculture. Researchers are exploring the ethical and safety implications to set safe guardrails.
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Jul 29, 2025
Emerging trends, shifting demands, and growing supply chain complexity are reshaping the landscape for apparel manufacturers. McKinsey partner Javier del Pozo shares his thoughts on moving forward.
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Jul 29, 2025
Public-company boards can boost their effectiveness by embracing key strategies from the private equity playbook to enhance value creation and long-term impact.
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Jul 29, 2025
Australia's economic engine is stalling. To reignite growth, new initiatives must pass five tests for how effectively they accelerate productivity. The first test is unlocking investment.
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Jul 29, 2025
Thanks to a confluence of factors, Swiss online platforms could be positioned for accelerated growth.
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Jul 29, 2025
Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you're looking for a quick win.
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Jul 29, 2025
A data center is a facility that houses and runs IT infrastructure that's critical to the digital economy, particularly gen AI.
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Jul 28, 2025
The permitting process for large infrastructure projects is costly and time consuming. Accelerating timelines could help meet critical infrastructure needs and fuel future growth.
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Jul 28, 2025
The global biopharmaceutical company is using AI and agentic AI to accelerate how it chases breakthroughs in medicine.
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Jul 28, 2025
As CFOs reflect on budget seasons that come and go too quickly, it's time to recognize the advantages of a more agile, proactive, and sophisticated budgeting process.
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Jul 28, 2025
Business leaders are using AI and agentic AI to create value despite unprecedented change. A pioneer's journey offers many lessons.
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Jul 28, 2025
As hardware and software advance, general-purpose robots may evolve from a niche curiosity to an integral part of the workplace.
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Jul 28, 2025
The Ohio Department of Aging partnered with McKinsey to help expand access and improve quality of care and services for older adults and their families across the state.
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Jul 25, 2025
Our survey of European consumers' attitudes toward sustainable packaging shows shifting expectations and regional nuances in a market that generally values both sustainability and affordability.
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Jul 25, 2025
San Antonio's growth is fueled by collaboration, resilience, and opportunity. With bold investments and a unified vision, the region can elevate its industries, talent, and global profile.
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Jul 24, 2025
In a divestiture, companies must overcome the complexities of disentanglement
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