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Mar 04, 2021
A new survey looks at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on consumer sentiment, which could influence future mobility investments.
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Mar 03, 2021
The Schrems II ruling created a noteworthy disruption in the data-privacy environment. Here, we outline a risk-based approach to managing uncertainty from the ruling.
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Mar 03, 2021
Incumbent insurers in Asia find product innovation challenging. Developing products to respond to customer needs, not risks or competitor actions, will be crucial.
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Mar 03, 2021
New business models present an opportunity for IT-infrastructure providers, who are facing a migration in value as buyers demand cloud-like, customer-centric experiences.
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Mar 03, 2021
Former UPS finance chief Kurt Kuehn describes how the SASB framework can help companies measure, manage, and disclose material ESG and other nonfinancial risks.
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Mar 03, 2021
Indian automotive sales have shown resilience during the pandemic but have not returned to their pre-COVID-19 strength. What will it take to go from resilience to resurgence?
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Mar 02, 2021
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. Either play the interactive version, or if you like putting pen(cil) to paper, download and print when you're ready to engage. Check back each Tuesday for a new puzzle or, better yet, sign up to get an alert each week when the next challenge is ready.
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Mar 02, 2021
Large insurers can turn their scale into a strong competitive advantage—if they recognize that fully harnessing the benefits of scale requires managing complexity.
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Mar 02, 2021
Organizations that rapidly reinvented themselves in response to the pandemic can provide lessons on resilience.
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Mar 02, 2021
Not many companies are bold enough to enter the challenging Chinese market without a local partner. But a desire to retain full control, and the belief that relying on local partners may hinder its ability to learn and scale, eventually paid off, according to the cofounder of a Beijing-based, Swedish property developer.
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Mar 02, 2021
Santen CIO Minori Hara explains how IT is enabling the ophthalmological company to deliver a holistic sense of well-being around eye health.
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Mar 02, 2021
Scientific innovation can speed effective responses to future pandemics and health crises. Here are ten promising innovations.
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Mar 02, 2021
To help Emirates Team New Zealand defend their America's Cup title, we introduced them to a new sailor: a McKinsey-built AI bot.
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Mar 01, 2021
While the education response to the COVID-19 pandemic has varied widely, teachers agree on the high cost of remote learning, especially for vulnerable students.
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Mar 01, 2021
Many B2B buyers prefer purchasing products using digital channels. Choosing the right operating model is critical for reaching customers across the chemical industry's fragmented markets.
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Mar 01, 2021
Private equity has an opportunity to transform the global business community and improve returns.
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Mar 01, 2021
While the education response to the COVID-19 pandemic has varied widely, teachers agree on the high cost of remote learning, especially for vulnerable students.
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Mar 01, 2021
Four technology trends could help improve road functionality, construction, and maintenance, creating opportunities for greater safety, efficiency, and economic success.
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Feb 26, 2021
To thrive in a fast-changing world, leaders must treat capability building as a strategic weapon, says McKinsey's managing partner for North America.
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Feb 26, 2021
While we saw high levels of volatility in 2020, the outlook for gas and LNG shows strong growth, resilience, and changing expectations for emissions amid widespread carbon-neutrality aspirations.
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Feb 26, 2021
COVID-19 sent shocks through global oil markets, with oil demand and supply still struggling to return to pre-pandemic levels. Our outlook looks back at 2020 and presents our most-likely scenarios for oil demand, supply, and prices through 2040.
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Feb 26, 2021
While M&A trends may be poised to accelerate, gold industry players will need to keep past lessons in mind or else risk repeating previous mistakes.
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Feb 26, 2021
Four McKinsey leaders—Jon Garcia, Liz McNally, Daniel Pacthod, and Michael Park—describe the ways in which capability building could evolve in the next decade.
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Feb 26, 2021
Cloud has immense potential, but most companies are only scratching the surface. Recent research clarifies where the value lies—and how to capture it before competitors do.
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Feb 26, 2021
In his new book, David Fubini provides a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to be a superior leader.
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Feb 26, 2021
Setting a bold vision, adapting the business to respond to market feedback, and putting customer satisfaction first has enabled digital-banking start-up N26 to grow rapidly into a global bank valued at $3.5 billion.
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Feb 26, 2021
The former US chief performance officer, now a leader at the Markle Foundation, wants to revolutionize how companies and workers approach capability building.
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Feb 26, 2021
Björn Annwall, leader of Volvo Cars in the EMEA region, believes business leaders should be deliberate and hands-on when it comes to developing their people.
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Feb 26, 2021
Shorter planning cycles, higher cost-cutting targets, and hybrid working models are defining how organizations reimagine their sales, general, and administrative (SG&A) functions for 2021 and beyond.
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Feb 25, 2021
The industrial application of cloud technology is widely seen as very promising, so we went to the front lines and conducted a large-scale survey to find out what really works.
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Feb 25, 2021
With companies facing more pressure than ever to deliver savings, procurement teams can offer not only short-term relief, but also long-term rewards.
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Feb 24, 2021
Designing great customer experiences is getting easier with the rise of predictive analytics.
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Feb 24, 2021
The country could build digital talent and applications across major areas of industry and government to improve digital competitiveness.
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Feb 24, 2021
Increasing uncertainty in chemicals requires companies to adopt new operating models. Four guiding principles can help players incorporate strategies that reflect the new realities of the industry.
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Feb 24, 2021
Increasing uncertainty in chemicals requires companies to adopt new operating models. Four guiding principles can help players incorporate strategies that reflect the new realities of the industry.
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Feb 24, 2021
Many mining companies struggle to secure financing for capital-expansion programs. Miners must pull the full range of financial levers to see a potential of some $800 billion over the next ten years.
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Feb 24, 2021
Three vignettes illustrate how behavioral healthcare is experienced today, and what it may look like in the future when evidence-based prevention, treatment, and recovery supports are used to address whole person care.
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Feb 24, 2021
The public, private, and social sectors can all play a role in improving access and outcomes for those with behavioral health conditions.
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Feb 23, 2021
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. Either play the interactive version, or if you like putting pen(cil) to paper, download and print when you're ready to engage. Check back each Tuesday for a new puzzle or, better yet, sign up to get an alert each week when the next challenge is ready.
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Feb 23, 2021
Three seasoned board directors discuss the role boards are playing in guiding their companies toward recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.
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Feb 23, 2021
In the United States, naturally occurring affordable housing (NOAH) is at risk. To protect this critical asset class, stakeholders for federal, state, and local housing can all play a role.
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Feb 23, 2021
In the wake of the pandemic, the world's long-term investors are reexamining their purpose.
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Feb 22, 2021
The CEO of Hintsa Performance argues that wellbeing is the foundation of sustainable high performance—not a reward for it.
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Feb 22, 2021
Racial equity and inclusive growth can drive economic mobility and a postpandemic recovery.
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Feb 22, 2021
As COVID-19 vaccination rates grow, more Americans are citing their interest in receiving a vaccine, and many cite satisfaction with process.
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Feb 22, 2021
The experiences of several high-performing software development organizations in banking and retail offer a road map to excellence.
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Feb 21, 2021
Advancing racial equity in the workplace is a system-level challenge—ranging from the structural inequities of geography to underrepresentation in industries and jobs that could create additional opportunity to the behaviors of the workplace itself.
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Feb 19, 2021
Divergent forces are creating tailwinds and headwinds for the personal-protective-equipment (PPE) sector, requiring makers to differentiate through innovation, sales channels, and service.
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Feb 19, 2021
To America's leaders, innovators, and changemakers: knowing how to effect change is just as important as knowing what to change.
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Feb 18, 2021
To America's leaders, innovators, and changemakers: here's how you can help build a low-carbon economy that is resilient, competitive, prosperous, and fair.
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Feb 18, 2021
Due to the pandemic, many organizations have prioritized short-term priorities for internal-audit functions, but now is also the time to recalibrate for potential long-term uncertainty and complexity.
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Feb 18, 2021
5G offers a level of connectivity that could transform the shop floor. Here's how leaders use today's technologies to secure supply chains and create value, despite the challenges of deployment.
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Feb 18, 2021
Bureaucracy actually served us well in the past. But the nature of work has changed, and management needs to change too.
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Feb 18, 2021
Managed well, stress can be an ally rather than an enemy. Here's how to use it to your advantage.
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Feb 18, 2021
Key stakeholders will need to continue to monitor and adapt to new data and new variants emerging across the globe to respond effectively.
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Feb 18, 2021
The pandemic accelerated existing trends in remote work, e-commerce, and automation, with up to 25% more workers than previously estimated potentially needing to switch occupations.
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Feb 18, 2021
Private health insurance is a significant growth opportunity for insurers in Asia. To compete, insurers will need to reimagine their value propositions and rethink their operating models.
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Feb 17, 2021
With software driving tomorrow's automotive innovations, R&D organizations must quickly master its intricacies.
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Feb 17, 2021
Leadership transitions are an opportune time for public-sector CIOs to accelerate technology modernization using our three-vector strategy.
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Feb 17, 2021
As trends speed up and outperformers increase their leads, companies urgently need to set a path for post-COVID-19 growth.
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Feb 17, 2021
To America's leaders, innovators, and changemakers: the task of building a more perfect society needs your help.
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Feb 16, 2021
To America's leaders, innovators, and changemakers: the post-World War II recovery offers lessons for the post-COVID-19 future.
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Feb 16, 2021
Pharma operations has long centered on avoiding missteps, especially in quality and compliance. But with the Fourth Industrial Revolution, operations could launch pharma's next innovation blockbuster.
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Feb 16, 2021
With relatively little risk, industrial gas companies can optimize parts of their operations with advanced technologies.
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Feb 16, 2021
Fast-surfing consumers are trying out new brands, stores, products, and websites. Can loyalty programs keep pace?
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Feb 16, 2021
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. Either play the interactive version, or if you like putting pen(cil) to paper, download and print when you're ready to engage. Check back each Tuesday for a new puzzle or, better yet, sign up to get an alert each week when the next challenge is ready.
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Feb 15, 2021
Before the pandemic, scaling an effective online offering was optional for higher education institutions. Now it's a necessity.
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Feb 15, 2021
To America's leaders, innovators, and changemakers: even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, a return to a normal existence is in sight. Getting the endgame right could save thousands of lives.
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Feb 12, 2021
In a new book, Michelle Duster celebrates the life of Ida B. Wells, a journalist, suffragist, and antilynching crusader—and Duster's great-grandmother.
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Feb 12, 2021
Exploring our feelings of otherness can help us discover how we are the same.
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Feb 12, 2021
After 2020 disrupted lives and livelihoods, the country is geared for a reset. In America 2021, leaders, innovators, and changemakers have an opportunity to make a telling difference. Here are the first in a yearlong series of our contributions to the discussion.
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Feb 12, 2021
In this interview, Tiger of Sweden CEO Linda Dauriz shares her views on design inspiration and digital innovation—and why consumers are embracing conscious consumerism.
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Feb 12, 2021
In this interview, Tiger of Sweden CEO Linda Dauriz shares her views on design inspiration and digital innovation—and why consumers are embracing conscious consumerism.
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Feb 12, 2021
Increasingly, small biopharmaceutical companies are launching their new drugs themselves rather than relying on large pharma companies to do it for them. How can they get it right the first time?
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Feb 12, 2021
As New York Fashion Week kicks off a new season of fashion weeks around the globe, these are the five themes to watch.
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Feb 12, 2021
Under pressure during the pandemic, many consumer companies turned to agile. Here's how they accelerated adoption of agile practices across their organizations.
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Feb 12, 2021
In this interview, McKinsey senior partner Achim Berg discusses how consumers in 2021 want fewer things and more clarity—and why digital is the future of retail.
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Feb 12, 2021
Full-funnel marketing is not just a campaign strategy; it's a total shift in how marketing works.
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Feb 11, 2021
Car data can help mobility players along the entire value chain—but they need to act now.
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Feb 11, 2021
An agile transformation can release the full potential of frontline staff, leading to more-satisfied, happier employees, lower costs, and better overall performance.
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Feb 11, 2021
While the benefits of psychological safety are well established, a new survey suggests how leaders, by developing specific skills, can create a safer and higher-performance work environment.
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Feb 10, 2021
A CEO discusses past and future strategy in the evolving semiconductor sector.
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Feb 10, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of cloud technology and analytics in delivering public-sector services. Can governments build on what they have learned?
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Feb 10, 2021
What could your business achieve if your large capital projects were 30 to 50 percent faster and cheaper? The opportunity is more real than you think.
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Feb 10, 2021
More and more companies are experimenting with internal carbon charges—but are their pricing thresholds correct?
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Feb 10, 2021
Runoff policies often present profitability challenges for European life insurers. Those looking to create value from their closed books can learn from recent market shifts.
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Feb 09, 2021
Adolescent girls and young women in Africa have high unmet needs for modern contraceptives. Concepts centered on self-care can help meet these needs.
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Feb 09, 2021
Here's how leading companies can build a business that's ready for tomorrow.
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Feb 09, 2021
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. Either play the interactive version, or if you like putting pen(cil) to paper, download and print when you're ready to engage. Check back each Tuesday for a new puzzle or, better yet, sign up to get an alert each week when the next challenge is ready.
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Feb 09, 2021
How a biotech scientist helped transform a traditional science organization into an innovation leader.
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Feb 09, 2021
It is humanity versus virus, and we are on the cusp of winning, thanks to healthcare and public-sector workers and innovators.
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Feb 09, 2021
To organize for the future, embrace nine characteristics that explain who the organization is, how it operates, and how it grows.
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Feb 09, 2021
Better performance relies on greater visibility into processes and decisions. The right combination of technology, capabilities, and mindsets can make all the difference.
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Feb 09, 2021
Amid the unforeseen effects of the pandemic on at-risk and lower-income communities, governments and organizations around the world must convene to ensure effective distribution of newly developed vaccines.
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Feb 09, 2021
The full potential of fintech in Nigeria remains untapped. But a youthful population, a focused regulatory drive to increase financial inclusion, and accelerating digital adoption due to COVID-19, are creating the conditions for a thriving sector. If stakeholders take quick and decisive action, they can strategically protect gains and accelerate growth in the sector, even in difficult economic times.
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Feb 08, 2021
Nasdaq's 50th anniversary reminds us that markets should be more inclusive, share more information, inspire innovation, and bring the world together.
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Feb 08, 2021
The economic recovery is exceeding expectations, but the pandemic has worsened; vaccination programs and the fight against the virus will dictate further progress.
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Feb 08, 2021
Leaders' plans may falter if they're relying on superficial analogies to find answers to their biggest problems.
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Feb 08, 2021
A strategic turnaround is helping Indonesia's largest state-owned enterprise to stem eight years of losses, transform company culture, and embrace a digital future.
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Feb 08, 2021
How has the global market exchange remained relevant to its stakeholders after 50 years? By embracing changes in technology, society, and the economy and by meeting customers' needs with innovation.
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