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Jul 26, 2024
A range of existing and emerging decarbonization solutions could help active pharmaceutical ingredient companies reduce their carbon footprint by up to 90 percent.
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Jul 26, 2024
Will middle managers survive the latest bout of disruption and delayering? Should they?
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Jul 26, 2024
The acclaimed scientist behind the planetary boundaries framework outlines what he thinks it would take to ensure humanity remains within a safe operating space amidst increasing environmental risks.
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Jul 25, 2024
Surveyed healthcare leaders say their organizations are eager to use generative AI to help enhance how healthcare stakeholders work and operate, but some are still adopting a wait-and-see approach.
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Jul 25, 2024
The ECB cuts rates by 25 basis points as other central banks hold; economic survey respondents remain cautious amid global uncertainty and expect more cuts; and the EU adds tariffs on China EVs.
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Jul 25, 2024
Our July obituaries also include a CEO and media mogul, an early transgender-rights activist, a Pritzker Prize-winning architect, and an astronaut whose work inspired the establishment of Earth Day.
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Jul 25, 2024
Despite lingering concerns about inflation and the high cost of living, consumers across all ages and product categories still want to spend—thoughtfully.
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Jul 25, 2024
Tokenization is the process of creating a digital representation of a real thing. Tokenization can also be used to protect sensitive data or to efficiently process large amounts of data.
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Jul 24, 2024
While companies scramble to address their resiliency issues, senior leaders should be thinking further ahead.
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Jul 24, 2024
By moving from information to action—think virtual coworkers able to complete complex workflows—the technology promises a new wave of productivity and innovation.
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Jul 24, 2024
Demystifying the narrative around five fundamental elements will help start-ups and scale-ups grow efficiently and continuously.
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Jul 24, 2024
In the post-COVID-19 era, investors pinch their pennies.
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Jul 23, 2024
Operations technologies are here. Productivity gains are not. Why? It's increasingly clear that to transform industrial production, industrial organizations must also be transformed.
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Jul 23, 2024
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 22, 2024
Organizations that have a distinctive capability can set themselves apart from the competition. It's time to build your superpower.
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Jul 22, 2024
SEKO senior vice president for global ocean freight Akhil Nair discusses the significant disruptions that AI could bring to the world of logistics.
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Jul 22, 2024
Demand for sustainable aviation fuel could outpace supply by 2030 without a significant increase in capacity. Forward-leaning aviation players use a combination of strategies to source SAF, including equity investments, to help scale the ecosystem.
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Jul 22, 2024
Recent issues at canals and ports have created supply chain uncertainty. How do logistics executives help their customers cope?
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Jul 22, 2024
FourKites founder and CEO Matt Elenjickal discusses how digitization can help logistics customers who are dealing with ongoing supply-chain-infrastructure disruptions.
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Jul 19, 2024
Talent management starts by addressing workforce challenges, adapting to generational needs, leveraging technology in operations, and developing leadership for talent retention.
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Jul 19, 2024
A new survey suggests AI-powered advances could reshape aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul. But companies will need to embrace digital disruption.
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Jul 18, 2024
A journalist combined storytelling and detective work to uncover his family's cancer mystery—and what it means for the fight against the disease.
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Jul 18, 2024
Great models help leaders understand complexity and navigate through uncertainty. Six practical steps for better financial planning and analysis (FP&A) are essential.
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Jul 18, 2024
Building a profitable data business hinges on having not just the right data but also a business model and enterprise capabilities to support it.
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Jul 18, 2024
As demand soars, companies in commercial aerospace and other industrial sectors need new ramp-up strategies for low-volume, high-complexity products.
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Jul 18, 2024
What do mature procurement teams do to boost their companies' profit margins? Our weekly digest explores that topic and more.
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Jul 18, 2024
In a new survey, CFOs report a growing focus on longer-term planning and high expectations for technology, including generative AI.
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Jul 17, 2024
The aerospace and defense industry is under pressure from labor shortfalls and increasing demand. By focusing on five talent imperatives, it can unlock productivity and create value.
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Jul 17, 2024
Demand for maintenance, repair, and overhaul services is trending up in commercial aviation, but the factors responsible for that increase will shift over the next decade.
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Jul 17, 2024
Frontline retail workers in the United States are still planning to leave the industry in droves. New data reveals how retailers can improve the frontline experience and retain employees.
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Jul 17, 2024
By addressing four persistent challenges, aerospace procurement leaders could alleviate supply shortages that are hampering operations and threatening fulfillment and growth.
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Jul 17, 2024
Despite some very real risks, former Fortune CEO Alan Murray argues that the stunning advances made possible by generative AI outweigh the potential downsides.
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Jul 16, 2024
Budapest's tourism is on the rise. Ten opportunities could help the city to capture its growth potential and to further improve the experience of both tourists and locals.
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Jul 16, 2024
Electrification of industrial heat production is increasingly within reach, offering new possibilities for the global energy transition.
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Jul 16, 2024
Which technology trends matter most for companies in 2024? New analysis by the McKinsey Technology Council highlights the adoption, development, and industry effects of advanced technologies.
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Jul 16, 2024
Nature-related risks are impacting Africa's natural ecosystems and economy. An enabling environment could accelerate action from Africa's private financial sector to manage risks and opportunities.
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Jul 16, 2024
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 15, 2024
Flexport founder and CEO Ryan Petersen discusses mitigation strategies for logistics customers who are dealing with supply chain infrastructure disruptions, such as the slowdowns at the Panama and Suez Canals.
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Jul 15, 2024
Europe's embedded-finance market is growing at double-digit rates. It is becoming increasingly important for banks, merchants, and other customer platforms to participate.
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Jul 15, 2024
A new perspective shows how the UK corporate landscape is evolving and how top performers within it create the conditions necessary to achieve their ambitions.
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Jul 12, 2024
Do your goals overshadow your desire for happiness? Olympic gold medalist Mark Tuitert shares how you can separate the two and discover what it means to live a great life.
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Jul 12, 2024
The former CFO of the LEGO Group shares insights and lessons for finance leaders.
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Jul 12, 2024
Yes, gen AI can be dazzling. But to deliver value, leaders will have to look beyond center stage.
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Jul 12, 2024
The offshore wind industry is facing macroeconomic pressures that are halting growth and profitability. Developers can embrace four key actions to help navigate this changing environment.
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Jul 12, 2024
Our latest procurement benchmarking data reveals the tools, capabilities, and ways of working that are helping leading companies protect their profits in turbulent times.
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Jul 10, 2024
In a conversation with the board director and former diplomat, two McKinsey experts offer advice on how boards can guide their organizations through volatile times.
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Jul 10, 2024
Alistair Brownlee, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, shares his strategies for staying resilient amid pushback, removing barriers to creating habits, and leading with conviction.
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Jul 09, 2024
The deployment of AI and generative AI along with other economic and business shifts is redefining work in Europe and the United States, writes Kweilin Ellingrud in Forbes.
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Jul 09, 2024
Identifying fresh opportunities for growth in China's vast consumer market requires a more granular approach.
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Jul 09, 2024
Advanced digital, automation, and AI technologies offer a great customer experience at low cost. The real challenge is building services organizations that can make the most of these new tools.
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Jul 09, 2024
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 08, 2024
The emergence of gen AI is forcing data and AI leaders to revisit their data platforms. Companies that move now can position themselves well for the data-driven future.
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Jul 08, 2024
Gen Z's influence on consumer behavior and employment trends is driving contact center leaders to integrate AI, adapt to market changes, and implement holistic strategies for customer care.
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Jul 05, 2024
Activist investors seek to maximize their own returns—which can lift a company's share price when activists hold shares. But what happens a few years after an activist exits its position?
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Jul 03, 2024
Coty chief global supply chain officer Graeme Carter explains how the beauty company's people-first approach to digital and AI is helping it reach its goals.
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Jul 03, 2024
Economist Andrew J. Scott, author of The 100-Year Life and The Longevity Imperative, discusses the opportunity for positive and profound change in an aging society.
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Jul 03, 2024
This may be India's century. We look ahead at seven trends likely to shape the country for years to come—and help it achieve its development goals.
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Jul 02, 2024
Leading economist Chad Syverson speculates about the ingredients in productivity's secret sauce.
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Jul 02, 2024
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 02, 2024
Looking for your next book? Each year, McKinsey seeks out the best books in business, technology, workplace culture, and more. Here's our 2024 list, recommended by CEOs, founders, editors in chief, and other global leaders.
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Jul 02, 2024
Alexander Sukharevsky, senior partner and global leader of QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey, says Europe enjoys several competitive AI advantages, including talent, culture, and a regulatory framework.
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Jul 02, 2024
McKinsey's latest ConsumerWise Survey finds consumers in the region reacting differently to ongoing economic uncertainty. Companies should take note.
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Jul 01, 2024
US manufacturing companies are facing a talent and labor crisis. Is it time they took a fresh look at their automation options?
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Jul 01, 2024
Credit risk organizations are already adopting gen AI technologies. How can they deploy them safely and at scale?
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Jul 01, 2024
How insurance chief risk officers balance today's complex demands.
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Jun 28, 2024
Central banks largely hold interest rates, with inflation still above target; freight rates are expected to spike; the US is expected to impose tariffs on multiple imports from China.
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Jun 28, 2024
How Europe's Tech IPO market can strategically adjustments for growth and sustainability
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Jun 28, 2024
As the directive for the European Union's Digital Operational Resilience Act approaches, financial institutions and their providers of information and communications technology have significant work ahead, a new McKinsey survey shows.
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Jun 28, 2024
There's no doubt the growth of generative AI will affect the future workforce. This podcast turns the conversation to how companies can adapt to thrive, drawing on Singapore as a case study.
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Jun 28, 2024
Data permeates almost every aspect of our lives, but do we truly know its effects? Aram Sinnreich looks behind the curtain to find out.
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Jun 28, 2024
A comprehensive approach, supported by a strong enabling organization, can help B2B industrial manufacturers tap into the value of aftermarket and service.
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Jun 27, 2024
Labor productivity over the past 25 years has been a success story for some, a tale of stagnation for others. Investments and digital transformation can boost productivity for all economies, McKinsey research shows.
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Jun 27, 2024
Executives' views on the world economy remain more positive than negative, though they believe a recession is increasingly likely. In their own economies, concerns over unemployment are growing.
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Jun 26, 2024
Charlie Gottdiener discusses the growing importance of enterprise connectedness and the planning software provider's research quantifying the business value of better decision making.
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Jun 26, 2024
The relationship between insurers and private-capital firms has strengthened in recent years as distinctive investment management has become critical to executing the "virtuous flywheel" strategy.
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Jun 26, 2024
For almost two decades, labor markets across advanced economies have tightened—and the trend is set to continue. This article provides a data-driven look via charts to understand the implications.
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Jun 26, 2024
Amid a broadly favorable climate for global banking, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) banks enjoyed an extraordinarily successful 2023 and are poised for a strong 2024.
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Jun 25, 2024
Closing the cardiovascular-disease gap between men and women could help women regain 1.6 million years of life lost because of poor health and early death, and boost the US economy by $28 billion annually by 2040.
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Jun 25, 2024
Generative AI can enhance knowledge of the credit customer journey and lead to improved outcomes.
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Jun 25, 2024
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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Jun 25, 2024
A distinctive capability can lift a company's performance. But it's not easy to build one. Here's a guide to how today's stock market favorites have created enduring competitive advantages.
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Jun 24, 2024
March Capital's Wes Nichols talks about innovating on the front lines of technological change.
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Jun 24, 2024
Our June obituaries include former CEOs of Ford and Boeing, a mathematician-turned-trader who put quants on the map, and a Caribbean-born titan of francophone literature.
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Jun 24, 2024
In the first quarter 2024, the economies of Southeast Asia continue to sustain their growth momentum, driven by stronger demand at home and supported by growth shoots in some global markets.
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Jun 24, 2024
Successful organizations move a transformation from ambition to action. Here's what it takes.
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Jun 21, 2024
Bold action may be needed to maintain the city's prominence in the industry.
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Jun 21, 2024
"Money makes the world go round," but Rockefeller International chairman Ruchir Sharma argues that capitalism really isn't achieving its full potential. If financial bailouts aren't the answer, what is?
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Jun 20, 2024
Tokenized financial assets are moving from pilot to at-scale deployment. Adoption is not yet widespread, but financial institutions with blockchain capabilities in place will have a strategic advantage.
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Jun 19, 2024
Companies need to reduce their logistics emissions to meet decarbonization targets, but a new McKinsey survey finds that few companies have clear plans to do so. What is the best path forward?
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Jun 19, 2024
Next-gen automotive E/E architectures require sophisticated centralized compute units to cope with increasing feature needs. Fusion chips and chiplet-based designs are potential enablers.
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Jun 18, 2024
The single most effective way for companies to scale climate technology is to aim for cost parity with carbon-intensive alternatives.
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Jun 18, 2024
Permitting can be a major barrier to achieving ambitious clean-energy goals. Some states are acting as laboratories, experimenting with strategies that could be examples for other states.
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Jun 18, 2024
Boosting competitiveness could help chemical companies in India navigate global headwinds and shape a trillion-dollar chemicals market by 2040.
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Jun 18, 2024
The Netherlands has high ambitions for living standards, housing, healthcare, education, and the environment, requiring higher productivity growth through technology and a "train of job transitions."
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Jun 18, 2024
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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Jun 17, 2024
Micro, small and medium-size enterprises (MSMEs) play an underappreciated and outsized role in the global economy, accounting for 90% of businesses. Yet small businesses struggle with productivity in comparison with large companies, despite them playing a central role in economic growth. Recent research from the McKinsey Global Institute highlights important implications on how best to tackle the MSME productivity problem, write Olivia White and Anu Madgavkar in World Economic Forum.
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Jun 17, 2024
Credit union members are aging, and young people tend to see these institutions less favorably than their elders do. Here are six strategies for bringing in younger members to weather the years ahead.
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Jun 17, 2024
In a new book, four McKinsey senior partners show why leaders must connect with themselves first before they can inspire and empower their organizations.
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Jun 14, 2024
Consumers of all ages, from different parts of the globe, are prioritizing travel. Here's what providers should know to tailor experiences in ways that will attract and delight today's tourists.
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Jun 14, 2024
Circularity refers to practices that optimize resource use and minimize waste across the entire production and consumption cycle, emphasizing sustainability and economic efficiency.
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