Sunday, October 31, 2021

Capturing the wind: Renewable-energy opportunities in Vietnam

Vietnam’s commitment to increasing its energy capacity using renewable sources and favorable macroeconomic conditions may create valuable opportunities for wind investors and developers.
Capturing the wind: Renewable-energy opportunities in Vietnam

Friday, October 29, 2021

The dawn of China biopharma innovation

Chinese biopharma is making a mark on the global stage as the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape and maturing innovation ecosystem spur significant value creation.
The dawn of China biopharma innovation

Asia’s consumers on the move: The future of mobility

Economic growth and shifting consumer values are transforming the opportunities in Asia for players in the automotive industry. Three recommended actions are keys to success in this new environment.
Asia’s consumers on the move: The future of mobility

Thursday, October 28, 2021

The future of EV charging infrastructure: Executive perspectives

Frank Mühlon and Giovanni Palazzo offer their insights into today’s and tomorrow’s priorities for scaling EV charging infrastructure to meet demand.
The future of EV charging infrastructure: Executive perspectives

Introduction: October 2021

The promise of electric vehicles (EVs) at scale seems increasingly tangible.
Introduction: October 2021

Unlocking growth in battery cell manufacturing for electric vehicles

Demand for electric vehicles is soon expected to outpace the ramp-up of battery cell production. Accelerating the build-out of battery cell gigafactories can help the industry stay on course.
Unlocking growth in battery cell manufacturing for electric vehicles

Shaping the future of fast-charging EV infrastructure

To help electric vehicles reach ubiquity, governments and EV charging companies must ensure the availability of fast-charging infrastructure doesn’t become a bottleneck for growth.
Shaping the future of fast-charging EV infrastructure

Scaling battery capacity in Europe: A conversation with Evan Horetsky

The Tesla gigafactory designer offers insights into what can be done to improve electric-vehicle battery manufacturing in Europe—a move that could drive the region into a cleaner future.
Scaling battery capacity in Europe: A conversation with Evan Horetsky

News from the Global Infrastructure Initiative: October 2021

Welcome to the October edition of Voices on Infrastructure, where we explore what it will take to scale electric-vehicle (EV) infrastructure to meet net-zero targets.
News from the Global Infrastructure Initiative: October 2021

Green Africa: A growth and resilience agenda for the continent

How the global climate agenda creates opportunities for Africa to build resilience, catalyze sustainable growth, and contribute to the net-zero transition.
Green Africa: A growth and resilience agenda for the continent

‘Everyone snacks’: How Mars Wrigley is pursuing growth in emerging markets

Blas Maquivar, president of global emerging markets at Mars Wrigley, discusses consumers’ evolving snacking behaviors, the company’s digital and purpose-driven ambitions, and his new travel schedule amid the pandemic.
‘Everyone snacks’: How Mars Wrigley is pursuing growth in emerging markets

Breaking the code: Unlocking digital and analytics at scale for consumer goods

The why, what, and how of consumer digital and analytics transformations
Breaking the code: Unlocking digital and analytics at scale for consumer goods

The case for cloud in life sciences

As cloud technology matures, life-sciences companies are generating new paths to business value beyond the cost efficiencies that cloud migrations typically target.
The case for cloud in life sciences

Putting carbon markets to work on the path to net zero

As the drive to curb global warming gathers pace, carbon markets have become increasingly fundamental to achieving net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions. Institutional investors can play a critical role.
Putting carbon markets to work on the path to net zero

Open-source e-commerce: The next wave of value for the enterprise

Moving to open-source e-commerce has significant benefits, but companies must be willing to embrace a broader digital culture.
Open-source e-commerce: The next wave of value for the enterprise

Pandemic to endemic: How the world can learn to live with COVID-19

With prospects of herd immunity fading, endemic COVID-19 is upon us, and new “whole of society” approaches are needed.
Pandemic to endemic: How the world can learn to live with COVID-19

From insurtech to incumbent: How Aviva Singlife came to life

Many start-ups aim for disruption, but what does it take to break through in the insurtech industry? The founder of Singlife shares his journey and insights.
From insurtech to incumbent: How Aviva Singlife came to life

Innovating to net zero: An executive’s guide to climate technology

Advanced technologies are critical to stopping climate change—and the drive to develop and scale them is accelerating. Here are five themes that could attract $2 trillion of annual investment by 2025.
Innovating to net zero: An executive’s guide to climate technology

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Twelve insights for an inclusive economic recovery for New York City

A robust recovery for the United States’ largest city is a recovery for all New Yorkers, especially its most vulnerable.
Twelve insights for an inclusive economic recovery for New York City

Solving the net-zero equation: Nine requirements for a more orderly transition

Net-zero commitments are rising, but the net-zero equation is not yet solved. This can only change if nine interdependent requirements are met with singular resolve, unity, and ingenuity.
Solving the net-zero equation: Nine requirements for a more orderly transition

Customer lifetime value: The customer compass

Through targeted investments, companies can identify their most valuable customers in three steps and secure their loyalty long term.
Customer lifetime value: The customer compass

Why do we serve high-emissions companies? Because that is where the emissions are.

With the COP26 climate change conference on the horizon, should McKinsey be working with companies whose operations add considerable amounts of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere? That’s a fair question. And to give away the punchline upfront—our answer is yes.
Why do we serve high-emissions companies? Because that is where the emissions are.

Resilience: The whole-company fitness challenge

To build resilience in volatile markets, most companies will need to change across the full span of their operations.
Resilience: The whole-company fitness challenge

Digitally native brands: Born digital, but ready to take on the world

By applying the right criteria, investors can identify digitally native brands with the potential to outperform.
Digitally native brands: Born digital, but ready to take on the world

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Beyond COVID-19: The new consumer behavior is sticking in the tissue industry

The changes that emerged during the lockdown are persisting. Postpandemic trends have five strategic ramifications.
Beyond COVID-19: The new consumer behavior is sticking in the tissue industry

Entrepreneurship zeitgeist 2030

Making start-ups Germany’s next economic powerhouse .
Entrepreneurship zeitgeist 2030

Taking the friction out of financial services: A conversation with Plaid COO Eric Sager

For Plaid’s operating chief, the future of payments will be built on increasing transparency for both customers and the banks and fintechs seeking to serve them.
Taking the friction out of financial services: A conversation with Plaid COO Eric Sager

Cloud 2030: Capturing Poland’s potential for accelerated digital growth

Widespread adoption of cloud technology across Polish companies and public institutions could generate value equivalent to 4 percent of Poland’s annual GDP by 2030.
Cloud 2030: Capturing Poland’s potential for accelerated digital growth

The McKinsey Crossword: Getting Ghosted | No. 47

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.
The McKinsey Crossword: Getting Ghosted | No. 47

Our future lives and livelihoods: Sustainable and inclusive and growing

Growth for all, growth for good. Here, we offer a proposal for business, government, and society leaders.
Our future lives and livelihoods: Sustainable and inclusive and growing

Digital transformation comes to food banks

The Greater Boston Food Bank’s $5 million reinvention as a digital-first enterprise has one overriding goal—to put more of its resources toward ending hunger.
Digital transformation comes to food banks

Friday, October 22, 2021

Driving motors into a digital, sustainable future

Electric motors power much of the global economy, and they also waste a quarter of global electricity consumption. Ryan Morris thinks his company can solve this environmental challenge.
Driving motors into a digital, sustainable future

Five actions to build next-generation know-your-customer capabilities

KYC programs are key in banks’ customer gain and retention, but their results aren’t optimal, despite technology and operations spend. Improving five KYC areas can generate substantial business value.
Five actions to build next-generation know-your-customer capabilities

Winning the race with inflation: The pricing opportunity for industrial companies

As inflation rises, industrial companies must take a new look at pricing.
Winning the race with inflation: The pricing opportunity for industrial companies

Managing water and climate risk with renewable energy

New analysis shows how companies can target renewable-energy purchases and investments to reduce water risk and carbon emissions in tandem.
Managing water and climate risk with renewable energy

Defense affordability: It’s time for a new approach

As annual growth in defense spending slows, defense companies need new strategies for reducing the cost of their products and services.
Defense affordability: It’s time for a new approach

Thursday, October 21, 2021

Opportunities for UK businesses in the net-zero transition

Supplying the goods and services to enable the global net-zero transition could be worth £1 trillion to UK businesses by 2030.
Opportunities for UK businesses in the net-zero transition

Closing the gender and race gaps in North American financial services

An updated view into gender and racial diversity in financial services—as well as women’s day-to-day work experiences—reveals some progress. But challenges in building an equitable and inclusive workplace persist.
Closing the gender and race gaps in North American financial services

Reviving the art of apprenticeship to unlock continuous skill development

Postpandemic skill gaps need filling, and formal learning alone won’t do the trick. Scaling the lost art of one-on-one learning can make the difference.
Reviving the art of apprenticeship to unlock continuous skill development

Agile talent: How to revamp your people model to enable value through agility

If your industry is changing quickly, your company has to change just as quickly—or faster—to stay ahead.
Agile talent: How to revamp your people model to enable value through agility

Reports of corporates’ demise have been greatly exaggerated

An analysis of 20 years of data on publicly traded companies and IPOs demonstrates that the drop-off in the number of listings is less steep than pundits would have you believe.
Reports of corporates’ demise have been greatly exaggerated

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

It’s time for philanthropy to step up the fight against climate change

Climate change’s negative effects are coming to bear on high-priority philanthropic issues. More and better funding can protect vulnerable stakeholders and speed the net-zero transition.
It’s time for philanthropy to step up the fight against climate change

Forward Thinking on pandemic preparedness, climate risk, and Europe’s recovery with Guntram Wolff

The director of one of Europe’s most influential think tanks reflects on how to better prepare for the next pandemic, and turns his attention to the challenges of postpandemic economic recovery in an era of rising climate risk.
Forward Thinking on pandemic preparedness, climate risk, and Europe’s recovery with Guntram Wolff

Australia and New Zealand: Building ‘agile’ capability

Why this is the perfect time for organisations to embrace and execute agile.
Australia and New Zealand: Building ‘agile’ capability

The sky is the limit: Perspectives on the emerging European commercial aircraft value chain recovery and beyond

Demand for European commercial aircraft is poised to recover. How should the industry respond?
The sky is the limit: Perspectives on the emerging European commercial aircraft value chain recovery and beyond

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Administrative simplification: How to save a quarter-trillion dollars in US healthcare

About thirty known interventions could deliver up to $265 billion in annual savings for US healthcare.
Administrative simplification: How to save a quarter-trillion dollars in US healthcare

From good to great in digital: The opportunity for Belgian companies

To build on their slim digital lead, Belgian companies need to improve in a few specific areas.
From good to great in digital: The opportunity for Belgian companies

Which metrics really drive total returns to shareholders?

McKinsey analysis of more than 2,200 large global companies reveals the importance of monitoring both economic-profit growth and revenue growth.
Which metrics really drive total returns to shareholders?

Maximizing agile productivity to meet shareholder commitments

Large organizations’ commitments to financial results are at odds with traditional agile methodologies. Adapting them to meet enterprise-wide goals is key.
Maximizing agile productivity to meet shareholder commitments

The McKinsey Crossword: “Message Received” | No. 46

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.
The McKinsey Crossword: “Message Received” | No. 46

Outward bound: Why Australian companies should look offshore for growth

As Australian companies shift their focus back to growth, they should assess how the global pandemic has created new opportunities for international expansion.
Outward bound: Why Australian companies should look offshore for growth

Net-zero Germany: Chances and challenges on the path to climate neutrality by 2045

Climate neutrality in Germany is possible as early as 2045, but decisive action must be taken now to achieve this target.
Net-zero Germany: Chances and challenges on the path to climate neutrality by 2045

Five trends reshaping European power markets

Utilities, traders, and large power consumers face significant challenges addressing the next normal.
Five trends reshaping European power markets

Monday, October 18, 2021

The Asian Century, two years on: A look back

When Asia’s economy officially become larger than any other region in the world, it signaled a new era of Asian leadership.
The Asian Century, two years on: A look back

The Asian Century, two years on: What’s changed and what’s next

After two years that transformed nearly every aspect of our world, McKinsey leaders from across the region discuss the biggest forces that have taken shape since the Asian Century began.
The Asian Century, two years on: What’s changed and what’s next

Five windows of opportunity for postpandemic Asia

Although the COVID-19 pandemic has caused hardship, Asia has remained relatively resilient, and opportunities for growth are opening up.
Five windows of opportunity for postpandemic Asia

Technology-driven growth in China: An interview with Jiang Xing

The CEO of ZhongAn Insurance says the industry can generate momentum for growth by taking advantage of trends, preparing for future developments, and increasing investments in digital transformation.
Technology-driven growth in China: An interview with Jiang Xing

Industrial-resource productivity and the road to sustainability

As industrial companies—especially in process industries—strive for a zero-carbon future, a time-tested approach shows renewed value in helping reduce carbon by up to one-third in three to five years.
Industrial-resource productivity and the road to sustainability

Setting a new bar for online higher education

Colleges and universities that learn from online education pioneers could improve operations and students’ experiences—and ensure their long-term viability.
Setting a new bar for online higher education

The future of federal work

How can the federal government think about remote work and the workplace environment—and communicate changes to its workforce?
The future of federal work

Friday, October 15, 2021

In search of speed: A new way for retailers to organize

As global organizations seek to recast themselves for speed, the retail sector has been under significant pressure. Enterprise agility is emerging as a solution.
In search of speed: A new way for retailers to organize

How a tech company went from moving data to using data: An interview with Ericsson’s Sonia Boije

Ericsson’s head of data enablement explains how the company is enabling its people to make full and effective use of data.
How a tech company went from moving data to using data: An interview with Ericsson’s Sonia Boije

Value creation: How can the semiconductor industry keep outperforming?

The industry has made vast profitability gains in recent years. Can it seize the moment to accelerate value creation even further?
Value creation: How can the semiconductor industry keep outperforming?

Emerging stronger from the crisis: What’s next for regional providers?

Regional healthcare providers should address some familiar topics—with speed and all at once—to thrive in the next normal.
Emerging stronger from the crisis: What’s next for regional providers?

Preparing global business services for the next normal

Shared-services and GBS organizations face twin needs: to accelerate digital capabilities and learn to work within a constantly evolving environment.
Preparing global business services for the next normal

Author Talks: Dorothy A. Brown on the whiteness of wealth

In her new book, the Emory University law professor explains why US tax policy disadvantages Black Americans—and how to make the system more equitable.
Author Talks: Dorothy A. Brown on the whiteness of wealth

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Net zero by 2035: A pathway to rapidly decarbonize the US power system

Ten strategic moves can help the power sector play a pivotal role in reducing carbon emissions.
Net zero by 2035: A pathway to rapidly decarbonize the US power system

Jumpstarting value creation with data and analytics in fashion and luxury

In a time of uncertainty, fashion and luxury companies are struggling to monetize their data. Leading firms are moving swiftly, gaining market share, and creating lasting value.
Jumpstarting value creation with data and analytics in fashion and luxury

Insurance: Transforming risk and compliance

As economies emerge from the pandemic and plan for the next decade of growth, insurance companies need to rethink the strategic function of risk.
Insurance: Transforming risk and compliance

The Committed Innovator: A conversation with Loonshots author Safi Bahcall

The entrepreneur and innovation adviser explains how to make bold innovations flourish.
The Committed Innovator: A conversation with Loonshots author Safi Bahcall

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

How one approach to M&A is more likely to create value than all others

Two decades of research show that, while large deals still have their place, programmatic M&A strategies continue to create gains in excess total returns to shareholders, at lower levels of risk.
How one approach to M&A is more likely to create value than all others

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Scaling AI like a tech native: The CEO’s role

Embedding AI across an enterprise to tap its full business value requires shifting from bespoke builds to an industrialized AI factory. MLOps can help, but the CEO must facilitate it.
Scaling AI like a tech native: The CEO’s role

Next in loyalty: Eight levers to turn customers into fans

How do top-performing companies maximize the impact of their loyalty programs in the next normal? By focusing on customer behavior, segment by segment.
Next in loyalty: Eight levers to turn customers into fans

Digital health ecosystems: Voices of key healthcare leaders

COVID-19 has made it more pressing than ever to integrate online and offline offerings and to establish integrated health ecosystems. We asked key healthcare leaders about their views to make this change happen.
Digital health ecosystems: Voices of key healthcare leaders

Five technology building blocks to power customer-centric, data-driven growth

Personalization at scale can optimize every customer experience when executed well. What are the key success factors leading organizations focus on to deliver customer-centric growth?
Five technology building blocks to power customer-centric, data-driven growth

Exploring cultivated meat

Only recently it was a futuristic dream—but today, cultivated meat is a product consumers are just beginning to taste. The next step is scaling a global industry.
Exploring cultivated meat

Cloud-migration opportunity: Business value grows, but missteps abound

Companies aim to embrace the cloud more fully, but many are already failing to reap the sizable rewards. Outperformers have shown what it takes to overcome the costly hurdles.
Cloud-migration opportunity: Business value grows, but missteps abound

The McKinsey Crossword: Rapid Return | No. 45

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.
The McKinsey Crossword: Rapid Return | No. 45

An on-demand revolution in customer-experience operations?

Whether relying mainly on in-house or external talent, gig-style staffing models—when managed carefully—could give customer care the horsepower and flexibility it needs for today’s increasingly volatile markets.
An on-demand revolution in customer-experience operations?

Five Fifty: The invisible edge

Fast-growing companies spend 2.6 times more than slower ones on intangible assets like brand, skills, and knowledge. Are you investing enough in the assets you can’t see?
Five Fifty: The invisible edge

Monday, October 11, 2021

Future of Asia: The future of financial services

Changes in Asia's consumer markets offer new and diverse opportunities for growth.
Future of Asia: The future of financial services

Driving Asia's $10 trillion consumption growth opportunity

Asian consumers are changing the way they shop and spend, and these shifts are creating a $10 trillion growth opportunity over the next decade. Tiago Devesa, engagement manager in McKinsey's Sydney office, explains what these new consumption patterns are, and what this means for businesses.
Driving Asia's $10 trillion consumption growth opportunity

Achieving win-win spin-offs

By acknowledging and addressing four factors relating to execution and operations, ParentCo can separate from SpinCo in a way that creates value for both.
Achieving win-win spin-offs

Sunday, October 10, 2021

CBDC and stablecoins: Early coexistence on an uncertain road

With the rapid rise in circulation of stablecoins over the past couple of years, central banks have stepped up efforts to explore their own stable digital currencies.
CBDC and stablecoins: Early coexistence on an uncertain road

Merchant acquiring and the $100 billion opportunity in small business

What will it take to grow in the age of value-added services? Our work with payments practitioners suggests a few promising strategies for serving smaller companies.
Merchant acquiring and the $100 billion opportunity in small business

How transaction banks are reinventing treasury services

As clients demand solutions to enhance their corporate treasury activities, banks are increasingly partnering with fintechs and software players.
How transaction banks are reinventing treasury services

Friday, October 8, 2021

Author Talks: Indra Nooyi on leadership, life, and crafting a better future

The trailblazing former CEO of PepsiCo discusses the events that shaped her life and offers a blueprint for work–family conundrums.
Author Talks: Indra Nooyi on leadership, life, and crafting a better future

Strategy for a digital world

A winning digital strategy requires new twists to familiar moves.
Strategy for a digital world

The digital future of manufacturing consumer packaged goods

Nearly two years of tumult have accelerated disruption, with lasting effects on society and business. To thrive in the consumer-packaged- goods industry, digital and analytics are now essential.
The digital future of manufacturing consumer packaged goods

How affordable is mental healthcare? The long-term impact on financial health

Those who report mental illness have disproportionately faced economic disadvantages and report greater financial stress.
How affordable is mental healthcare? The long-term impact on financial health

How CPG companies can sell online profitably

Making a profit in e-commerce can be a struggle for consumer-packaged-goods manufacturers. Two McKinsey experts discuss the problem—and potential solutions.
How CPG companies can sell online profitably

Thursday, October 7, 2021

Can Japan finally become a start-up power?

Long viewed as a relative laggard, Japan’s start-up ecosystem is beginning to come into its own. Investor Paul McInerney sheds light on the evolving environment for entrepreneurs.
Can Japan finally become a start-up power?

Global Economics Intelligence executive summary, September 2021

Rapid growth and strong demand bump against pandemic-related disruptions; energy prices surge, but long-term inflation expectations remain moderate.
Global Economics Intelligence executive summary, September 2021

Mastering change: The new CFO mandate

New research shows that now is the time for finance leaders to lean into the evolution of their roles and reassert themselves as strategic partners and digital enablers to the business.
Mastering change: The new CFO mandate

Future-proofing the organization the ‘helix’ way

The German auto supplier ZF Friedrichshafen is reinventing a key division. Its head of transformation explains how separating the company’s people leadership from its product lines improves both.
Future-proofing the organization the ‘helix’ way

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Global payments 2021: Transformation amid turbulent undercurrents

The global payments sector is poised for a quick return to healthy growth, but the benefits will not flow evenly to all participants.
Global payments 2021: Transformation amid turbulent undercurrents

Unlocking the banking technology workforce

Leading banks have made deep-seated changes to their technology spending priorities, role mix, and talent mix, unlocking a step change in productivity.
Unlocking the banking technology workforce

Forward Thinking on economies beyond COVID-19 with Michael Spence

A Nobel laureate explores postpandemic prospects, explaining why his cautious optimism about the economic recovery has been replaced by concern related to the slow vaccine rollout in lower-income economies, fragile supply chains, and extreme weather events.
Forward Thinking on economies beyond COVID-19 with Michael Spence

Supporting unpaid caregivers in crisis: A talk with Alexandra Drane

The CEO of Archangels reveals startling new insights on the health of American unpaid caregivers amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Supporting unpaid caregivers in crisis: A talk with Alexandra Drane

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Crossing the horizon: North American asset management in the 2020s

The past 18 months have planted multiple seeds of disruption which are setting a dynamic new horizon of growth for the industry in the coming decade.
Crossing the horizon: North American asset management in the 2020s

Author Talks: Parag Khanna on the forces creating a new geography of opportunity

Parag Khanna provides a vision of the next phase of human civilization—one that is both mobile and sustainable.
Author Talks: Parag Khanna on the forces creating a new geography of opportunity

From tech tool to business asset: How banks are using B2B APIs to fuel growth

Banks can use APIs to generate income growth from corporate customer segments, improve customer experience, and fuel innovation.
From tech tool to business asset: How banks are using B2B APIs to fuel growth

Accelerating pandemic response efforts: An interview with CEPI’s Richard Hatchett

Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the CEO of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations explains his five-year strategy that includes reducing vaccine timelines.
Accelerating pandemic response efforts: An interview with CEPI’s Richard Hatchett

For Bond Analysts | No. 44

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.
For Bond Analysts | No. 44

Monday, October 4, 2021

Transforming customer experience in utilities

Utility leaders are achieving great customer experiences while driving out costs. Doing so requires customer-experience transformations around self-service and digital channels.
Transforming customer experience in utilities

Friday, October 1, 2021

Agile business portfolio management

Companies that regularly refresh their portfolios tend to outperform, but deciding when and how to divest a business may be the most challenging part of M&A.
Agile business portfolio management

China’s consumption story steadily evolving

China’s consumption story is evolving. Rising incomes still matter, but the primary feature of the next decade may very well be the impact of sweeping demographic and social change that is coinciding with the rapid march of technology. To find the consumers who will drive China’s growth, you need to look at very different groups of individuals. So who are the consumers who are key to growth? Jonathan Woetzel and Jeongmin Seong highlight five consumer shifts that matter.
China’s consumption story steadily evolving

Look out below: What will happen to the space debris in orbit?

With more satellites and space debris in orbit, it’s time for a new approach for mitigating collisions.
Look out below: What will happen to the space debris in orbit?

Lessons from the rapidly evolving regulation of digital banking

Regulators seeking ways to balance protection of customers’ interests, financial institutions’ risks, and their other policy objectives for digital banking can learn from early regulatory experiences.
Lessons from the rapidly evolving regulation of digital banking

Built to last: Making sustainability a priority in transport infrastructure

Every year, trillions of dollars are invested in the infrastructure that helps us—and our goods—get around. What will it take to move the transport infrastructure industry toward carbon zero?
Built to last: Making sustainability a priority in transport infrastructure