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The COVID-19 outbreak is a human tragedy and has a growing impact on the global economy. This is McKinsey's evolving take on coronavirus' business implications.

A joint study from McKinsey and NielsenIQ examines sales growth for products that claim to be environmentally and socially responsible.

Most digital strategies don’t reflect how digital is changing economic fundamentals, industry dynamics, or what it means to compete. Companies should watch out for five pitfalls.

Focus on digital strategy now -- during the coronavirus crisis -- to provide near-term help to employees, customers, and the broad set of stakeholders.

While Europe’s B2B start-ups are becoming competitive, start-ups, investors, and corporates will need to share expertise and work as partners to realize the region’s full entrepreneurial potential.

«Three factors are likely to boost the growth potential of B2B start-ups in Europe: first, they provide great value for money; second, they profit from a mature regional ecosystem; and third, the European business landscape with its need for innovation is fertile ground for growing new innovation champions.»

European innovation is losing its edge. Five paths could build on existing strengths and help the continent scale up to meet the challenge.

AI in banking may be the next big differentiator. Success requires a holistic transformation spanning multiple layers of the organization.

Companies can determine whether they should invest in the blockchain market by focusing on specific use cases and their position.

Agriculture must embrace a digital, connectivity-fueled transformation in order to overcome increasing demand and several disruptive forces.

In the future, the most successful retailers will employ experts in video-game design and spatial computing, predicts Brian Solis of Salesforce.com.

The industry is on the verge of a seismic, tech-driven shift. A focus on four areas can position carriers to embrace this change.

Insurance companies have the opportunity to create new sources of revenue by rethinking their traditional roles and adopting an ecosystem mind-set.

Better output by working less?

Preparing for the CEO role can be a challenge and a reward. These eight lessons drawn from more than 300 McKinsey Leadership Forum participants and the CEOs who advise them will benefit any top…

Agile organizations--of any size and across industries--have five key elements in common.

Transforming companies to achieve organizational agility is in its early days but already yielding positive returns. While the paths can vary, survey findings suggest how to start.

Research has shown that while the need for manual skills will decline, the demand for technological, social and higher cognitive skills will increase.

«We started from four broad skill categories—cognitive, digital, interpersonal, and self-leadership—then identified 13 separate skill groups belonging to those categories.»

Which skills will citizens need in the future? We surveyed 18,000 people in 15 countries to learn more.

Which technology trends have the most momentum in an accelerating world? We ranked the top cross-industry trends that matter most for companies and executives.

«1. Applied AI 2. Next-generation computing 3. Trust architecture 4. Distributed infrastructure 5. Future of connectivity 6. Future of programming 7. Next-level process automation and virtualization 8. Bio Revolution 9. Future of clean technologies 10. Nanomaterials»

Our 2020 AI survey shows artificial intelligence has become a revenue driver and companies earning the most from AI plan to invest more in response to COVID-19.

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.

Design thinking is a systemic, intuitive, customer-focused problem-solving approach that organizations can use to respond to rapidly changing environments and to create maximum impact.

Eight charts show that for B2B sales, digital is the wave of the post-COVID-19 future.