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How Ready Are Companies For The Post-Pandemic World?

The Horizons Tracker

For instance, during 2020, GDP in advanced economies plummeted, with many businesses having to shut for prolonged periods, and nearly all having to rapidly adapt to the changing conditions. The Covid pandemic has undoubtedly been one of the most disruptive periods in most organizations’ history. Organizational agility.

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The productivity imperative

First Friday Book Synopsis

Patrick Viguerie for The McKinsey Quarterly. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and obtain information about a free online subscription, please click here. * * * To sustain wealth creation, developed nations must find ways to boost [.].

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Is The Single Market Preventing Digital Champions In Europe?

The Horizons Tracker

Consulting giant McKinsey recently argued that the talk about Asian economic hegemony has been largely underestimated. The single market was created at a time when most trade was in goods, and reform has not matched the shift towards a service-based economy in much of the developed world. Digital dominance.

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How Reducing Gender Inequality Could Boost U.S. GDP by $2.1 Trillion

Harvard Business Review

New research by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) finds that every U.S. state and city could add at least 5% to GDP by 2025 by advancing the economic potential of women. states could add more than 10%, and the nation’s 50 largest cities could add between 6% and 13% of GDP. Half of U.S. We found that about $2.1

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Working Mothers Are Important Contributors to the U.S. Labor Force

HR Digest

McKinsey reported that working mothers were 1.5 McKinsey ’s survey also showed that working mothers were 6 percent more likely to be dealing with mental health concerns than their male counterparts. times more likely to spend 3 additional hours on their household responsibilities than working fathers.

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What’s Driving Superstar Companies, Industries, and Cities

Harvard Business Review

In our recent research at the McKinsey Global Institute, we examined the superstar phenomenon across firms, as well as sectors and cities. For cities, we analyze nearly 3,000 of the world’s largest cities by population that together account for 67% of global GDP. counties, which account for 90% of GDP in that sector.

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How Competition Is Driving AI’s Rapid Adoption

Harvard Business Review

New research from the McKinsey Global Institute simulates the potential global macroeconomic impact of five powerful technologies (computer vision, natural language, virtual assistants, robotic process automation, and advanced machine learning). GDP growth a year across the period. But how will AI impact the economy in broad terms?

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