Original research, expert perspectives, and actionable frameworks from our global team of partners and practitioners.
Our survey of 500 CEOs reveals that only 12% have moved beyond experimentation to deploy AI at scale. We identify the five organizational capabilities that separate leaders from laggards.
A fundamental shift is underway in how institutional capital moves across borders. Our analysis of $2.4 trillion in cross-border investment surfaces three durable patterns that will define returns into the next decade — and the corporate strategies that should adapt to them.
Net-zero commitments are now table stakes. The harder work is turning ambition into operating decisions that protect returns. Our analysis of 500 companies across 20 sectors shows how climate leaders are compounding 3.2% of annual total shareholder return above their peers — and how they got there.
The era of frictionless global flows is over. Leading manufacturers are rewiring their networks for a decade of disruption — building resilience without sacrificing efficiency. We show what separates the winners from the rest.
Our annual survey of 1,200 chief executives across 38 economies finds confidence rebounding from the 2024 trough. 62% plan increased capital investment, but the composition of confidence has changed: capex is up, headcount is steady, and geopolitics has overtaken inflation as the top external risk.
With leverage expensive and multiple expansion over, private equity returns will come from operations or they will not come at all. We identify the five operational levers and the governance model that separate today's top-quartile sponsors from the rest.
Regulatory scrutiny, industrial policy and geopolitical friction have redrawn the cross-border deal map. We examine how leading acquirers are rebuilding conviction, reshaping terms, and protecting value in an era where national interest sits next to every negotiating table.
Digital health has moved from pandemic-era hype to a sober phase of value creation. We map the business models that are compounding, the ones that are not, and the strategic plays that payers, providers and investors should be making over the next three years.
As companies grow from start-up to enterprise, the org chart stops being an HR artifact and becomes the single most important strategic instrument leaders hold. We share the frameworks that separate companies that scale gracefully from those that snap.
Semiconductors have become both economic infrastructure and instrument of statecraft. Industrial policy, AI demand and supply-chain reconfiguration are rewriting the operating model of every chipmaker and major buyer. We map the strategic implications and the moves that matter over the next three years.
Wildfires, floods and heatwaves now cost the global economy $360 billion a year. We examine how leading insurers, banks and asset managers are turning climate-risk data into a competitive advantage.
Most ESG datasets remain unfit for capital allocation. A four-step blueprint for elevating sustainability data to the same rigour as financial data — and using it to drive real decisions.
Industrial leaders are spending up to 30% more on resilience after a decade of disruption. We map the trade-offs and identify where additional resilience truly creates value.
Industrial CapEx in North America jumped 47% over three years, but execution risk is high. We separate the structural winners from the politically motivated false starts.
Generative AI is shifting customer experience from segmentation toward one-to-one co-creation. Companies adopting the new playbook are growing 2.5x faster than peers.
The talent gap, not the technology gap, is what now separates AI leaders from laggards. CEOs need to rewire hiring, learning and incentives within three years.
Geopolitics, AI, climate and activism are simultaneously testing boards. Our review of 200 board self-assessments reveals four habits that separate top quartile directors from the rest.
Synergy realisation in cross-border deals trails domestic deals by 30 to 60%. We identify the six integration moves that successful acquirers execute in the first 100 days.