What will the teardown of electric vehicles mean for the future of the mass market thereof? In this article, we describe success factors on the way to profitable serial production of EVs and discuss essential practices for paving the road toward the EV mass market. Read more
The technology-driven world in which we live is a world filled with promise but also challenges. Cars that drive themselves, machines that read X-rays, and algorithms that respond to customer-service inquiries are all manifestations of powerful new forms of automation. Yet even as these technologies increase productivity and improve our lives, their use will substitute for some…
McKinsey & Co tackles the big question on everyone’s lips nowadays: How exactly will the great succession of new technologies such as the Internet, the cloud, big data, robotics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence affect the future of our economy? While we are purposefully creating an intelligence that is external to humans and housed in what…
On the premise that digitization is causing a radical reordering of traditional industry boundaries, McKinsey & Co. poses the question: What will it take to play offense and defense in tomorrow’s ecosystems? In an attempt to answer the question, this article delves into Japan’s single largest online retail marketplace: Rakuten Ichiba… Read more here
McKinsey and Company means that CEOs and senior executives can employ proven techniques to create top-team performance – and moreover, that this topic’s importance is not about to diminish as digital technology reshapes the notion of the workplace and how work gets done. On the contrary, the leadership role becomes increasingly demanding as more work is conducted…
McKinsey & Co argue that assessing a company’s vulnerability to risk makes otherwise theoretical discussions of strategy more real. They contend that nonfinancial companies, too, would benefit from a more aggressive look at the risks they face. This article contains the findings of their recently tested ‘qualitative thinking’ in interviews with the CFOs, company secretaries,…
