In with the new

Despite economic uncertainty, companies are doubling down on building new businesses—and, in many sectors, the types of businesses are evolving. According to the latest McKinsey Global Survey on new-business building, senior partner Ari Libarikian and colleagues note that, compared with last year, the share of respondents expecting to build everything-as-a-service businesses, such as subscription businesses or remote healthcare, is now nearly as large as that for new data, analytics, and AI-based businesses. Meanwhile, digital retail businesses have become somewhat less prioritized. Click through the interactive to see more.

To read the survey, see “CEOs’ choice for growth: Building new businesses,” November 9, 2023.