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The China imperative for multinational companies
January 15, 2023
– Multinational companies operating in China must reconfigure for opportunity and risk.
The complication of concentration in global trade
January 12, 2023
– Concentration in the origins of traded products is widespread, prompting questions about whether to diversify or decouple.
Global balance sheet 2022: Enter volatility
December 15, 2022
– Growth in the global balance sheet accelerated during the pandemic, but paused in 2022.
Pixels of Progress: A granular look at human development around the world
December 7, 2022
– Our world is big and complex, but human progress is still about life on the ground, up close and in detail.
FEATURED RESEARCH
Global flows: The ties that bind in an interconnected world
November 15, 2022
– Economic and political turbulence have prompted speculation that the world is already deglobalizing. But the evidence suggests that global integration is here to stay, albeit with nuance.
On the cusp of a new era?
October 20, 2022
– Current economic and political turbulence could presage the start of a new era that is structurally very different with a new narrative of progress.
Securing Europe’s competitiveness: Addressing its technology gap
September 22, 2022
– Even amid war in Europe and the energy and cost of living crisis that has resulted, the region needs to pay attention to its slow-motion corporate and technology crisis.
Human capital at work: The value of experience
The net-zero transition: What it would cost, what it could bring
The rise and rise of the global balance sheet: How productively are we using our wealth?
Climate risk and response: Physical hazards and socioeconomic impacts
COVID-19 Analysis
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Will productivity and growth return after the COVID-19 crisis?
March 30, 2021
– Bold innovation by some firms under pressure of the pandemic could deliver a productivity dividend, but that depends on corporate...
action broadening and robust demand.
Article - McKinsey Global Institute
What’s next for consumers, workers, and companies in the post-COVID-19 recovery
May 18, 2021
– Many changes in business models and consumer behavior during the pandemic will stick, but action will be needed to ensure the...
rebound is not uneven.
Report - McKinsey Global Institute
The future of work after COVID-19
February 18, 2021
– The pandemic accelerated existing trends in remote work, e-commerce, and automation, with up to 25 percent more workers than previously...
estimated potentially needing to switch occupations.
Report - McKinsey Global Institute
The consumer demand recovery and lasting effects of COVID-19
March 17, 2021
– The pandemic led to an unprecedented consumption shock across countries that upended long-standing consumer habits. But what happens...
once the pandemic is over?
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To reinvent globalization, companies and countries should think ‘diversifying,’ not ‘decoupling,’ according to McKinsey Global Institute’s research
January 20, 2023
– The pandemic, Ukraine, geopolitical stress, climate change, and macroeconomic uncertainty: These are turbulent times. No wonder...
business leaders and policymakers are re-examining everything from their supply chains to their trading patterns. The overarching question, as we see it, is what this means for globalization, write Bob Sternfels and Olivia White in
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What does the world need to achieve sustainable, inclusive growth?
December 23, 2022
– While some believe that economic growth is incompatible with fighting climate change, only growing economies can produce the financial...
resources needed to make the transition to a net-zero economy. Accelerating global growth could bring lower-income households into the middle class and build infrastructure to reduce emissions, write Sven Smit, Anu Madgavkar, and Kevin Russell in
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