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Smart cities: Digital solutions for a more livable future
– As cities get smarter, they are becoming more livable and more responsive—and today we are seeing only a preview of what technology could eventually do in the urban environment.
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How industrial companies can respond to disruptive forces
– A survey of 300-plus executives from the automotive, aerospace, and diversified-industrial sectors generated insights that can help traditional players reckon with change.
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Disruption in European consumer finance: Lessons from Sweden
– Strong earnings in European consumer finance have drawn the attention of attackers, including large retailers and fintechs. To maintain their position, banks must focus on the customer and transform their operating models.
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Digitizing Sweden: Opportunities and priorities in five ecosystems
– If Sweden is able to fulfill its potential for digitization by leveraging six important technological trends, it could generate SEK 850-1 400 billion per year from 2025. Strong ecosystems must be established to foster the interaction and collaboration required to create the value.

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Renewed optimism for the fashion industry
– After a challenging stretch, has fashion turned the corner? Things are looking up, but the rebound may be uneven, says this year’s... The State of Fashion report.
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Shaping the future of work in Europe’s 9 digital front-runner countries
– Our research shows significant value in embracing AI and automation for the Northern European countries, but sees a requirement... for new skill sets among employees and a policy response around education, training, and the social contract.
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The brightening mood of European business—and what it means for investment
– Executives are increasingly optimistic about the region’s business outlook, but new survey results suggest more work is... needed to instill confidence and stability. A few measures could help.
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Long term value: from intuition to index
– For the past 3 decades, leaders in business, government, and academia have debated whether the unrelenting focus on quarterly... profits at the expense of long-term commitments has undermined the growth potential of companies and even the economy.
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Harnessing automation for a future that works
– Automation is happening, and it will bring substantial benefits to businesses and economies worldwide, but it won’t arrive... overnight. A new McKinsey Global Institute report finds realizing automation’s full potential requires people and technology to work hand in hand.
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New day for Veryday
– What’s the common thread connecting IKEA’s Home Smart furniture with wireless charging stations and Gillette’s... smooth ProGlide razors? Both were researched and codesigned with the client by Veryday, an award-winning Swedish design agency—and our latest acquisition. As with the purchase last year of California-based LUNAR, the deal adds new talent to McKinsey Design and enables us to help more clients grow more quickly by creating amazing new products and services.
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Digital Europe: Realizing the continent’s potential
– Europe is operating below its digital potential. Accelerating digitization could add trillions of euros to economic growth in... less than a decade.
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Digitizing healthcare in Sweden
– Our new Swedish-language report ("Värdet av digital teknik i den svenska vården") finds that systematically digitizing... the country’s healthcare system could not only put it on a more sustainable cost trajectory, but improve the quality of care.
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Digital globalization: The new era of global flows
– Soaring flows of data and information now generate more economic value than the global goods trade.
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How to scale your own digital disruption
– Companies often spend millions of dollars on digital initiatives that fail to gain traction. Here’s how to move beyond experiments... to implement changes that stick.
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The secrets to going digital
– How do leading companies transition to digital, and what role can the chief digital officer play? In this interview, McKinsey’s... Kate Smaje explains.
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