To justify the investment, AI must do more than boost productivity; it will need to unlock new sources of growth and value.

As AI infrastructure investment accelerates, the world must confront the next challenge: whether the economic value created ...

China’s manufacturing scale, speed, and ecosystem density are changing how industries innovate, commercialize, and scale.

AI adoption has surged, but value realization has not. Value comes from rebuilding systems and teams around the customer, not the technology.

AI pricing is expanding beyond seat licensing as companies add new pricing models alongside current ones. The right meter—whether based on effort, output, or outcome—depends on the use and the ...

Most companies are stuck in gen AI experimentation, not transformation; real impact requires business redesign, not just tech deployment. The emerging leaders focus on fewer, high-value domains and ...

The big US shopping weekend still holds serious sway: Around 9% of Bain-defined retail holiday sales will land between Black Friday and Cyber Monday this year—the highest seasonal share we’ve seen ...

Beyond the Core is a classic that will be praised and read by business leaders who are serious about growing their companies. It picks up where Profit from the Core exits with both real and useful ...

What Is Zero-Based Budgeting? Zero-based budgeting (ZBB) is a budgeting method that takes a “blank sheet of paper” approach to resource planning. The zero-based budget process differs from traditional ...

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Providers and payers alike are investing in tech amid operating challenges, though near-term uplift is required as the bill ...

Amid early-year market disruptions, investments, exits, and fund-raising all dragged in the first half, and liquidity remained a major challenge. AI continued to loom as a disruptive factor but also ...