After hitting historic lows in 2025, transatlantic confidence appears to stabilise. Maintaining confidence requires concerted, pro-growth action.

Unless telcos proactively manage their costs, scaling up AI will simply add expenses to an already-heavy legacy base. An agentic operating model is emerging: a 70-to-30 ratio of legacy to AI costs, ...

Bain & Company surveyed more than 500 fleet operators from Germany, France, the UK, Italy, and Poland—spanning all relevant truck applications and fleet sizes—to understand what drives purchasing ...

Decisions are the coin of the realm in business. No company can reach its full potential unless it makes good decisions quickly and consistently and then implements them effectively. Good companies ...

Global healthcare buyout deal activity moderated in the first half of 2026, with disclosed deal value falling below that of the first half of 2025, even as volume edged higher. The momentum ...

The last year has given consumers much to worry about. From wars to heightened political tensions to lingering inflation, new reasons for unease have gained mindshare around the world. But these ...

Generative AI promises to drive significant productivity gains, improve patient and provider experience, and ultimately lead to better clinical outcomes. The technology could lower administrative ...

The 23rd edition of the Bain & Company Luxury Study, released in collaboration with Italian luxury goods body Fondazione Altagamma, suggests that the global personal luxury goods market is likely to ...

The best performers run two tracks simultaneously: delivering today while building tomorrow's growth engine. Yet fewer than half of CEOs believe that their organizations can adapt and execute at the ...

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This article originally appeared on HBR.org. Business leaders often think of “efficiency” and “productivity” as synonyms, two sides of the same coin. When it comes to strategy, however, efficiency and ...

Few would contest that the past few years in private equity have been the industry’s most challenging period since the global financial crisis. The good news: Dealmaking appears to have turned the ...