Welcome to McKinsey Quarterly, the business journal of McKinsey & Company.
MAY 2011
A new report explores the explosive growth of digital information and its potential uses.
JANUARY 2011
Many mergers don’t live up to expectations, because they stumble on the integration of technology and operations. But a well-planned strategy for IT integration can help mergers succeed.
DECEMBER 2010
McKinsey’s new survey research finds that companies using the Web intensively gain greater market share and higher margins.
Insurers that outsource the IT and administration of policies underwritten years ago can improve customer satisfaction, lower costs, and even reduce capital requirements.
A new model for managing IT combines factory-style productivity to keep costs down with a more nimble, innovation-focused approach to adapt to rapid change.
NOVEMBER 2010
In our fifth business technology survey, executives say they want more immediate value from IT and forward-looking strategies from technology leaders that support growth and innovation.
Top companies in our survey grind down costs by consolidating IT and rationalizing processes. They’re growing faster as well.
AUGUST 2010
Advancing technologies and their swift adoption are upending traditional business models. Senior executives need to think strategically about how to prepare their organizations for the challenging new environment.
Many IT service providers are locating some operations in second-tier cities of their home markets.
JULY 2010
As service operations use IT to become more efficient across all processes and workflows, they will need to align their work practices with the strengths of automation.
MARCH 2011
Emerging technologies could spark product innovations that change the way the industry serves customers. But insurers must match technologies with strategic goals.
FEBRUARY 2011
Knowledge workers’ information needs vary. The key to better productivity is applying technology more precisely.
Consumers get the bulk of it with free services like social networks. Will industry dynamics shift as providers and advertisers try to get a bigger share?
The inventor, businessman, and author explains how the exponential growth of technologies will transform industries and pose new opportunities—and hurdles—for business and society.
Shelley Leibowitz left a top Wall Street CIO post for a chance to modernize IT at a global institution. She shares lessons learned from applying her private-sector experience.
IBM computer scientist David Ferrucci and his team set out to build a machine that could beat the quiz show’s greatest players. The result revealed both the potential—and the limitations—of computer intelligence.
Two-time Jeopardy! champ Greg Lindsay knew that beating IBM’s quiz show–playing computer would be hard. What he didn’t expect was how much it would change the way he played.
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