McKinsey Quarterly is the business journal of McKinsey & Company.
DECEMBER 2011
In our sixth annual technology survey, executives say their companies are boosting IT spending and adopting new technology platforms to support innovation.
In an interview, Coop Centrale CEO Massimo Bongiovanni explains IT’s role in the future of retailing.
CIOs should ask six questions before going to the board with a capital request.
JUNE 2011
Eliminating threats is impossible, so protecting against them without disrupting business innovation and growth is a top management issue.
MAY 2011
A new report explores the explosive growth of digital information and its potential uses.
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.
JANUARY 2011
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?
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.
NOVEMBER 2011
Our fifth annual survey on the way organizations use social tools and technologies finds that they continue to seep into many organizations, transforming business processes and raising performance.
AUGUST 2011
New McKinsey research estimates the impact of Internet search in the global economy, pinpointing the sources of value and the beneficiaries.
SEPTEMBER 2011
Executives who won a contest McKinsey cosponsored with Gary Hamel’s Management Innovation eXchange (MIX) and the Harvard Business Review highlight myriad ways Web 2.0 is improving communication among employees at all levels.
OCTOBER 2011
Radical customization, constant experimentation, and novel business models will be new hallmarks of competition as companies capture and analyze huge volumes of data. Here’s what you should know.
MIT professor Erik Brynjolfsson, Cloudera cofounder Jeff Hammerbacher, and Butler University men’s basketball coach Brad Stevens reflect on the power of data.
Companies are learning to use large-scale data gathering and analytics to shape strategy. Their experiences highlight the principles—and potential—of big data.
CEOs should shake up the technology debate to ensure that they capture the upside of technology-driven threats. Here’s how.
CEO Robert McDonald wants to make the consumer goods giant the world’s most technologically enabled company. Here’s how.
In a global operating model, IT must deliver the efficiencies of standardization but respect local business needs. Xiaoyan Wang describes her strategy.
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