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C-Curve: Strategic Framework for Low-Return Businesses | BCG
14 Aug 2025
Successful companies don’t grow out of low returns, they first shrink to a strong core, boost performance, and only then expand strategically.
Rethinking B2B Software Pricing in the Era of AI | BCG
13 Aug 2025
Discover how aligning software pricing with customer outcomes will secure a competitive advantage as autonomous capabilities transform enterprise technology.
BMW Group’s GenAI Transformation Unlocks New Pathways for Growth
12 Aug 2025
Auto AI by BCG X boosts efficiency and transforms workflows through GenAI, streamlining operations and opening doors to exciting growth opportunities.
Tackling the Global Crisis of Textile Waste | BCG
12 Aug 2025
BCG experts explore how reducing textile waste and improving recycling systems can unlock material value and support environmental and economic sustainability.
Digital and AI in Nordic Construction | BCG
07 Aug 2025
Nordic construction has bold digital ambitions - but little impact. BCG reveals how firms can bridge the gap and unlock real value from digital and AI.
To Win with GenAI, Keep It Simple
07 Aug 2025
Roger Premo explains why targeting proven use cases, like call centers and back-office ops, is the smartest path to unlocking GenAI value today.
International Trade
06 Aug 2025
The new tariff landscape is more complex and unclear, but global firms now have guidance on likely impacts. Learn more about the US tariffs patchwork here.
A Promise That Brings AI to Life Responsibly | BCG
06 Aug 2025
AI is changing the way we work. Explore the AI TALENT Promise, a commitment to employees and candidates that lays out clear principles for using AI responsibly.
GenAI Adoption Is Hard. Radical Employee Centricity Can Help
05 Aug 2025
BCG experts highlight how rethinking employee experience—via support, motivation, and training—can unlock GenAI success and sustainable workforce transformation.
Seven Questions for a Smarter Applications Strategy | BCG
05 Aug 2025
Should a company go with a single-vendor software suite covering all needs, or select multiple specialized tools tailored to specific business functions?
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You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
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From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
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By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
