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The Consumerization of Health Care: How Patients Are Reshaping the Industry
12 Nov 2026
Almost half of nearly 10,000 people in ten countries see health care as a consumer good. BCG’s 2026 survey shows what patients expect and how to respond.
Client Zero: Inside BCG’s AI Transformation
11 Nov 2026
Discover how BCG is transforming its own business with AI, from workforce upskilling and agentic AI to redesigned workflows and new ways of delivering value.
How Companies Can Find New Value in Existing Materials
11 Nov 2026
Refurbishment and remanufacturing can cut manufacturing costs 60% to 70% and add 5+ margin points. BCG outlines five moves to capture circular value now.
How Luxury Brands Can Make Customers Feel Known | BCG
11 Nov 2026
34% of returning luxury customers are treated like first-time buyers. BCG’s 2026 survey shows how recognition, data, and AI make clients feel known.
For Industrial Companies, Winning with AI Takes More Than Tech
10 Nov 2026
AI-first industrial companies can lift EBIT margins about 5 points by redesigning processes end to end. BCG’s 2026 analysis spans three subsectors.
Corporate Giants Are Staying on Top Longer. Should They Feel Safe?
06 Nov 2026
Median giant churn fell from 24% to 13% across 15 industries, so market leaders are staying on top longer. BCG’s study of 2,000 firms shows how to test it.
The Insurance CEO’s Blueprint for Scaling AI
05 Nov 2026
For retail insurers, the path from scattered AI pilots to enterprise value starts with shared capabilities, focused investment, and coordinated execution.
Why Lower Bills for Households Are Good Business for Energy Retailers
05 Nov 2026
Integrated energy services can cut a European household’s total bill by 60% today, up to 80% later. BCG shows why that is a win for energy retailers.
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Typewriters, the office machines that preceded computers
By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
By Kiron Kasbekar | 05 Apr 2025
Donald Trump may be many things, but a good economist he is not. Accustomed to dictating terms to people he has worked with,
The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
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?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
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.
