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2026 M&A trends: Navigating a rapidly rebounding market
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After dealmaking slowed momentarily in early 2025, global M&A activity quickly assumed a grand scale—delivering big gains for the year—with momentum continuing.
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What to expect in the global fashion industry in 2026
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This year’s dominant themes include agentic AI, the growth of the resale market, the quest for operational efficiency, and strategic renewal in the luxury sector.
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Global Private Markets Report 2026 Private equity: Clearer view, tougher terrain
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Private equity weather has improved, revealing more demanding, technical ground. Here’s what our analyses indicate for dealmakers, operators, fundraisers, and LPs as they look to the road ahead.
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The brain economy explained: Why strong brains power strong economies
Four McKinsey Health Institute leaders explain why brain health and brain skills are foundational to growth, resilience, and...
Lives & Legacies
A turnaround CEO, a bond market virtuoso, and a champion of human visibility
Our latest obituaries also include a plastics magnate, a probiotic pioneer, and an award-winning architect whose work defied...
Week in Charts
Investor relations to calm pharma volatility
Investor relations is especially critical for life sciences companies because long R&D cycles, high capital intensity, and scientific...
Themes
The future of trade and growth in Asia
The Lunar New Year celebrates renewal, resilience, and fresh beginnings across much of Asia and around the globe. These themes...
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How top economic performers lean into their competitive advantage to guide their strategy
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Booking Holdings’ CEO on building the world’s largest travel platform
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Glenn Fogel explains how AI, personalization, and the “connected trip” could redefine value for travelers.
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Mike Schoellhorn on uniting European defense through scaled leadership and collaboration
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Europe can tackle fragmentation by collaborating on early tech maturation, practical approaches, and a winning team mindset, while executing on time, at pace, and at sustainable cost.
McKinsey on Books
Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies, 8th edition
At the crossroads of corporate strategy and finance lies valuation. This book enables everyone, from the budding professional...
Rewired, second edition
This updated edition offers brand-new insights into cutting-edge AI solutions—and what it takes to implement them—as...
Author Talks: How to anchor your leadership philosophy
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What drives an exceptional company culture? The former CEO of Royal Caribbean explains how a focus on metrics, risk-taking, and...
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Agentic AI is such a powerful force that companies are rethinking the very nature of the corporation. What’s coming? A hybrid...
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McKinsey Institutes
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Pulling off another century of human progress
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Five of the authors of the McKinsey Global Institute’s new book talk about writing a new narrative of progress.
Report - McKinsey Health Institute
The human advantage: Stronger brains in the age of AI
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The rise of artificial intelligence highlights how investment in “brain capital” (brain health and brain skills)...
Report - McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility
Unlocking the growing power of Latino fans: Building a stronger sports economy
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The US sports economy is booming, and Latino fans are leading the charge. Connecting with this multifaceted community can help...
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The McKinsey Crossword: Quarterly report | No. 265
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Sharpen your problem-solving skills with the McKinsey Quarterly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind and is built around a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find.
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