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McKinsey Quarterly is the business journal of McKinsey & Company.

 
Understanding the new consumer
  • Financial Services, Personal Financial Services, How US consumer spending is changing

    JUNE 2009 Premium

    How US consumer spending is changing

    After two decades of unsustainably high spending, US consumers are suddenly behaving pretty much as they have in the past.

  • Marketing, Strategy, consumer decision journey

    JUNE 2009 Premium

    The consumer decision journey

    Consumers are moving outside the purchasing funnel—changing the way they research and buy your products. If your marketing hasn’t changed in response, it should.

    Includes: Interactive
  • Economic Studies, Country Reports, Helping US consumers retirement

    MAY 2009

    Helping US consumers rethink retirement

    The economic crisis has left US consumers anxious and less prepared than ever for retirement, yet few are changing course.

 

Where US schools falter
The future of energy efficiency
  • Automotive, Strategy & Analysis, Electrifying cars: How three industries will evolve

    JUNE 2009 Premium

    Electrifying cars: How three industries will evolve

    Upon entering the mainstream—in a few years or a couple of decades—electrified cars will transform the auto and utilities sectors and create a new battery industry. What will it take to win in a battery-powered age?

  • Economic Studies, Productivity & Performance, Exploring global energy demands

    JUNE 2009

    Exploring global energy demand

    An interactive graphic examines the growth of global energy and petroleum demand based on scenarios accounting for GDP and other factors, including the potential reduction in demand through increased energy productivity.

    Includes: Interactive
Fixing health care
The new public stake
  • Strategy, Globalization, State capitalism the crisis

    JULY 2009

    State capitalism and the crisis

    Despite massive state interventions in economies around the world, many corporate leaders and investors act as though globalization remains the dominant paradigm. That is a mistake.

  • Governance, Boards,

    JUNE 2009

    Government ownership: Why this time it should work

    There are good reasons to believe that government intervention today will be far less damaging than past experience would indicate.

Managing in the new normal
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