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Business Strategy
Strategy-Making in Turbulent Times

A dynamic new model.

Harvard Business Reviewagosto 16, 2022
Next℠ Business Building
When Your Business Needs a Second Growth Engine

Here’s how to build one.

Harvard Business Reviewabril 15, 2022
Supply Chain
Beyond Tariffs: The Supply Chain Reinvention Imperative

Tariffs are accelerating businesses’ operations overhaul. Winning in today’s disrupted world demands bold trade-offs and strategic transformation.

Briefmarço 26, 2025
Strategy
How CFOs Are Planning for Geopolitical Risk

Facing macroeconomic shifts, CFOs are adjusting their plans but holding the line on capital investment.

Snap Chartmarço 21, 2025
Support Functions
What CFOs Need to Know About Inflation, Tariffs, and Capital Markets

Goldman Sachs’ Tim Ingrassia joins Bain's Karen Harris and Pam Yee to unpack the macro forces shaping the CFO agenda.

Webinarmarço 20, 2025
Strategy
Executives’ Top Worry About Tariffs? Uncertainty.

The lack of clarity about US policy is COOs' biggest concern, outweighing cost increases.

Snap Chartmarço 17, 2025
Utilities & Renewables
Energy’s Capital Projects Reset: Faster, Smarter, Leaner

As costs rise and delays abound, executives are rethinking their approaches to capital projects.

Snap Chartmarço 14, 2025

Learn about how companies can overcome the predictable crises of growth

Vector℠
What Boards Need to Do About AI

Navigating the opportunities and risks.

Articlemarço 07, 2025
Oil & Gas
Energy Executive Agenda 2025: New Challenges, New Innovations

Our latest survey finds executives facing rising costs, surging demand, and a long to-do list.

Energy and Natural Resource Executive Pulsemarço 07, 2025
AI, Insights, and Solutions
Global Venture Capital Outlook: The Latest Trends

Venture capital rebounded at the end of 2024, thanks to a surge in generative AI investments.

Snap Chartmarço 05, 2025
Chemicals
Preparing for the Next Leap in Renewable Fuels

Bain partners discuss the current landscape, strategies for securing resources and funding, and navigating investment decisions in times of uncertainty.

Webinarmarço 04, 2025
Transformation
Three Ways Multinationals Can Invest in China—Without Damaging Their Valuation

Strategies from Anheuser-Busch InBev, Danaher Corporation, and McDonald's.

HBR.orgmarço 03, 2025
Vector℠
Change Management in the AI Era: Lessons from the Tech Industry

AI is changing business fast. Here are 6 key lessons leaders in any industry can learn from the tech giants that thrive on disruption.

Forbes.comfevereiro 28, 2025

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Aviation
Renewable Fuels: Seizing the Generational Opportunity

Leading companies are separating signal from noise and investing in a strategy reflecting their strengths.

Brieffevereiro 25, 2025
Strategy
The Power of Strategic Fit

Aligning these seven factors creates greater value for a company and its stakeholders.

Harvard Business Reviewfevereiro 12, 2025
Business Strategy
Five Keys to Navigating Organizations Through Turbulence

CEOs share insights for industry leaders on how to navigate their business through challenges.

Videofevereiro 05, 2025
Strategy
CEO Reading List: Three Books to Help Better Understand Geopolitics Today

Books on the rise and fall of empires, the life of Elon Musk, and a fictional next world war offer powerful lessons for leaders.

Forbes.comjaneiro 27, 2025
Business Strategy
Maintaining Relevance Amid Uncertainty

Ensuring your business remains significant to employees and customers is crucial during unprecedented times. Here’s how successful leaders have achieved that.

Videojaneiro 22, 2025
Business Strategy
Sustained Value Creation: The Test of the Best

Delivering net profits and real top-line growth year after year is a rare feat. The companies that achieve it reward their investors handsomely.

Infographicjaneiro 21, 2025
Vector℠
Winning with AI

Five questions for every CEO.

Interactivejaneiro 16, 2025
Strategy
Bain Beliefs on Strategy

Companies that outgrow and outearn their peers live by these five lessons.

Reportdezembro 18, 2024
Corporate Strategy
To Avoid Activist Investors, Think Like Them

CFOs can prepare for—and reduce—activism risk with a strong strategy that is well executed and well communicated.

Infographicdezembro 13, 2024
Technology
AI Survey: Never Mind the Skeptics

Bain's quarterly survey of executives finds that companies are just as bullish on generative AI as they were a year ago.

Interactivedezembro 12, 2024
Strategy
Post-Globalization: Five Steps for Business Leaders Outside the U.S.

How global executives are assessing the US presidential election, taking quick tactical action, and making strategic plans.

Forbes.comdezembro 11, 2024
Energy & Natural Resources
Sustainable Aviation Fuel: The Supply Race Is On

European production is projected to fall nearly 20% short of mandate-driven demand by 2030, a big opportunity for global feedstock suppliers and refiners that invest now.

Snap Chartdezembro 10, 2024
Telecommunications
How Can Incumbents Stand Out? Offer an “Easy Button”

Colt CEO Keri Gilder explains how tech companies can wow their customers by making things simple and how she approaches growth through M&A.

Videonovembro 13, 2024
Strategy
What Do CFOs Want from Boards?

Most say more strategic discussions, less time on operations.

Snap Chartnovembro 11, 2024
Change Management
From Disillusionment to Action: Four Ways CEOs Can Boost Sustainability

Extreme weather is increasing pressure on leaders to make real progress on sustainability, but this isn’t all about risk. There’s plenty of opportunity too.

Forbes.comoutubro 29, 2024
Retail
Revitalizing Joy to Remain Relevant

Aaron Powell, CEO of Pizza Hut, discusses how innovation is motivated by purpose and going back to the basics.

Videooutubro 25, 2024
Strategy
The Peter (Pan) Principle: Why Some Unicorns Never Fully Grow Up

Insurgent companies have been reaching scale faster than ever, but now fewer companies are figuring out how to fly.

Snap Chartoutubro 09, 2024
Corporate Strategy
A CFO’s Best Defense Against Activist Investors? Think Like Them

Activists are hunting for missing value. Being prepared for them makes sense, but the best move is to beat them at their own game.

Briefoutubro 08, 2024
Technology
How Tech Leaders Commercialize Innovation

Today’s incumbents know how to nurture new businesses even when it means disrupting existing ones.

Technology Reportsetembro 25, 2024
Technology
Recruiting Like an Insurgent

Microsoft Brazil General Manager Tania Cosentino reveals her winning strategy on maintaining a company’s appeal to future talent.

Videosetembro 20, 2024
Next℠ Business Building
Premium Blend: Mix Core and New Businesses to Spur Growth

Most large companies have realized that a second growth engine isn't a nice-to-have, it's essential.

Infographicsetembro 18, 2024
Consumer Products
From Sustainability Commitments to Impact: Four Pragmatic Questions for Visionary CEOs

Amid competing priorities, CEOs and consumers still say sustainability matters. By acting now, companies can set the stage for profitable growth.

The Visionary CEO’s Guide to Sustainabilitysetembro 09, 2024
Advanced Manufacturing & Services
All Together Now: Partnerships Are Key to Circularity

Broad alliances help circular businesses increase revenues and gain new customers.

The Visionary CEO’s Guide to Sustainabilitysetembro 09, 2024
Luxury
The Global Odyssey: Asia-Pacific Consumer Product Companies’ Quest for International Expansion

As growth in domestic markets slows, Asian companies must expand internationally to keep thriving. Here are several approaches to success.

Briefsetembro 04, 2024
Corporate Strategy
Warren Buffett’s Portfolio Is Even Better Than You Think

The Oracle of Omaha famously focuses on returns for shareholders, but the companies that Berkshire Hathaway buys tend to outperform for other stakeholders, too.

Snap Chartsetembro 03, 2024
Strategy
Navigating High Winds: Southeast Asia Outlook 2024–34

Over the next decade, Southeast Asia should outpace China in GDP growth and foreign direct investment and fully overcome Covid-19-induced disruption.

Reportagosto 01, 2024
Consumer Products
Interview: Marco Settembri, Executive Vice President, Nestlé S.A.

“Covid was a moment in which we saw an opportunity to be united with consumers, retailers, and society.”

Consumer Products CEO Spotlightjulho 29, 2024
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