McKinsey Global Institute
01/12/2011 McKinsey Global Institute
The emerging equity gap: Growth and stability in the new investor landscape
Between the rising wealth of emerging market investors who keep most of their financial assets in banks and falling demand for stocks by many investors in developed economies, the role of listed equities in global capital markets could be reduced significantly. Decisive action by leaders in[...]
Charles Roxburgh, Susan Lund, Richard Dobbs, James Manyika, Haihao Wu
McKinsey Global Institute
McKinsey Global Institute
01/11/2011 McKinsey Global Institute
Resource revolution: Meeting the world’s energy, materials, food, and water needs
A complete rethink of resource management—a resource revolution—will be needed to keep pace with soaring demand for energy, water, food, and basic materials as up to three billion new consumers enter the middle class over the next 20 years. Without action both to expand the supply of natural[...]
Richard Dobbs, Jeremy Oppenheim, Fraser Thompson, Marcel Brinkman, Marc Zornes
McKinsey Global Institute
McKinsey Global Institute
01/10/2011 McKinsey Global Institute
The great transformer: The impact of the Internet on economic growth and prosperity
The Internet accounted for 21 percent of the GDP growth in mature economies over the past 5 years, according to McKinsey Global Institute research. While large enterprises and national economies have reaped major benefits from this technological revolution, individual consumers and small, upstart[...]
James Manyika, Charles Roxburgh
McKinsey Global Institute
McKinsey Global Institute
01/08/2011 McKinsey Global Institute
Building globally competitive cities: The key to Latin American growth
Latin America is the most urbanized developing region, with 198 cities together contributing over 60 percent of regional GDP today. Yet Latin America's largest cities are under considerable strain. If their performance doesn't improve, they risk dragging down the region's overall growth trajectory.[...]
Andres Cadena, Jaana Remes, James Manyika, Richard Dobbs, Charles Roxburgh, Heinz-Peter Elstrodt, Alberto Chaia, Alejandra Restrepo
McKinsey Global Institute
McKinsey Global Institute
01/08/2011 McKinsey Global Institute
Mapping global capital markets 2011
The 2008 financial crisis and worldwide recession halted a three-decade expansion in global capital and banking markets. Today, growth has resumed, fueled not only by expanding developing economies but also by a $4.4 trillion increase in sovereign debt.
Charles Roxburgh, Susan Lund, John Piotrowski
McKinsey Global Institute
McKinsey Global Institute
01/07/2011 McKinsey Global Institute
European growth and renewal: The path from crisis to recovery
Europe is growing again, but the recovery is uneven and under threat from the continuing eurozone debt crisis. Europe has significant strengths on which to build but needs to address profound long-term challenges that could limit its future growth.
Charles Roxburgh, Jan Mischke
McKinsey Global Institute
McKinsey Global Institute
01/06/2011 McKinsey Global Institute
An economy that works: Job creation and America's future
To regain full employment-finding work for the currently unemployed and accommodating 15 million entrants into the labor force this decade-the US economy will need to create 21 million jobs by 2020. This will require not only a robust economic recovery, but also a concerted effort to address[...]
James Manyika, Susan Lund, Byron Auguste, Lenny Mendonca, Tim Welsh, Sreenivas Ramaswamy
McKinsey Global Institute
McKinsey Global Institute
01/05/2011 McKinsey Global Institute
Big data: The next frontier for innovation, competition, and productivity
Big data will become a key basis of competition, underpinning new waves of productivity growth, innovation, and consumer surplus-as long as the right policies and enablers are in place.
James Manyika, Michael Chui, Brad Brown, Jacques Bughin, Richard Dobbs, Charles Roxburgh, Angela Hung Byers
McKinsey Global Institute
McKinsey Global Institute
01/05/2011 McKinsey Global Institute
Internet matters: The net’s sweeping impact on growth, jobs, and prosperity
The Internet accounts for a significant and growing portion of global GDP. Internet-related consumption and expenditure, if measured as a sector, is now bigger than agriculture or energy. On average, the Internet contributes 3.4 percent to GDP in the G-8 countries, China, India, Brazil, South[...]
Matthieu Pelissie du Rausas, James Manyika, Eric Hazan, Jacques Bughin, Michael Chui, Remi Said
McKinsey Global Institute
McKinsey Global Institute
24/03/2011 McKinsey Global Institute
Urban world: Mapping the economic power of cities
600 cities—the City 600—are projected to generate more than 60 percent of global growth to 2025. Within this group, companies need to adjust their strategy to include the 577 fast-growing "middleweight cities" with populations under 10 million. Moreover, nearly half of global growth from 2007[...]
Richard Dobbs, Sven Smit, Jaana Remes, James Manyika, Charles Roxburgh, Alejandra Restrepo
McKinsey Global Institute
McKinsey Global Institute