Providers and payers alike are investing in tech amid operating challenges, though near-term uplift is required as the bill ...

Global M&A activity continues to reach new heights. In the first half of 2026, megadeals valued at greater than $10 billion dominated, and AI drove more deals outside the tech sector. Companies face ...

Most CEOs think they're leading an AI transformation, but they're managing a portfolio of pilots, and the two are not the same. The companies pulling ahead aren't moving faster on the same path; ...

The best performers run two tracks simultaneously: delivering today while building tomorrow's growth engine. Yet fewer than half of CEOs believe that their organizations can adapt and execute at the ...

AI removes execution as a bottleneck, leaving judgment, not capacity, as the scarce resource. Intentionality—not speed—will separate winners from companies that simply automate outdated ways of ...

Over the past three months, researchers within Bain & Company spoke with and surveyed more than 250 CIOs, CDOs, CAIOs, and CXOs across enterprises in India, spanning multiple industry segments. We ...

The first three months of 2026 saw a steady rise in global M&A activity, with overall deal value and volume growing 28% and 9%, respectively, compared with the first quarter of 2025. Other findings ...

Strategic workforce planning (SWP) starts with where the business needs to be in six years and works backward to define the talent required to get there. Unlike annual headcount budgeting, SWP ...

Leading AI providers have repositioned AI from a tool to an enterprise operating system. The signal is clear: We’re moving from narrow task automation to an integrated enterprise layer of functionally ...

What's the boardroom dynamic around generative AI in 2026? There's real urgency. We're three years down the line since ChatGPT was released by OpenAI, and very few companies are scaling their AI bets, ...

European countries are increasing defense budgets to address threats, gaps in capability, and desire for increased sovereignty. Defense private equity is surging, with average deal volume during the ...

Bain expects US retail sales to grow 3.5% year over year in 2026, a slight slowdown from 2025’s expected 4.0%. Volume growth will be modest, with inflation expected to hover between 2.6% and 3.0% this ...