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29 August 2018 12:33

Financial service providers aren't keeping pace with digitalization despite some progress – As the customer interface gets crowded they are increasingly losing direct customer contact

Digitalization and new business models have created a growing gap between product creation and product sales in the banking sector. Digital platforms are already giving incumbent banks' competitors access to the majority of their customer base and could enable them to market their services to consumers on an even greater scale in the future.

21 August 2018 12:28

Global bike sharing revenues set to grow to as much as EUR 8 billion within four years – European providers under pressure

More and more people are choosing pedal power to get from A to B in the urban environment – and bike sharing enables them to do so quickly, cheaply and conveniently. The dynamic pace of growth in this field has done much more than merely bring the big Asian bike sharing providers into the arena – it has triggered a veritable race to control the market.

1 August 2018 12:21

Global market for predictive maintenance to grow between 20 and 40 percent per year through 2022

Eight out of ten companies are currently devoting time and resources to the issue of predictive maintenance in a bid to improve the cost-benefit ratio of their products, plant and systems. But their engagement often goes no further than collecting operational data. Yet predictive maintenance is about so much more than that.

26 July 2018 12:11

E-mobility: Automakers must invest in battery development and recycling

The world's seven leading automotive nations – Germany, France, Italy, the US, Japan, China and Korea – are pressing forward emphatically with their e-mobility efforts.

25 July 2018 12:04

Procurement functions must reframe their role to avoid jeopardizing their company's ability to compete

From e-mobility to the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), 5G and digitalization, the list is almost endless. These disruptions lead to the emergence of new products, services and business models in the blink of an eye. In this volatile environment, procurement plays a crucial role across all industry verticals.

19 July 2018 11:48

Pace of progress quickens for electrical propulsion in aircraft

Electrical propulsion in aerospace is set to bring low-noise, low-emission, and potentially even safer hybrid-electric flight to market within the next 15 years. The pace of development is quickening: With roughly 100 different aircraft programs in development, the number of projects has increased by more than 30 percent since 2017.

13 July 2018 11:44

Corporate headquarters under pressure from digitalization

Around one quarter of companies are not satisfied with the performance of their headquarters. The main reason is that corporate HQs (CHQ) are not up to the challenge of digital transformation and the pressure to innovate. It is evident that CHQ's claim to support modern, digital structures and processes is far removed from reality.

7 July 2018 11:38

Fashion and lifestyle industry: Anywhere/anytime consumption and fast rotation force firms to professionalize supplier management

Fashion and lifestyle companies need to operate with speed and flexibility to cope with the tough competition from fast-fashion retailers, the need to be present in digital channels and the changes in the way modern consumers communicate and shop. Players have no choice but to adapt their entire supply chain to the new customer demands they face.

28 June 2018 11:29

Think:Act on artificial intelligence: Roland Berger's corporate magazine wins gold again

Roland Berger has won gold once again in the Best of Content Marketing Award (BCM Award) with a Think:Act magazine on the subject of artificial intelligence. Attracting almost 800 entries, the award is Europe's largest competition for content-driven corporate communications. It recognizes outstanding examples of corporate publishing and other communications.

23 June 2018 11:21

Charles-Edouard Bouée reelected as CEO of Roland Berger

At their regular biannual meeting in Munich, the Roland Berger Partners reelected Charles-Edouard Bouée as the CEO of the firm. The reelection of the 49-year-old Frenchman follows a period of strong global business development. Stefan Schaible was reappointed as Deputy CEO. The meeting also saw the election of 17 new Partners.

26 May 2018 11:12

Purpose-built vehicles for ride-sharing services: Global demand to rise to 2.5 million cars by 2025

The growing demand for ride-sharing services is giving rise to a new category of vehicles: Cars with a flexible interior that can be individually tailored to the needs of their users. In Europe, the United States and China alone, one million of these specially designed vehicles, many of them electric, are set to be sold by 2020, with the demand already expected to reach some 2.5 million by 2025.

18 May 2018 11:00

AI STARTUPS AS INNOVATION DRIVERS: EUROPE MUST TAKE ACTION TO ESTABLISH A COMPETITIVE ECOSYSTEM

Artificial intelligence (AI) is deemed to become one of the century's main drivers of economic competitiveness. In this field, startups – not multinational corporations – have become the most powerful drivers of innovation, developing technologies such as image recognition, natural language processing and automated driving.