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    Gaming Report 2025

    Breaking boundaries to win

    ReportAug 12, 2025

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    3. Retail

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    4. People and Organization

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    5. Mergers and Acquisitions

      M&A Midyear Report 2025: Separating the Signal from the Noise

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    AI, Insights, and Solutions
    How Customers Are Using AI Search

    Market intelligence from Sensor Tower shows a 70% overall increase in ChatGPT use, with a 25% rise in shopping-related prompts.

    BriefAug 8, 2025
    Macro Strategy
    Tariffs: The Next Chapter

    Companies need to rebuild their strategies for a world in which the free movement of goods, capital, IP, and people cannot be taken for granted.

    BriefAug 1, 2025
    Mergers and Acquisitions
    M&A Midyear Report 2025: Separating the Signal from the Noise

    What lessons from recent shocks apply to today’s challenging M&A environment?

    ReportJun 27, 2025
    Retail
    Game Changers 2024: The Value Creation Playbook

    Bain’s Navneet Chahal and DSG Consumer Partners’ Hariharan Premkumar discuss how insurgent brands in India can create value and rewrite the playbook for success.

    WebinarMay 24, 2024
    Healthcare & Life Sciences
    Medtech M&A Strategy: More Than Big Bets

    Reaching new heights takes more than size. It’s about making smarter moves.

    ArticleAug 13, 2025
    Software
    AI Tops Priority List for B2B Software Sales Teams

    Tech imperatives compete with traditional priorities such as engaging new customers and improving salesforce productivity.

    Snap ChartAug 12, 2025
    Strategy
    Global Venture Capital Outlook: The Latest Trends

    Despite a headline dip, global venture capital stayed resilient due to US momentum and AI bets.

    Snap ChartAug 8, 2025

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    Financial Services
    Investors Are Losing Confidence in Most Insurers’ Growth Plans

    From opaque life products to unsustainable P&C pricing, insurers must tackle structural issues to win back credibility.

    Snap ChartAug 7, 2025
    Private Equity
    Alone on the Ice: A Conversation with Arctos’s Ian Charles

    In part two of our conversation with Ian Charles, we reflect on a career of consummate innovation in the secondaries market.

    Dry Powder: The Private Equity PodcastAug 5, 2025
    Vector℠
    How Soon Will Agentic AI Redefine Enterprise Resource Planning?

    Bain’s latest survey reveals a divide: tech leaders find ERP enables AI adoption, while laggards say it hinders it.

    Snap ChartAug 4, 2025
    Healthcare & Life Sciences
    AI ROI in Pharma: The Power of Strategy

    Leading companies are already seeing material returns and efficiency gains from commercial initiatives.

    Snap ChartJul 31, 2025
    Pharmaceuticals
    How to Turn AI Hype into Hard Results in Pharma

    AI is starting to deliver real ROI—but only for a few.

    Snap ChartJul 31, 2025
    Healthcare & Life Sciences
    Empowering Biotech Innovation in Asia-Pacific

    Asia-Pacific's emerging leadership and Singapore's strategic role in biotech are shaping the future of medicine.

    ReportJul 31, 2025

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    Strategy
    What Audible and a Studebaker Have in Common

    The surprising power of leading with kindness and joy, and putting your people first.

    Founder's Mentality BlogJul 29, 2025
    Enterprise Technology
    Four Moves That Separate AI Leaders from Laggards

    Most companies feel stuck in generative AI experimentation. Real change comes from business redesign, not tool deployment.

    Forbes.comJul 29, 2025
    If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Advice from a Senior Manager

    Senior Manager Daniel Yellin shares his journey from aspiring aerospace engineer to Bain consultant, shaped by curiosity and a love for learning. He reflects on what drew him to Bain, including the firm’s leadership development, collaborative culture, and the vibrant community in the Atlanta office. Now balancing life as a new parent, Daniel opens up about how Bain’s flexibility and support continue to make it the right place to grow.

    Beyond the Bio PodcastJul 28, 2025
    Travel & Leisure
    Air Travel Forecast to 2040: Geopolitics and the Carbon Challenge

    Three charts illustrate how the aviation demand outlook remains stable, with uncertainties around tariffs and trade counterbalanced by evolving sustainability assumptions.

    InteractiveJul 24, 2025
    Private Equity
    Sustainability Value Creation

    A framework for driving financial value through sustainability in private markets.

    Principles for Responsible InvestmentJul 23, 2025
    Vector℠
    How to Hire a CIO

    Beyond IT delivery, the role now enables strategy as a change agent for the business.

    InfographicJul 23, 2025
    Private Equity
    In a League of His Own: A Conversation with Arctos’s Ian Charles

    Ian Charles, managing partner of Arctos Sports Partners, takes us inside the world of sports investing.

    Dry Powder: The Private Equity PodcastJul 22, 2025
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