Digital manufacturing connects massive data pools, smarter machines, and innovative process technologies to help people be more productive. Source: McKinsey Ops 4.0: Manufacturing’s future, made by people

In an age of fiscal uncertainty, US cities and states must optimize capital allocation to improve infrastructure planning. Source: McKinsey Improving infrastructure outcomes through better capital allocation

Freek Vermeulen, an associate professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the London Business School, argues that too many companies are following so-called best practices that are actually holding them back. They do it because of deep-seated industry tradition—and because it’s hard to know how seemingly successful business models will hold up over the long term. Read more about 603: When ‘Best Practices’ Backfire[…]

Microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus explains how making everyone an entrepreneur could eliminate poverty, unemployment and environmental devastation. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Why a Nobel Laureate Believes ‘Social Businesses’ Can Cure Poverty

The latest restrictions on travel and trade with Cuba have created new anxieties for individuals and businesses – but they also provide some clear boundaries that can now be navigated, experts say. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Changes to U.S.-Cuba Policy: What’s the Real Impact?

Until very recently, it seemed that telecommunications giant AT&T’s $85 billion deal to purchase Time Warner would be completed by the end of December. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Why Has the AT&T-Time Warner Merger Gotten Tangled?

Vanilla and fruit are an undeniable combination in desserts. As far as beer goes, it’s gained new popularity in Milkshake IPAs. But it isn’t a new combination for sour beer, going back at least the original Cantillon Rosé de Gambrinus (and more recently Zwanze 2016). I decided to try adding a vanilla bean to a Read more about Stonefruit Vanilla Nitro Sour![…]

Scrutiny of retail banking sales practices is at a high pitch—banking leaders should also see this as an opportunity to reset and strengthen relationships with their customers. Source: McKinsey A consumer-centric approach to retail banking sales

How can companies identify—and source—the technologies that will be critical for crafting a strategy to keep up in the shifting automotive landscape? Source: McKinsey Analyzing start-up and investment trends in the mobility ecosystem

Both the House version of tax reform and the partially fleshed-out Senate plan add to the federal deficit but do not shift the tax bill lower down the income scale, according to the Penn Wharton Budget Model. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Will Proposed U.S. Tax Cuts Pay for Themselves?