MedTech saw profit dip in 2022-23; European firms hit by supply chain disruptions, rising costs, and inflation. To recover, prioritize operational excellence, embrace ESG for long-term viability.

As available, green and affordable energy becomes ever more crucial for European industry, we expect "deregionalization" of industrial clusters, towards the landing ports of renewable energy around the North Sea and Mediterranean. Industry, governments and utilities need to act now and embrace deregionalization in order to preserve EU competitiveness.

Hopes are high for generative AI. It is expected to do nothing less than resolve the productivity crisis in advanced economies. A new study by Roland Berger shows that these hopes are well founded. If properly applied, language models like ChatGPT can open up completely new possibilities for increasing productivity – such as by taking over routine back-office tasks or helping people with complex parts of their job as a digital co-worker.