Accenture's top strategy tips for employing AI to boost profitability

According to a new report by consultancy firm Accenture, corporate profitability is in decline across most industries in the United States – and is also impacting investment and output in public services. After reaching their highest share of national income in the post-war era, the growth of profits dropped from 25 percent in 2010 to -3 percent in 2015, the report states. It is not a rosy picture for the future if things carry on as they are. Indeed, the current data do not suggest an environment conducive to growth. Business investment is already close to stalling. For instance, in manufacturing business investment growth has declined from 14.8 percent in 2012 to -5.2 percent in 2016 in the United States and from 5.9 percent in 2012 to -6.6 percent in 2016 in the United Kingdom .