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CDMOs are third-party vendors that offer outsourced development and manufacturing services for pharmaceutical drugs. In the small molecule manufacturing sector, CDMOs provide expert development and manufacturing services and are now an essential part of the pharmaceutical industry's value chain. The growing incidence of chronic diseases propels t...

After five years of buzz and excitement, 2023 has become somewhat of a reality check for the hydrogen industry. The volume of final investment decisions (FIDs) for projects has been low as financing costs and associated project scrutiny have increased. The results from utilizing hydrogen in some sectors have proved disappointing, with projected cos...

Developed European nations have had a challenging socioeconomic environment in 2022, especially amidst highly volatile geopolitical tensions and record-high inflationary pressures. Economic growth is likely to remain subdued in 2023 across the whole region as high energy costs weigh on household spending and lower profit margins of businesses, give...

18 Dec 2015  |  Global  |  Megatrends

The Global Future of Work—The Future Place and Structure of Work

Trade, Technology, and Transparency to Shape the Workplace in 2025

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The Global Future of Work—The Future Place and Structure of Work applies a multi-faceted approach to answering the question: where will work take place in 2025? Topics include international trends, such as mega-regional trade deals and right-shoring considerations; workplace design and format trends, such as smart offices and innovative retail spac...

Geopolitical risk, supply concentration, technological disruption, and rising sustainability expectations are among the key factors shaping the critical raw materials (CRM) market. Production and, more importantly, the processing of key CRM remain highly concentrated in a few countries, mainly China, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

In 2023, the global materials sector grappled with the adverse effects of recent geopolitical events, including war first between Russia and Ukraine and later between Israel and Hamas. The resulting shortages of labor and raw materials significantly spiked the average price of important materials in different parts of the world. Key stakeholders in...

Geopolitics, trade wars, and past semiconductor shocks have turned global, cost‑optimized supply chains into a structural risk, pushing OEMs and Tier Is toward regional hubs, near‑shoring, and local‑for‑local manufacturing to build resilience rather than pure cost efficiency. Europe and the ASEAN region have been the worst hit due to the conflict i...

The contact center outsourcing services market in Latin America (LATAM) experienced high growth in the offshore segment, whereas the domestic business was negatively affected by the regional economic crisis. While the United States consolidated as the main market for offshoring, the demand from Spain and for LATAM shore activities grew in 2015. Man...

Marine systems are ocean and subsea monitoring and exploration systems deployed for a wide range of underwater missions and applications. It is accomplished by acquiring data of certain oceanographic parameters, such as biotic and abiotic forms of substances (foreign substances) that exist in the ocean bed. This real time information is sent to the...