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The energy transition is no longer driven solely by cleaner generation technologies; it is increasingly defined by the intelligence, resilience, and strategic control embedded within energy systems. As governments, utilities, infrastructure operators, and industrial stakeholders respond to rising electricity demand, supply chain volatility, and dec...

The increasing volatility of global supply chains is driving interest in microfactories and distributed manufacturing. Manufacturers aim to improve production flexibility, reduce reliance on lengthy logistics routes, and enhance resilience in times of disruption. Traditionally, manufacturing networks have been optimized for centralized production, ...

Critical raw materials (CRMs) are raw materials that are economically and strategically important for a country or region but have high risks associated with their supply. Criticality depends on various factors, and what counts as critical from a particular standpoint might not be the same from another standpoint. For instance, what might be critic...

Autonomous cities represent an advanced stage of urban development that integrates AI, digital twins, IoT, edge computing, and autonomous infrastructure solutions to enable efficient city operations with minimal human intervention. Through unified urban operating platforms, cities can automate traffic management, optimize energy distribution, conne...

The Trend Opportunity Profiles Series covers specific opportunities emerging from future trend evolutions designed to help clients discover and prioritize the most consequential medium- to long-term trends that are continually transforming their business growth environment. These trend opportunity profiles cover 12 key industries: aerospace and def...

The economic environment remains strong due to increasing domestic demand, favorable employment conditions, and high consumer confidence levels. Growth momentum is expected to be sustained in 2018, with the regional economy expected to grow by 2.1% in 2018. However, trade tensions, increase in energy prices, and uncertain policy environment are exp...

The Canadian economy is expected to experience steady growth, mainly due to improvements in consumer spending and the business environment. A trend of re-allocation of investment and employment from resource to non-resource is being observed as the economy continues to adjust to low commodity prices. Canada’s labor market is characterized by flexi...

Sweden is among the best-performing Nordic economies, supported by a strong labor market, high private and public consumption, and industrial production. The Swedish economy is highly interlinked with the EU economy. The share of exports is above 40% of the GDP. R&D export is the major growth driver. In the medium term, Swedish exports are expected...

The explosive growth of cross-border eCommerce is supported by the increasingly young and urban population with easy access to technology such as mobile phones and tablets. Cross-border eCommerce trade between Europe and Asia is significant, with China being the most popular country for online shoppers in the West, driven by low prices and a wide v...