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The year 2023 will begin with three disruptive forces already playing out. The first is inflationary pressure on wages. The global labor market is expected to remain tight due to aging workforces and stringent immigration policies. The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on labor force turnover rates will keep price inflation higher than pre-pandemic l...

The climate emergency and the intrinsic link between resources and energy in the circular economy escalated in 2022 because of geopolitical chaos. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine fueled a rapid increase in energy prices and supply chain disruptions, which has led to collaboration across key industry verticals to develop innovative technologies and s...

Frost & Sullivan’s Nutrition & Wellness program area tracks the ingredients and related technologies associated with agriculture, personal health, and well-being. These ingredients include agrochemicals, food additives, human and animal nutrition ingredients, and functional and active ingredients for personal care and home care applications. T...

Because of the increasing population, land acquisition costs are increasing, which presents a challenge for the conventional land-based solar power industry. Floating solar photovoltaics (FSPVs), also known as floatovoltaics, do not require land and will play a major role in the renewable industry in the coming years. FSPVs float on bodies of water...

Personal protective equipment (PPE) has become the main talking point due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as the pandemic radically shifted the focus of PPE's manufacturing, procuring, and use. Today, as the PPE industry struggles with pricing pressures, growing inflation, and global economic uncertainties, winners will offer strategic product differe...

23 Dec 2022  |  Global  |  Technology Research

Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL): Technology Benchmarking and Stakeholder Analysis

High Industry Convergence Enables Adoption in the Automotive, Telecom, Consumer Electronics, and Healthcare Sectors

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VCSEL is a semiconductor laser that emits laser beams perpendicular to the wafer's top surface, unlike an edge-fired laser, which emits the laser from the edge. VCSELs comprise laser diodes and Bragg reflector-based laser resonators with an active region formed by quantum wells. VCSELs typically operate in wavelengths ranging from 750 nanometers (n...

Frost & Sullivan’s mobility team tracks the global off-highway (OHW) equipment industry, providing deep-dive analysis of the shift toward equipment-as-a-service models and the implications of new technologies on the transportation landscape of the future.The OHW practice evaluates applications in the construction, mining, agriculture, forestry, a...

Physical security information management provides a comprehensive approach to thwarting attacks through the integration, correlation, visualization, workflow, and analysis of data obtained from events. All physical security systems, including intrusion detection, access control, video surveillance, and building management systems, are connected via...

22 Dec 2022  |  Global  |  Technology Research

Decentralized Finance (DeFi): Disrupting Financial Intermediaries

Technology is Offering a Digital Alternative to Transform the Finance Industry

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Developers coined the term DeFi (defy) to illustrate eliminating regulatory parties and intermediaries from transactions, as multiple parties being involved in a transaction leads to low transparency and money loss for the user in a traditional financial system. DeFi allows clarity and transparency, giving users confidence and an understanding of ...