Trends Identified
Supportive environment for M&A
                        16% of the respondents view this as a positive trend
                        2017
                        Adoption of intelligent automation does not equal success. 4Q 2017 KPMG Global Insights Pulse Survey Report.
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                    Rising input and commodity costs
                        17% of KPMG member firm advisors answered that this trend has a large negative impact for the user organizations.
                        2015
                        Top trends and predictions for 2015 and beyond
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                    Negative/disruptive impact of intelligent automation/digital labor
                        17% of the respondents view this as a negative trend
                        2017
                        Adoption of intelligent automation does not equal success. 4Q 2017 KPMG Global Insights Pulse Survey Report.
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                    New, more business-friendly governments and administrations
                        17% of the respondents view this as a positive trend
                        2017
                        Adoption of intelligent automation does not equal success. 4Q 2017 KPMG Global Insights Pulse Survey Report.
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                    Weak global/regional economies
                        18% of the respondents view this as a negative trend
                        2017
                        Adoption of intelligent automation does not equal success. 4Q 2017 KPMG Global Insights Pulse Survey Report.
                        KPMG
                        
                    New, more business-friendly governments and administrations
                        18% of the respondents view this as a positive trend.
                        2019
                        4Q 2018 KPMG Global Insights Pulse Survey Report
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                    Weak consumer/customer demand
                        19% of the respondents view this as a negative trend
                        2017
                        Adoption of intelligent automation does not equal success. 4Q 2017 KPMG Global Insights Pulse Survey Report.
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                    Excessive/stifling regulatory and compliance requirements
                        19% of the respondents view this as a negative trend
                        2017
                        Adoption of intelligent automation does not equal success. 4Q 2017 KPMG Global Insights Pulse Survey Report.
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                    Urbanisation
                        20 of the world largest 50 cities will be in Asia by 2025, up from only eight in 2007. In 2010 the urbanisation of the world reached 50 percent and it is expected that by 2030, six out of ten people will be city dwellers, which is double the number back in 1950. By 2050 it’s forecast that 70 percent, of the then nine billion people, will live in cities.
                        2012
                        The future
                        Steria
                        
                    Geopolitical event; terrorism; war on terror, ISIS, potential North Korea, Russia, and/or China conflicts
                        20% of the respondents view this as a negative trend
                        2017
                        Adoption of intelligent automation does not equal success. 4Q 2017 KPMG Global Insights Pulse Survey Report.
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