Trends Identified
Improved access to capital at competitive rates
21% of KPMG member firm advisors answered that this trend has a large positive impact for the user organizations.
2015
Top trends and predictions for 2015 and beyond
KPMG
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Everywhere
AI technologies will be the most disruptive class of technologies over the next 10 years due to radical computational power, near-endless amounts of data and unprecedented advances in deep neural networks
2017
Top Trends in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2017
Gartner
Transparently Immersive Experiences
When it comes to transparently immersive experiences, technology is introducing transparency between people, businesses and things. As technology evolves to be more adaptive, contextual and fluid, it will become more human-centric. Besides AR, companies should look to digital workspaces, connected homes, virtual reality and 4D printing in this realm.
2017
Top Trends in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2017
Gartner
Digital Platforms
As digital business moves away from siloed business ventures and toward interconnected ecosystems, technology is evolving from compartmentalized technical infrastructure to ecosystem enabling platforms. Businesses must think about how to create platform-based business models and what technology is needed to support that move.
2017
Top Trends in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2017
Gartner
Emerging markets increase their global power
Today, emerging markets serve as the world’s economic growth engine, and the far-reaching effects of their spectacular rise continue to play out. But their risks are often downplayed. Therefore, taking advantage of emerging-market opportunities requires careful planning.
2011
Tracking global trends - How six key developments are shaping the business world
EY
Cleantech becomes a competitive advantage
Governments and organizations are announcing plans to shrink their carbon footprints. The move to cleantech may represent a second industrial revolution that will have effects as great as the first.
2011
Tracking global trends - How six key developments are shaping the business world
EY
Global banking seeks recovery through transformation
The global financial system remains in flux. The uncertain landscape poses both opportunities and risks for financial institutions, alternative asset managers and other enterprises that need funding to meet growth objectives.
2011
Tracking global trends - How six key developments are shaping the business world
EY
Governments enhance ties with the private sector
The past year has been one of readjustment between developed and emerging economies, between the public and private sectors and between global institutions and nations. These adjustments will continue as governments, organizations and institutions define their roles in the post-crisis world.
2011
Tracking global trends - How six key developments are shaping the business world
EY
Rapid technology innovation creates a smart, mobile world
Smart technology offers the promise of remote access to health care and education, while blurring boundaries between industries. The power of the individual will grow and new competitors will emerge, disrupting industries and creating new business models.
2011
Tracking global trends - How six key developments are shaping the business world
EY
Demographic shifts transform the global workforce
Never before has demographic change happened so quickly. Global employers face the challenge that, despite a growing global population, they will soon have to recruit from a shrinking workforce due to an aging population.
2011
Tracking global trends - How six key developments are shaping the business world
EY