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“The nutraceutical market includes functional foods, foods for medical purposes and food supplements, supplements are often recommended by the doctor or pharmacist for the purpose of treatment or prevention”

“Accessories and cosmetics were the hottest sectors in 2017, with investors attracted by the growth potential of digital, which is currently driving consumer spending, especially in these product categories”

“Israel, Germany and Australia have seen the biggest rise in the rankings between 2003 and 2015, while Mexico, Turkey and Greece have each fallen 12 places. Overall, the UK has seen relatively little change”

“Are there others in this space? Why shouldn't customers turn to an e-commerce provider or a device manufacturer for these offerings? Because as our research confirms, customers prefer CSPs (see Figure 7).”

“Hospitals are optimistic about future capital expenditure, with a significant number expecting a notable increase over 5%. This reflects recovered confidence and growing healthcare needs within the region”

“Hospitals are optimistic about future capital expenditure, with a significant number expecting a notable increase over 5%. This reflects recovered confidence and growing healthcare needs within the region”

“Private providers mention general economic growth, patient confidence, and costs reduction plans, enabled by investments in cost tracking solutions, as the key drivers underpinning business sustainability”

“The priorities of IE&T companies fall into three categories: financial, operational, and transformative and within each category, priorities vary in terms of importance to achieve overall company strategy”

“Compared to our last edition, hospitals across the region are in a better financial position, with priorities shifting from COVID-19 recovery to improving safety/operations; digital remains a top priority”

“The GB rail sector is relatively complex. It comprises a large number of public and private sector organisations which interact through a complex set of contractual, regulatory and governance arrangements”

““We will expand access without expanding a broken system that fails to deliver for patients. We will drive competition and improve quality while encouraging innovation. We will build a healthier Georgia.””

“Since 2010, Unfunded Liabilities for Social Security Up ~320% & Medicare Up ~175%... Unfunded Liabilities ~180% Greater than 2023 USA Public Debt... Today's Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities = Tomorrow's Debt”

““We have to be much more deliberate with the diversity in our executive teams, much more disruptive and create the conditions for different voices around the table to enable good diagnostic capabilities.””

“The Finance Division's level of centralization is comparable to peers, but it does not leverage Shared Services concepts and has low capability to support financial reporting, self service, and workflow.”

“The increasing prescription outflow trend can be attributed to the consequent outflow for VBP lost drug and roll-out of dual channel policy for expensive drugs, calling for pharma adjusted GTM approaches”

“IE&T companies expect to shift to actively executing transformative priorities in the long-term, including digitization, automation, and ESG, while near-term challenges such as backlogs are deprioritized”

“VP of medical / nursing acts as key decision maker during procurement process, especially in L3 and private hospitals; procurement department is also a key stakeholder, particularly for smaller hospitals”

“Restriction on sales rep access to hospital premises and physicians remains tight in China, thus the adoption of digital tools in hospitals can help support and link pharma's digital outreach initiatives”

“~65% hospitals run a sustainable business model, while the remainder require additional funding going forward; key influencing factors on sustainability include COVID, cost reduction, and economic growth”

“This year's Women in Work Index reveals promising progress, with the average OECD score rising 13 points to 69 since 2011, driven by higher female workforce participation and a narrowing gender wage gap.”

“In the tangible world, physical limitations prevent the broad abuse of the law... Should the same laws automatically apply to the digital world where a few lines of code can unlock someone's entire life?”

“Further, incorporating compliance attributes into smart contracts (which embed agreements and terms directly into code) during distribution could create trusted tradeable assets with verified integrity.”

“Reach out to L.E.K.’s Provider leadership team to discuss ASC strategies and for access to L.E.K.’s full ASC Insights report, and visit our Provider Insights hub to download our insights on other issues”

“Hospitals are expected to prioritize offering new medical technologies or cutting-edge treatments and improving staff safety in the coming years; Malaysia has put more emphasis on operation optimization”

“Hospitals are expected to prioritize offering new medical technologies or cutting-edge treatments and improving staff safety in the coming years; Malaysia has put more emphasis on operation optimization”

“1 – Scope: The starting point for the “full scope” option is the broadest possible scope of costs and revenues being included in the mechanism. This section then considers which items should be excluded”

“Metro Vancouver’s economic output and employment have both contracted significantly; while the unemployment rate is in line with that for Canada and BC, it was significantly lower than average pre-COVID”

“Rethinking best practices in hiring and rewiring human and technology processes will be a steep challenge. Staying the course will require courage, as well as conviction. But it will pay off in the end.”

“US households could face an average annual cost increase of $2,200-$4,900, depending on the outcome of negotiations to reduce reciprocal tariffs, with lower-income consumers shouldering a larger burden”

“RCA’s level of centralization is comparable to peers, but it does not apply leading principles of Shared Services. RCA’s level of Technology support is on the High end of the range across capabilities.”

“Using elective procedures as an indicator, surgery-oriented departments, such as orthopaedics and oncology, have largely recovered to pre-COVID level; Malaysia and Indonesia lead recovery in SEA region”

“Post-COVID, hospital management has regained procurement decision-making power; Hospitals prioritize partnering with MedTechs for valuable services and emphasize accurate diagnostic and cost-efficiency”

“Using elective procedures as an indicator, surgery-oriented departments, such as orthopaedics and oncology, have largely recovered to pre-COVID level; Malaysia and Indonesia lead recovery in SEA region”

“The global installed based of soft tissue RAS systems is expected to increase ~15% p.a. to 2025F, driven by an increase in adoption, a broader range of surgical applications, and market entrants’ sales”

“One of the most striking findings is that while 81% of respondents continue to rely more on banks for funded needs, more than a third of family business leaders said they would consider private equity.”

“2023 EBA Stress Test impact shows less capital depletion compared to ST'21 (measured as 2022 CET1 to adverse FL) (459bps vs. 485bps). Also, capital flexibility shows better results (488bps vs. 466bps).”

“Notwithstanding the usual predominance of trade buyers, the sector has attracted more interest from private equity funds in 2017, which accounted for 30% of the total deals versus 25% in previous years”

“The widespread AI buildout places data center emissions on a steeper trajectory, while creative carbon accounting techniques continue to understate the true emissions associated with many hyperscalers.”

“ITDMs are more optimistic about the number of AI pilots their company will start in 2025; Around a third say their company has plans to start more than 20 AI pilots, compared to only around 20% in 2024”

“Two years into the generative AI era, companies face a pivotal moment—transitioning from piloting into scaling AI companywide—with pressure mounting to quantify potential returns and justify the spend.”

“We've talked about the disorientation to come and the skills you will need next. Now we're going to talk about the power of curiosity, which came up repeatedly in our conversations with senior leaders.”

“The pandemic has left a lasting impression on healthcare across the globe, and our 2021 Health and Life Sciences Experience Survey has confirmed the need for human-centric and personalized healthcare.”

“Coming up with creative solutions to meet your ESG goals or your sustainability goals… is a combination of you needing the political will, but frankly, you also need the good people, the right people.”

“While challenges remain, signs of stabilization are emerging in commercial aerospace. Strong supplier collaboration, AI-driven efficiencies and financial discipline will be key to sustaining momentum.”

“By following the lead and practices of TeBIT’s top performers on sustainability, other telcos can reduce their energy consumption by some 15% to 20%. For mobile providers, the gains can be even higher”

“NMSU's Vice President of Research Division has opportunities to improve SoC as indicated by an average staff to manager ratio of 3.75:1, which is below the leading class benchmark range of 8:1 to 12:1”

“NMSU should centralize most of its EP processes, while maintaining the core mission of each, which will improve efficiency and possibly improve the quality and consistency of its Educational Programs.”

“In Colombia, the relevance of transactions in the oil, gas, energy, and mining sector has been diluted over the years; healthcare, TMT, consumer goods, and F&B have gained relevance in the same period”

“1 – Scope: TOC costs (3 of 3): Analysis of the drivers of TOC costs suggest that there is an economic case for NR to share in TOC costs. However, TOCs have highlighted that this could encourage gaming”

“At four workshops, stakeholders put forward the proposal that the cost / revenue sharing mechanism should be based on bespoke, “line-of-sight”, deals rather than a more comprehensive sharing mechanism”

“Organizations with automated digital solutions for emissions measurement are 2.2x more likely to measure emissions comprehensively and 1.9x more likely to reduce emissions in line with their ambitions”

“Third-party risk is starting to feature consistently on the board agendas with CEO/board-level responsibility in the more progressive organizations or those operating in highly regulated environments.”

“Many organizations are redefining why they exist beyond profit—pushing them to rethink everything from product delivery to employee and community engagement. How does marketing play a role in purpose?”

“Artificial intelligence can integrate two marketing tactics—getting the right offers to customers at the right time and delivering great post-sales service—to make the customer experience even better.”

“Total adjusted EBITDA decreased by 17% yoy to €137m in 9M 2023, mainly due to lower zinc and alu prices, unfavourable TC, and higher coke price, partially offset by volume, better hedges and synergies”

“The required shift to a green economy involves more than just creating and replacing jobs; it requires a fundamental restructuring of the labor market to ensure a sustainable and equitable transition.”

“The low footprint of large companies in these markets means that innovation is happening on too small a scale to have the needed impact, or is not happening in the places where it is needed the most.”

“NMSU should improve it’s SoC from the institutional average of 5.47:1 to a leading class range of 8:1 to 12:1. Additionally, the University should strive to reach a maximum of 4 layers for each unit.”

“ASC penetration is relatively high in ophthalmology, plastics, GI, pain management, and podiatry, but rapid growth is expected in historically core hospital specialties (e.g., orthopedics, CV, spine)”

“Sales representatives have encountered greater hospital access restrictions compared to 2022; a growing number of respondents indicate there will be significant access restrictions in the coming year”

“International students in leading study-abroad destinations are increasing and are projected to grow faster than domestic enrollments; countries have set recruiting targets for international students”

“As IE&T companies address more pressing, near-term concerns, companies plan to continue prioritizing profit and revenue growth, and expanding focus on transformative initiatives, such as digitization”

“Hospitals in China largely follow centralized purchasing mechanism; local-made drugs demonstrate high popularity driven by wide coverage, fair quality, and lower price than imported drug counterparts”

“Marketing has traditionally used detailed customer data to improve the customer experience. But with pushback on data tracking, can the security function work with marketing to deepen customer trust?”

“In the post-pandemic era, B2C edtech in India saw a resurgence of ‘offline’ education, filling learning gaps through a transition to brick-and-mortar models and adoption of blended learning solutions”

“The 90-day pause on part of the reciprocal tariffs and additional exemptions for consumer electronics provide some short-term reprieve, but do not remove uncertainty around eventual future increases”

“Vietnam’s logistics ecosystem is extremely fragmented, with no clear winners, but offers opportunities for players who can consolidate and roll-up existing infrastructure to achieve meaningful scale”

“The Student Administrative Services function is mostly centralized; however, changes to technology, processes, and the operating model provide opportunities for further consolidation and efficiency.”

“ASCs are becoming an increasingly important part of the provider landscape and offer large potential, but require tailored strategies given different clinical, economic, and decision-making dynamics”

“Transaction value in 2022 has stabilized to pre-COVID-19 levels after declining by 35% to 40% from 2021; there has been a significant increase in ‘mega transactions’ (>$500M) over the past few years”

“Private hospitals have a positive profitability outlook with large providers having been less severely impacted by the pandemic; 100% of large private hospitals expect future positive EBITDA margins”

“Brazil has consistently been the most relevant country, representing 35-55% of all transactions throughout the years; Mexico is the second most representative country with 10-15% of all transactions”

“TMT was the leading sector in transaction volume in 2023, however these are usually smaller sized deals; Oil, Gas, Energy & Mining and Industrial & Chemical Products are prominent higher value deals”

“L.E.K. Consulting sponsors a unique analysis of hospital priorities in APAC; our third annual study engaged more than 400 hospital executives across public and private providers in eight key markets”

“Ongoing workforce contracting life cycles are expected to inflate near-term healthcare prices, before reverting to the long-term trend of remaining more stable at higher rates than overall inflation”

“[Advanced economies]: In the advanced economies, US consumer sentiment remains upbeat; GDP stagnant in Europe with recession in Germany and UK; central banks hold rates; inflation falls in eurozone.”

“On-the-day operations (1 of 2): Responsibilities are shared between TOCs and NR. There are several different mechanisms through which both parties are incentivised to improve operational performance”

“The incremental cost to firm intermittent resources varies regionally, depending on the current effective load carrying capability (ELCC) values and the current cost of adding new firming resources.”

“After a declining four-quarter moving average since Q3 2021, transaction values have now started to stabilize in 2023, which may imply that investor and seller expectations are approaching a balance”

“Case study: Edtech companies leveraging AI to offer personalized learning experiences have garnered investments, signaling potential for scalability and enhancement of the overall student experience”