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“The majority (84%) of C-level executives surveyed report their organizations are currently using AI. Nearly all (98%) surveyed companies with more than $1 billion annual revenue are doing so.”

“Indeed, surgical robot market in Latin America gained traction over the last few years; Chile and Brazil have the highest diversity of players and were prioritized by almost all manufacturers”

“Infrastructure investment appears to be the top spending priority across hospitals; L3 hospitals show strong interest over digital solutions, while L2 hospitals focus more on medical supplies”

“10 – Implementation: There is likely to be a fairly steady rate of re-franchising between 2012/13 and the end of CP5, by when new, long term franchises will account for c.95% of FTAC payments”

“Farmers with solar-powered cold storage experience up to 80% reduction in food loss and if deployed across the country, can save up to 4.4 million tonnes of food, ~30% of perishable food loss”

“There was a steady increase in the invested capital for Americas and EMEA throughout the 2016-2019 period. In 2020, we observe a particular decline in Fintech deal activity in the EMEA region”

“Operating teams need to expand their set of operational value creation levers and determine which are core to the company and which can be served through partners to accelerate time to value.”

“Stock exchanges from the emerging market are benefiting from the smaller IPO deals while the traditional powerhouses in China and the US remain the chosen destinations for larger transactions”

“There is a positive correlation between our Golden Age Index score and GDP per capita, but some countries outperform on our index relative to their income levels (e.g. Estonia, Chile, Mexico)”

“The further implementation of AI presents organisations with emerging opportunities, including algorithmic trading, automated customer service, and enhanced investment management capabilities”

“We are at the beginning of a new industrial revolution ... over the course of the next four or five years we'll have $2T worth of data centers that will be powering software around the world.”

“But, it may take 6-18 months of sluggish conditions and relative pain to work through many of the excesses created over the past decade. Note that Telecom Services excesses could take longer.”

“To date, CSPs have explored various tactical and capital intensive models to increase consumer engagement by rendering adjacent and new services wrapped with their core connectivity services”

“Potential size: By growing available concessional funds and more effectively utilizing for blended finance, the potential blended finance pool could be increased 8-10x to up to $20B annually”

“Private businesses surveyed anticipate AI will contribute most to productivity by reducing product manufacturing cycles/service delivery times, along with workforce learning and development.”

“Almost half of all respondents changed their home broadband package in the last year. The most common reason (17%) was a 'better package'; 14% moved to a lower cost package; 7% cut services.”

“The Advancement Division’s level of centralization is low compared to peers and it does not leverage Shared Services concepts. The function has Medium-to-High capabilities across Technology.”

“NMSU’s Communications Division has opportunities to improve Span of Control (SoC) as indicated by a low average staff to manager ratio of 3.7:1, compared to leading class SoC of 8:1 to 12:1.”

“Privatisation in education is a secular megatrend that is likely to play out for decades to come; private K-12 has gained share over public schools across major markets between 2015 and 2019”

“L.E.K.’s 2024 ASC Insights Study reinforces the opportunity associated with ASCs and provides insight into where and how provider organizations should focus to develop a winning ASC strategy”

“Several sectors such as assessments, tutoring, special education services, teacher support, staffing etc., are expected to see sustained demand, driven by the need to bridge the learning gap”

“Across generations, better prices/promotions and better value for money consistently are key reasons for switching brands; ethical reasons are least important in this time of budget pressure”

“[Emerging economies]: China growth slowdown continues, as trade declines. India shoots for the moon. Consumer confidence climbs in Brazil. Russia hikes key interest rate by 350 basis points.”

“Inflation declines as food price increases slow; manufacturing sentiment at seven-month low, as services sector sentiment declines but remains in positive territory; consumer confidence down”

“To understand the connection between business operations maturity and performance, in 2020, we surveyed more than 1,100 C-suite and VP-level executives across 11 countries and 13 industries.”

“With much lower domestic transport distances Australia’s supply chain (ex WA) accounts for c.43% of the delivered cost of wheat into Indonesia, relative to Ukraine’s c.50% and Canada’s c.45%”

“Value chain – the landscape of companies in the fast-growing discrete automation market is broad, and margin profiles are differentiated based on value chain positioning and end market focus”

“Among the major goods-importing sectors, many are facing a 30%+ increase in the cost of their foreign inputs, with the bulk of impact coming from the reciprocal and country-specific tariffs”

“To master the new frontier of luxury experience and make True-Luxury consumers happy... ...don't fall into the trap of the Channel View. Think in customer journeys, not in business channels”

“In comparison to peers, NMSU’s HR function does not leverage leading principles found in a Shared Services model and has limited capability to support reporting, self-service, and workflow.”

“NMSU developed an administrative taxonomy that establishes a common set of functions and processes that allow comparison of standard staffing metrics within the university and across peers.”

“Emerging ASC specialties with higher growth expectations (i.e., CV, orthopedics, spine) are also those with higher-revenue procedures requiring higher spend on medical devices and equipment”

“Public hospital financials in 2023 are similar to 2020 and worse than 2021, but hospitals are optimistic about the future post-COVID; private hospital financials remain unchanged since 2020”

“Upskilling, digital courseware and education support services in Europe have the highest number of scaled assets, coming from different parts of Europe such as France, Germany, Sweden, etc.”

“However, there are multiple barriers that need to be circumvented to unlock full value of RAS systems in the region, especially training, limited insurance coverage, and capital limitations”

“Care enhancement: As hospitals recover from COVID-19 impact, priorities are shifting from building free-standing outpatient centres and home health services to building core infrastructures”

“[Emerging economies]: Among emerging economies, India projects 7.3% growth for 2023–24; China surges new social financing; Brazil cuts Selic rate by 0.50 percentage points for a fifth time.”

“UK Spotlight One: For the past decade, the UK has struggled with a gender pay gap larger than the OECD average. Recent efforts, however, show promising progress in narrowing this disparity.”

“Climate change is increasingly impacting all aspects of our lives, and the massive efforts that humanity needs to undertake to mitigate and adapt to climate change will be highly disruptive”

“3 – Baseline: A mechanism may also be required to incentivise efficiency improvements across control periods. Furthermore, TOCs could be incentivised to side with NR during periodic reviews”

“The sharing of TOC out/underperformance is an additional feature of Option 4 which is not included in Options 1-3. There are a number of significant issues with this aspect of the mechanism”

“Most pregnant women in Nigeria rely on primary healthcare centers (PHC's) for antenatal care (ANC), however findings reveal PHC's are constrained in providing ANC to visiting pregnant women”

“A significant rise in compliance training providers is driven by increased regulatory scrutiny, rising costs of noncompliance, and increased awareness of ethics and corporate responsibility”

“Upskilling, digital courseware and education support services in Europe have the highest number of scaled assets, coming from different parts of Europe such as France, Germany, Sweden, etc.”

“India’s rapid economic growth is set to benefit its large female working population. Concerted action by the government and businesses can tackle the systemic constraints working women face”

“Compared to US AI research, Chinese papers focus more on surveillance related-tasks. These include autonomy, object detection, tracking, scene understanding, action and speaker recognition.”

“We determined the impact of leaving workers Net Better Off on their gen AI sentiment and readiness by comparing survey responses of highly supported workers versus those with less support.”

“Tariffs could stoke goods inflation pressures globally, while wage-driven services inflation remains sticky; large fiscal deficits create further pressure for interest rates to remain high”

“When asked about their preferred sources of information when deciding on the educational institutions they will attend, Gen Z students ranked college career center as the number one source”

“Our study identified the most vulnerable companies based on their financial health—measured using BCG’s Transform & Special Situations (TSS) Index—and their exposure to macroeconomic risks”

“The traditional atomization of the sector has bounced back towards robust business structures and groups thanks to the growing role of investors and the high competitiveness of the market.”

“Chile has seen a decrease in M&A activity between 2013 and 2023, yet sectors like TMT, services, and energy demonstrated resilience; PE and VC have gained significance in the M&A landscape”

“Public hospitals show better budget outlook in the near term in light of increased government funding; currently, less than 15% of medium-size or large hospitals are facing budget deficits”

“Using drugs for chronic diseases as benchmarks, prescription of some NRDL and VBP products are shifting towards the retail channel; pharmas may adjust sales resource allocation accordingly”

“Healthcare inflation has historically been higher and fluctuated less relative to all goods in the economy; it has also lagged and been muted relative to recent overall inflationary trends”

“The robust IPO activity observed in the region indicates that investor appetite for listings in the Middle East remains strong, even as IPOs in other territories struggle to gain traction.”

“Over time, increased productivity, the lengthening in the lifespan of solutions and the drop in equipment prices all favor the move towards robotization, while labor costs continue to rise”

“2 – Geography: NR currently manages its business using a number of different geographical structures and does not produce integrated regional P&Ls as part of its standard reporting process”

“On-the-day operations (2 of 2): Operational performance is one of the industry success stories over the last few years. However, stakeholders raised concerns about the design of Schedule 8”

“Citizens say a financial incentive/tax cut for environmentally friendly purchases or having easy access to information would help encourage them to take more action to fight climate change”

“Citizens say a financial incentive/tax cut for environmentally friendly purchases or having easy access to information would help encourage them to take more action to fight climate change”

“About 44% of global education M&A activity in 2023 was driven by PreK-12 (and related services), with the sector also witnessing five mega deals, making it a favored sector among investors”

“Sectors such as assessments, tutoring, special education services, teacher support, staffing, etc., are expected to see sustained demand being driven by the need to bridge the learning gap”

“Clients believe service providers remain more focused on functional digital transformation—a trend that is expected to continue for two years alongside an increase in ecosystem development”

“We've seen how technology can make online shopping more efficient, with lower prices, more selection & increased convenience. We are about to see the same thing happen to offline shopping.”

“Public and private capex in India is rising on the back of government initiatives to transform the manufacturing sector, providing opportunity for foreign firms to diversify supply chains”

“Every company will need to excel in scenario planning, focus on building resilience in their supply chains, and driving productivity improvement efforts to offset potential margin impacts”

“AUX’s high level of centralization is comparable to peers, but it does not leverage Shared Services concepts and has mid-range capability to support reporting, self service, and workflow.”

“Public hospital management takes lead in purchasing capital equipment and appliances, with clinical department heads being secondary decision-makers to ensure their specific needs are met”

“Emerging markets have seen large investments in direct to consumer supplementary ed (tutoring, test prep, ELT) besides traditional sectors such as K-12 and HE, for the years 2020 and 2021”

“Strategic priorities are focused on workflow optimization, reducing the cost of medical supplies and improving digital capabilities to improve clinical outcomes and operational efficiency”

“Across generations, better prices/promotions and better value for money consistently are key reasons for switching retailers; response to invasion of Ukraine is the least important driver”

“8 – Information: ORR would have to provide separate price determinations at the level of each NR geography and the industry would need to prepare whole industry P&Ls for each NR geography”

“Inadequate and unreliable grid supply: Most households in Nigeria do not have access to adequate & reliable grid power supply resulting in dependence on alternative sources of electricity”

“In FY23 the US federal government spent ~$2.2B in direct funding to address school safety and mental health, and the UK government allocated £1.1B for child mental health support for FY24”

“The lower test scores evidenced in 2023 highlight that there is further scope for improvement and bridging the learning gap, which will be a continued focus for educators and policymakers”

“Employees using Gen AI at work in KSA+UAE are overall positive on the impact on their productivity but a bit more balanced on the encouragement from their employers on the use of the tool”

“There is a correlation between life expectancy and the Golden Age Index, suggesting that countries with a higher life expectancy also have economies where older workers play a larger role”

“The positive correlation between our Women in Work Index and the Golden Age Index suggests that flexible working policies and better childcare also help women to remain in work for longer”

“China and India have made significant improvements in female economic empowerment, however there is room for further progress to promote gender equality and economic opportunity for women”