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COVID-19 Forcing Petrochemical Leaders to Rethink Industry’s Future

Petrochemical industry leaders and financial investors need to update their strategic agendas and focus on recovery scenarios, regionalized supply chains, and capital productivity. That is, if they want to minimize the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the industry, according to McKinsey & Company. In a recent analysis, the global consulting firm wrote that slowing…

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Six Imperatives to Thrive in Asia-Pacific’s Retail Future

Asia-Pacific will remain the retail industry’s growth engine in the post-corona world. Retailers need to prioritize action in several key areas if they want to gain a sustainable edge over rivals, analysts from consulting firm Bain said in a recent report. According to the report titled “The Future of Retail in Asia-Pacific: How to Thrive…

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These 3 Nascent Macro Technology Forces Will Drive Transformational Change

Ambient experience, exponential intelligence, and quantum are three technologies that are waiting in the wings and will likely become macro forces toward the end of the 2020s, according to Global accounting and consulting firm Deloitte. “Like cloud technologies before them, they will evolve over time and perhaps cross-pollinate with other forces to create something wholly…

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How to Keep an Edge in the Era of Pervasive AI?

AI adopters should be proactive in implementing certain measures if they want to gain or maintain an advantage over their industry peers as the disruptive technology becomes mainstream, according to global accounting firm Deloitte. In the 3rd edition of its State of AI in the Enterprise report, Deloitte says there are three things that both…

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Software Publishers Industry: What’s Next for the Industry?

The success of the internet age is riding on the back of many breakthroughs. Besides advanced computer hardware, the software part is critical to the ultimate functioning of the technology industry. Admittedly, software publishers make up the backbone of the technology industry, especially the computing sector. According to a 2015 McKinsey report, the software industry is…

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Is Distributed Teams the Future of Work?

The last three months of the COVID-19 crisis have resulted in the biggest remote work experiment that Landing.Jobs, a Lisbon-based tech company, has ever experienced. Landing.Jobs is a candidate-driven marketplace dedicated to matching the best tech professionals to the best companies all around Europe. The COVID-19 crisis has changed the way people work, forcing some…

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Digital Nomadism to Flourish in Post-Coronavirus Era: NomadX CEO

Border closures and flight restrictions put in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus have dampened the mood of millions of travel enthusiasts around the world. But the abrupt change from globe-trotting to quarantine has affected one group in particular whose lifestyle revolves around being on the move: digital nomads. The short-term impact of…

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VR Telehealth Solutions to Boom in Post-Coronavirus World: Virtuleap’s CEO

As coronavirus ripped unabated through the globe, shutdowns, travel restrictions, and social distancing led to a sharp uptick in virtual reality solutions. People kept at home by quarantine suddenly found themselves immersed in a world where they could take a virtual tour of tourist destinations, art galleries, museums, shopping centers, and even the house they…

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