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Thematic Analysis
NewDigital Twins – Thematic Intelligence
Digital twins are digital representations of physical assets, systems, people, or processes. They help detect, prevent, predict, and optimize the physical environment using artificial intelligence (AI), real-time analytics, visualization, and simulation tools. Conceptually, digital twins have been around for decades; a forerunner was used in NASA’s Apollo 13 mission to the moon in 1970. While far from ubiquitous today, adoption is increasing across industries, although challenges around security and interoperability still need to be addressed.
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Thematic Analysis
NewSocial Media in Banking – Thematic Intelligence
This report maps out the prospects of social media giants for a deep assault on financial services, and how incumbent banks might respond. To that end, we share findings from GlobalData’s 2023 Financial Services Consumer Survey, which covers consumer openness to a wide variety of different types of financial services (such as current accounts, savings accounts, personal loans, and mortgages) from different provider types (including social media giants), split by various demographic variables. This helps identify the best attack vectors...
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Thematic Analysis
NewPersonalization in Insurance – Thematic Intelligence
In recent years, the insurance market has undergone a significant transformation driven by a combination of macroeconomic shifts and rapid technological progress. Against a backdrop of global uncertainties such as geopolitical tensions and economic challenges, insurers have faced a landscape characterized by both obstacles and opportunities. Notably, personalization has emerged as a key focus area, with insurers increasingly harnessing the power of data analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to tailor their offerings to the unique needs of individual customers....
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Thematic Analysis
NewGeopolitics – Executive Briefing (First Edition)
Geopolitics is set to be a defining theme for the rest of the decade. The world is becoming more unstable, as China and other states challenge the dominance of the US. New conflict zones will emerge whilst existing ones becomes more unpredictable, trends exacerbated by the impacts of climate change and migration. The report offers a systematic analysis of the varying types of business exposure to geopolitical shocks as an aid to risk management to help corporates navigate this increasingly...
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Thematic Analysis
NewScaling Rearmament – Thematic Intelligence
When the ‘Cold War’ came to an end in 1991, optimistic forecasts in the world of international politics predicted what became popularly known as the ‘peace dividend’—a period wherein states could safely afford to downsize their militaries and the associated industrial bases, as the threat of large, prolonged war between major nation-states was believed to have mostly subsided. While conflict has occurred worldwide consistently since then, none have expended equipment and ammunition at rates seen in the Second World War....
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Thematic Analysis
NewOnline Travel – Thematic Intelligence
Online Travel Thematic Report Overview Increased digitization, greater mobile phone usage, and the proliferation of the internet are the key factors driving the rapid and healthy growth of the online travel market. The online travel industry has been prioritizing personalization as loyalty to a particular brand is being replaced by a traveler's loyalty to their preferences. In addition, social media has become a strategic channel for marketing and customer service. The online travel thematic intelligence report gives you an in-depth...
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Thematic Analysis
NewWealth Management Sector Scorecard – Thematic Intelligence
Wealth Management Sector Scorecard Thematic Intelligence Report Overview The wealth management sector must continuously invest in key themes to capture more market share. Digital investment platforms with the infusion of emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, can offer customers efficient personalized services. This will not only help players retain customers but also gain a competitive advantage. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) services remain a key theme in the wealth space, accelerated due to the pandemic. Wealth...
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Thematic Analysis
NewMobile Gaming – Thematic Intelligence
Mobile Gaming Thematic Intelligence Report Overview The mobile gaming market is already bigger than the console and PC gaming markets combined. The growing maturity of streaming (supported by 5G), cloud gaming, and mobile esports, combined with the fact that mobile platforms are close to technological parity with PCs and consoles, means most gamers will embrace mobile gaming in the next few years. The mobile gaming thematic intelligence report provides an overview of the mobile gaming theme and identifies the key...
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Thematic Analysis
NewGlobal Tech, Media, and Telecom (TMT) M&A Deals 2023 – Top Themes and Predictions – Thematic Intelligence
If you want to understand the themes that drive an industry, simply look at the list of recent mergers and acquisitions (M&A). This report analyzes the disruptive themes that drove M&A activity across the technology, media, and telecom (TMT) industry in 2023.