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Thematic Analysis
ESG Executive Briefing: Strategic Intelligence (Second Edition)
Sustainability used to be just about saving the planet. Today, it has morphed into an umbrella term for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. Adopting a holistic approach that encompasses all environmental, social, and governance issues can help company leaders ensure all aspects of sustainability are covered in their ESG strategy. In 2025, there is pressure on companies to be more transparent about their ESG credentials. GlobalData’s ESG research is designed to help companies build trust with society at large...
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Company Insights
Medtronic Plc: Digital Transformation Strategies
Medtronic plc (Medtronic) is a medical technology company that designs, develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices and solutions. The company's major activities include research, design, manufacturing, and sales of biomedical engineering products. It has four reportable segments: Cardiovascular, Neuroscience, Medical Surgical, and Diabetes. Cardiovascular segment offers products and services for diagnosing, treating, and managing cardiac rhythm and vascular diseases. Neuroscience segment includes neurostimulation and drug-delivery therapies for chronic pain, spine and brain conditions, pelvic health, and ENT disorders. Medical Surgical...
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Company Insights
Restaurant Brands International: Digital Transformation Strategies
Restaurant Brands International Inc (RBI) is a quick-service restaurant (QSR) operator that owns, operates, and franchises restaurants under the Popeyes, Burger King, Tim Hortons, and Firehouse Subs brands. Popeyes features fried bone-in chicken, chicken sandwiches, tenders, wings, fried shrimp, and regional specialties. Burger King offers flame-grilled hamburgers, chicken, and other specialty sandwiches. Tim Hortons serves a variety of hot and cold specialty beverages and a full range of breakfast, lunch, and dinner items, including sandwiches, wraps, and flatbread pizzas. Firehouse...
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Company Insights
Novartis AG: Digital Transformation Strategies
Novartis AG (Novartis) is a pharmaceutical company that is engaged in the research, development, manufacturing, distribution, marketing, and sale of innovative medicines. It offers a range of products in therapeutic areas such as cardiovascular, renal and metabolic, immunology, ophthalmology, respiratory, global health, neuroscience, and oncology. The company offers its products to pharmacists, private health systems, government agencies, physicians, hospitals, insurance groups, managed care providers, pharmacy benefit managers, and government-supported healthcare systems through brands such as Entresto, Cosentyx, Kesimpta, Kisqali, and...
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Thematic Analysis
Tech in 2035: Strategic Intelligence
This report examines how technologies like artificial superintelligence, quantum computing, polyfunctional robots, batteries, and brain-computer interfaces will transform people’s lives over the next 10 years. Profound shifts in the global economy are underway, driven by various factors, including demographics, climate change, supply chain disruption, and geopolitical tensions. Technology adoption and innovation will accelerate over the next decade as enterprises, governments, and individuals adapt to these new realities. As a result, the world will look very different by 2035. This report...
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Thematic Analysis
FDI Trends in Europe (2025)
Europe experienced a robust growth phase characterized by increased project numbers and capital expenditures from 2023 to 2024, . Europe's share in opened Greenfield Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects, dominated by Western Europe, rose to 40% in 2024. Despite visible FDI opportunity, Eurozone GDP growth stunted at 0.9% in 2024, with structural issues like low productivity, rapidly increasing bond yields, and energy costs weighing on industrial competitiveness Despite healthy levels of inward Greenfield FDI recorded in 2024, Europe’s FDI climate is facing the...
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Thematic Analysis
Deep Dive into Vertical Farming: Strategic Intelligence
Vertical farming is a method of growing crops indoors in vertically stacked layers. It often incorporates controlled environmental conditions and technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and robotics. It can increase food security and decrease agricultural systems' emissions and water intensity.
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Analyst Opinions
Cloud-Based Enterprise AI Platforms: Competitive Landscape Assessment
Cloud-based enterprise AI platforms are becoming a central foundation for how organizations deploy artificial intelligence across applications and business processes. As enterprises look to operationalize predictive AI, generative AI, and AI agents at scale, demand is rising for platforms that simplify development while supporting governance, security, and enterprise-grade deployment. These platforms bring together tools that enable AI experts, data scientists, and citizen developers to build, train, deploy, and manage machine learning models and AI agents in cloud environments. Increasingly, they...
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Thematic Analysis
Cloud Computing: Strategic Intelligence
The cloud is the dominant model for delivering and maintaining enterprise IT resources. It enables the sharing of IT infrastructure and services, creating a flexible, scalable, and on-demand IT environment. The global cloud computing market will be worth $1.5 trillion in 2028, having grown at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17% from $786.4 billion in 2024, according to GlobalData forecasts.
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Consumer Insights
South Africa Source Tourism Insight by Domestic and Outbound Tourism, Key Destinations and Tourist Profiles, 2025 Update
This report provides a thorough insight into the South Africa domestic and outbound tourism market. The report looks at the profiles of South Africa tourists and summarizes the key reasons that they travel. The report offers an in-depth analysis of traveler flows, spending patterns, main destination markets and current and future opportunities for tourism businesses seeking to tap into South Africa's outbound travel market. This report helps to understand tourism industry in South Africa and outbound how it is beneficial...
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