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Economically, megatrends can be exploited by enterprises to make [[profit (economics)|profit]]. |
Economically, megatrends can be exploited by enterprises to make [[profit (economics)|profit]]. |
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At least 7 megatrends have been identified by multinational investment and professional services companies:<ref name="BlackRock 2019">{{cite web | title=Invest in the future with megatrends - BlackRock | website=BlackRock | date=December 31, 2019 | url=https://www.ishares.com/us/strategies/megatrends | access-date=July 27, 2020}}</ref><ref name="PricewaterhouseCoopers 2016">{{cite web | author=PricewaterhouseCoopers | title=Five Megatrends And Their Implications for Global Defense & Security | website=PwC | date=November 22, 2016 | url=https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/archive/archive-government-public-services/publications/five-megatrends.html | access-date=July 27, 2020}} [https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/government-public-services/assets/five-megatrends-implications.pdf pdf]</ref><ref name="Ernst & Young 2020">{{cite web | author=Ernst & Young | title=Are you reframing your future or is the future reframing you? | website=EY | date=June 19, 2020 | url=https://www.ey.com/en_gl/megatrends | access-date=August 23, 2020}} [https://assets.ey.com/content/dam/ey-sites/ey-com/en_gl/topics/megatrends/ey-megatrends-report-2020.pdf pdf]</ref> |
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*[[Technological progress]], esp. in the [[internet]] domain<ref name="IHS Markit Online Newsroom 2017">{{cite web | title=Number of Connected IoT Devices Will Surge to 125 Billion by 2030, IHS Markit Says| website=IHS Markit Online Newsroom | date=October 24, 2017 | url=https://news.ihsmarkit.com/prviewer/release_only/slug/number-connected-iot-devices-will-surge-125-billion-2030-ihs-markit-says | access-date=July 27, 2020}}</ref> |
*[[Technological progress]], esp. in the [[internet]] domain<ref name="IHS Markit Online Newsroom 2017">{{cite web | title=Number of Connected IoT Devices Will Surge to 125 Billion by 2030, IHS Markit Says| website=IHS Markit Online Newsroom | date=October 24, 2017 | url=https://news.ihsmarkit.com/prviewer/release_only/slug/number-connected-iot-devices-will-surge-125-billion-2030-ihs-markit-says | access-date=July 27, 2020}}</ref> |
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*[[Demographic change]] and [[social change]]<ref name="United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs 2017">{{cite web | title=World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision - Multimedia Library | website=United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs | date=June 21, 2017 | url=https://www.un.org/development/desa/publications/world-population-prospects-the-2017-revision.html | access-date=July 27, 2020}}</ref> |
*[[Demographic change]] and [[social change]]<ref name="United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs 2017">{{cite web | title=World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision - Multimedia Library | website=United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs | date=June 21, 2017 | url=https://www.un.org/development/desa/publications/world-population-prospects-the-2017-revision.html | access-date=July 27, 2020}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:49, 31 October 2023
Megatrends are trends that have an effect on a global scale. Some of the current megatrends are identical with global threats.[1][2]
Economic implications
Economically, megatrends can be exploited by enterprises to make profit. At least 7 megatrends have been identified by multinational investment and professional services companies:[3][4][5]
- Technological progress, esp. in the internet domain[6]
- Demographic change and social change[7]
- Rapid global urbanization[8]
- Climate change and resource depletion[9]
- Emerging markets[10]
- The impact of deepfakes and other synthetic media[5]
- Microbiomes and synthetic biology[5]
References
- ^ "Five of the world's biggest environmental problems - 11.10.2016". DW.COM. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ^ "AlternAtive Worlds" (PDF). Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
- ^ "Invest in the future with megatrends - BlackRock". BlackRock. December 31, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ^ PricewaterhouseCoopers (November 22, 2016). "Five Megatrends And Their Implications for Global Defense & Security". PwC. Retrieved July 27, 2020. pdf
- ^ a b c Ernst & Young (June 19, 2020). "Are you reframing your future or is the future reframing you?". EY. Retrieved August 23, 2020. pdf
- ^ "Number of Connected IoT Devices Will Surge to 125 Billion by 2030, IHS Markit Says". IHS Markit Online Newsroom. October 24, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ^ "World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision - Multimedia Library". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. June 21, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ^ "World Urbanization Prospects - United Nations". Population Division. May 16, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ^ "New Energy Outlook" (PDF). Bloomberg. 2017.
- ^ "The Long View How will the global economic order change by 2050" (PDF). PWC. 2017.