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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

While electric vehicles are already replacing conventional automobiles, no electric aircraft is ready for large scale commercial production that can usher in a sustainable revolution in aerospace. By 2026, the global market for commercial aircraft is projected to reach around $70 billion , up from $55 billion in 2019. Other Trends.

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The Question with AI Isn’t Whether We’ll Lose Our Jobs — It’s How Much We’ll Get Paid

Harvard Business

It is the continuous obligation of economic policy to match increases in productive potential with increases in purchasing power and demand. Wage growth has not kept up with productivity growth; labor’s share of GDP has fallen and capital’s share has risen. anucha sirivisansuwan/Getty Images.

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Clean Energy Transition: Business Risks and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

While there are many risks and obstacles involved in being an innovation leader – producing products not supported by the current infrastructure, creating more waste than recycling, and the high cost and limited capacity of existing energy storage methods – these problems also represent opportunities for innovation and growth.

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Blockchain: New Use Cases for Governments and Business

Tom Spencer

Low transaction costs will also be necessary to ensure efficient operations and to ensure that blockchain systems offer a cost advantage over the status quo. Supply chain tracking also makes it possible to pinpoint the origins of products, and so ensure that goods are sourced from safe and sustainable suppliers. trillion by 2030.

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You Don’t Have to Be a Data Scientist to Fill This Must-Have Analytics Role

Harvard Business

By 2026, the McKinsey Global Institute estimates that demand for translators in the United States alone may reach two to four million. improving product quality in manufacturing) or cross-organizational initiatives (e.g., reducing product delivery time). What does a translator do? Step 3: Building the analytics engine.

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10 Promising AI Applications in Health Care

Harvard Business

health care by 2026. We found AI currently creates the most value in helping frontline clinicians be more productive and in making back-end processes more efficient—but not yet in making clinical decisions or improving clinical outcomes. Clinical applications are still rare. Another area is AI-assisted robotic surgery.

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The “Smart Society” of the Future Doesn’t Look Like Science Fiction

Harvard Business

trillion by 2026. He said: “Although we all bring a diverse range of perspectives, the D5 allows us to leverage the knowledge and experience of our smartest people, creating faster and more efficient digital governments for our citizens. The market for smart technologies is predicted to be worth up to $1.6