Macroeconomics

Women are the major providers of healthcare worldwide, in both the informal and formal healthcare sectors. Yet they struggle to meet their own healthcare needs. Gender inequality in social, environmental, and biological terms has made access to healthcare for women a challenge, exposing them to health risks. According to a study done by AIIMS and H...

Cloud computing is predicted to be the main IT trend in the upcoming years and will have a huge impact on world economy. A wide range of organizations—from small start-ups to global corporations, and from government agencies to non-profit organizations—have begun using cloud computing applications. Besides Microsoft, the main contributor behi...

This paper looks at the future of microjobs from the perspective of a microworker and an employee at a microjob platform company, set in the year, 2030. It provides a delineation of employment definitions, along with a comparative analysis of microjobs today and expectations on how they will evolve by 2030. The key areas of microwork explored in th...

The global economy witnessed a lot of turbulence in 2019, with intensified trade wars and Brexit delays influencing the growth story tremendously. Should businesses expect more volatility in 2020 or are global economic prospects looking up? This 2020 Global Economic Outlook research has been designed to answer this question and more by providing in...

The need for innovation is driving growth in disruptive business models. Traditional industries such as transportation, housing, delivery, finance, and banking have been challenged by new entrants with disruptive business structures which are challenging the old regulatory rules that previously governed the markets. Emerging technologies such as AI...

The Frost & Sullivan Information, Communications & Technologies team of analysts has released the Internet of Things (IoT) platforms Frost Radar, a robust analytical tool that benchmarks companies’ innovation focus and growth performance in the IoT platforms market. The IoT is a complex ecosystem that integrates Information technology (IT) with ...

Industrial giants of the twentieth century as well as twenty first century are all innovators of either technology or business models. The study highlights innovation is critical for long-term survival of Organizations in today’s world and provides innovation-specific best practices followed by leading organizations globally. The study also cov...

Barring Puerto Rico, the economies of Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Panama, Jamaica, and Trinidad & Tobago are on a stable growth path in the second half of 2019. The regional Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at constant prices is estimated to register 3.2% growth in Q4 2019 and is forecast to grow by 2.8% annually. There are signs of ...

As we enter a new era of humanity, hardware and biological augmentation in several ways will enhance our ability to think, sense, feel, perceive, and function. The mind, body, and behavior will be heavily influenced and shaped by technologies that trigger the next evolution in humankind, making us transhuman. Transhumanism focuses on convergent for...