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BI Intelligence has released their wearable computing forecast to 2020 and they are very bullish on smartwatches. Smartwatchs will drive a big chunk of this growth and will make up 52% of total wearable computing shipments in 2020. MORE
Several of our studies are referenced and cited included our New Artisan Economy report and Intuit 2020 report. Artisan Economy Contingent Workforce Coworking Economic Decentralization Independent workers Intuit 2020 New Artisans self-employment trends MORE
Uber is planning on starting limited air taxi service in Dallas and Los Angeles in the 2020 time frame. So don't be surprised if it doesn't happen by 2020. MORE
In the Intuit 2020 Report we forecast that U.S. GDP by 2020. Health care could reach 21-22% of GDP by 2020. If like us you're worried about health care spending, there's some good news and some bad news. The good news is U.S. health spending grew just 4% in 2009 , the lowest growth rate in the 50 years the government has tracked this data. MORE
Back in 2013 HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki, Finland released the Management Assistant 2020 report , which detailed how the role of an Assistant will change by 2020. MORE
By 2020, the number of independent workers in America is expected to grow to 37.9 The 2015 MBO Partners State of Independence Report was released today. Key findings include: The number of independent workers aged 21 and up stands at 30.2 million in 2015, divided between 17.8 MORE
By 2020, businesses that learn to master digital will become the predator, while those that make minor changes or don’t do anything at all will become digital prey , says Forrester’s Nigel Fenwick. “To This group risks extinction by 2020. Four years. MORE
BCG expects this market to triple by 2020. After literally several decades of hype and hope, it appears 3D printing may finally be starting to deliver on its promise to change manufacturing. MORE
Worrying news for anyone in the UK as two influential think tanks believe that austerity will be still be a big issue, not just for the elections in 2015, but all the way through until 2020. Business News 2020 austerity UK Economy MORE
Cisco is forecasting that by 2020 there will be 50 billion "things" attached to the Internet. Good article from JWT Intelligence on smart objects. These are objects that have been enhanced by the addition of computers of some kind. MORE
million people will use coworking spaces by 2020 and many small businesses are turning to this way of working. MORE
Specifically, it’s estimated by IDC that worldwide revenues for big data and business analytics will hit $203 billion in 2020, a significant jump from the $130.1 “In God we trust. All others must bring data.” – W. Edwards Deming. MORE
private workforce will be independent by 2020, according to a report published today by MBO Partners. By the year 2020, MBO Partners predicts that 70 million people, more than 50 percent of the private workforce, will be independent. M ore than 50 percent of the U.S. The MBO statement is one of five predictions that the consulting firm makes in its 2012 Independent Work Preview. The report says: One is the New Majority. MORE
The EPI and the National Employment Law Project have teamed up to produce a fact sheet on their proposal to increase the national minimum wage to $12 by 2020. MORE
By 2020 it’s expected that one in two UK and US citizens will be working on a freelance basis. The competition for work among freelancers and startups is increasing by the day. MORE
Intuit 2020 Trends Report trendsHealthyWage is fascinating company that provides financial incentives to people to lose weight. They have such an interesting "about the company" paragraph, we're printing it: HealthyWage is America's leading provider of consumer, corporate and government health incentive and wellness programs, and wellness marketing opportunities. MORE
Reports and Resources Intuit 2020 Research Report Todays Hobbyists are Tomorrows Hobbypreneurs Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force Research Brief - Small Business Credit Outlook The Economic Stimulus Package: Whats in it for Growing Businesses? MORE
By 2020, forecasters predict there’ll be more freelancers in the United States than full-time employees. Freelancers are a growing and essential part of the American workforce, with 53 million independent professionals currently living in the United States, up from 10.3 MORE
small businesses will be fully adapted to cloud computing by 2020, more than doubling the current 37 percent rate. We call this group "fully adapted" We're forecasting the "fully adapted" group will grow to 78% by 2020. MORE
Among the key findings of the report, cross-border ecommerce gross merchandise volume is expected to grow at the rate of 25 percent through 2020. This represents an increase from $300 billion in 2015 to $900 billion by 2020. MORE
This number is expected to increase well beyond 2020. There is no doubt that the Information Revolution has had an indelible impact upon our daily lives. This observation is even more true in regards to business operations. MORE
1099 Economy Contingent Workforce Freelance gig economy Independent workers Intuit 2020 on-demand economy self-employment Small Business Economy MORE
Census , by "2020 less than half of children in the United States are projected to be non-Hispanic white alone (49.8 So in 2020 white children in total will comprise about 72 percent of all children. This, by the way, means in 2020 about 23% of all U.S. MORE
Back in 2010 we forecast that women would reach earnings parity with men around 2020. In Part-Time Jobs, Women Outearn Men covers the interesting fact that women who work 35 hours or less per week earn about 110% of what men working similar hours earn. MORE
By 2020 there will be more than 20 global megacities, each teeming with more than 10 million residents. Urbanization is changing how the world lives and works, and is covered in more detail in the Intuit 2020 Report. MORE
The Millennials, the generation of tech savvy digital natives currently in their twenties and early thirties, will account for nearly half of the workforce by 2020. MORE
Finance Intuit 2020Excellent article over on The Sleeter Group's site summarizing research on what small businesses think about their external accountants and what they want from them. Emergent Research (that's us) assisted the Sleeter Group with this research. MORE
in 2020. GE, the large industrial conglomerate, is re-positioning itself as a digital company. Their recent ads describe GE as an "indugital" and "digidustrial" company. And yes, I agree these marketing efforts are still a work in progress. MORE
What You'll Need to Know to be the Boss in 2020 , from Forbes, examines what it means to be a manager when many of your workers is contingent. workforce will be contingent (we say independent) in 2020. Lot's of recent news about the continued growth of the contingent workforce, which is the term the corporate world uses for what we call the independent workforce - freelancers, contractors, independent consultants, temps, etc. MORE
In 2020 the youngest baby boomers will be 55, the oldest 74. As the chart below shows, by 2020 one quarter of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics expects 43% of those 55+ to be in the labor force in 2020. MORE
We cover the Risk Shift and what it means for financial institutions in a article on Banking.com , and it's one of the 20 key trends in the Intuit 2020 Report. government policy Intuit 2020 Trends Report trendsI recently personally experienced one of the trends we follow - The Risk Shift. The The bottom line: I spent over $800 for x-rays that should have cost me $37. Let me explain. MORE
billion revenue by 2020 , and is a factor that will dominate the marketing industry in 2017. Are you struggling to communicate with your customers at all times? Fortunately, artificial intelligence (AI) can help you to improve your marketing strategy. MORE
For example, JLL is forecasting that there will be 13 million people working in coworking spaces in India alone in 2020. This is more members than we were projecting the entire world would have in 2020 just a couple of years ago. MORE
Intuit 2020: The Future of Financial Services builds on the data, trends and forecasts in the Intuit 2020 report , which identifies 20 emerging trends and shifts that will shape business and society over the next decade. Intuit recently released a new report on The Future of Financial Services. Intuit and Emergent Research partnered on this research, which included interviews and workshops with a mix of financial services industry participants, analysts and academics. MORE
These include: By 2020, 100 million consumers will shop in augmented reality. By 2020, 30% of web browsing sessions will be done without a screen, mostly due to voice interactivity. It's that time of year again. We're not referring to the holidays. MORE
While 70% of 4,100 professionals surveyed in 32 countries by Accenture say that the number of women in leadership roles will increase by 2020, there are still problems in female advancement in the workplace. MORE
Between 2015 and 2020, spending on the cloud is expected to grow at a rate six times faster than on IT. Today, 93% of organizations use the cloud in some form and of those, 42% derive half or more of their business from cloud-based apps. On average, enterprises invest $1.62 MORE
They plan to start testing their air taxi service - called Uber Elevate - in Dallas and Dubai in 2020. The Barron's Penta article The Next Wave in Flight: Flying Vehicles You Can Summon With Your Phone covers eVTOLs, which are electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles. MORE
As the chart below shows, we expect the number of global coworking spaces will grow from a bit over 11,000 this year to just over 26,000 in 2020. million in 2020. The number of spaces are forecast to grow 18% in 2020, down from a 41% growth rate in 2016. MORE
It's a She-conomy is one of my favorite Intuit 2020 Report trends. Tags: Intuit 2020 Trends Report trends women Intuit's Michael Runzler came up with this clever term to describe the growing role women are playing in the global economy. I want to focus on one of the key drivers of the She-conomy in the U.S. education. Over MORE
Their belief is that by 2020 paper tax forms will be virtually extinct.… It’s official. By January 2018, the majority of individuals and businesses will be on a digital tax reporting system. MORE
Ardent is also suggesting it could be as high as 50% by 2020. But it also seems likely it will be at least in the low to mid 40% range by 2020. Ardent Partners recently released their 2016-2017 State of Contingent Workforce Management report. MORE
A growing pool of on-demand talent: Driven by the growth of contingent workers, projected to represent 43 percent of the workforce by 2020, small businesses have access to the right people at the right time in a flexible way, without the responsibility of hiring traditional employees. MORE
For more on this trend see the Intuit 2020 report or the excellent book The Great Risk Shift. The chart below, which shows a decline in employer-provided and on-the-job training in recent decades, has been making the rounds in the economic blogs. MORE
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JUNE 7, 2013
Worrying news for anyone in the UK as two influential think tanks believe that austerity will be still be a big issue, not just for the elections in 2015, but all the way through until 2020. Business News 2020 austerity UK Economy
Small Business Labs
AUGUST 2, 2016
As the chart below shows, we expect the number of global coworking spaces will grow from a bit over 11,000 this year to just over 26,000 in 2020. million in 2020. The number of spaces are forecast to grow 18% in 2020, down from a 41% growth rate in 2016.
Small Business Labs
MARCH 26, 2018
Census , by "2020 less than half of children in the United States are projected to be non-Hispanic white alone (49.8 So in 2020 white children in total will comprise about 72 percent of all children. This, by the way, means in 2020 about 23% of all U.S.
Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 12, 2010
Reports and Resources Intuit 2020 Research Report Todays Hobbyists are Tomorrows Hobbypreneurs Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force Research Brief - Small Business Credit Outlook The Economic Stimulus Package: Whats in it for Growing Businesses?
Small Business Labs
MAY 8, 2012
In 2020 the youngest baby boomers will be 55, the oldest 74. As the chart below shows, by 2020 one quarter of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics expects 43% of those 55+ to be in the labor force in 2020.
The Solopreneur Life
DECEMBER 20, 2011
private workforce will be independent by 2020, according to a report published today by MBO Partners. By the year 2020, MBO Partners predicts that 70 million people, more than 50 percent of the private workforce, will be independent. M ore than 50 percent of the U.S. The MBO statement is one of five predictions that the consulting firm makes in its 2012 Independent Work Preview. The report says: One is the New Majority.
Small Business CEO
MARCH 21, 2017
Among the key findings of the report, cross-border ecommerce gross merchandise volume is expected to grow at the rate of 25 percent through 2020. This represents an increase from $300 billion in 2015 to $900 billion by 2020.
Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 3, 2016
1099 Economy Contingent Workforce Freelance gig economy Independent workers Intuit 2020 on-demand economy self-employment Small Business Economy
Small Business Labs
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
Several of our studies are referenced and cited included our New Artisan Economy report and Intuit 2020 report. Artisan Economy Contingent Workforce Coworking Economic Decentralization Independent workers Intuit 2020 New Artisans self-employment trends
Small Business Labs
MARCH 5, 2013
Finance Intuit 2020Excellent article over on The Sleeter Group's site summarizing research on what small businesses think about their external accountants and what they want from them. Emergent Research (that's us) assisted the Sleeter Group with this research.
Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 18, 2010
It's a She-conomy is one of my favorite Intuit 2020 Report trends. Tags: Intuit 2020 Trends Report trends women Intuit's Michael Runzler came up with this clever term to describe the growing role women are playing in the global economy. I want to focus on one of the key drivers of the She-conomy in the U.S. education. Over
Small Business Labs
NOVEMBER 1, 2011
Intuit 2020 Trends Report trendsHealthyWage is fascinating company that provides financial incentives to people to lose weight. They have such an interesting "about the company" paragraph, we're printing it: HealthyWage is America's leading provider of consumer, corporate and government health incentive and wellness programs, and wellness marketing opportunities.
Small Business Labs
AUGUST 9, 2011
We cover the Risk Shift and what it means for financial institutions in a article on Banking.com , and it's one of the 20 key trends in the Intuit 2020 Report. government policy Intuit 2020 Trends Report trendsI recently personally experienced one of the trends we follow - The Risk Shift. The The bottom line: I spent over $800 for x-rays that should have cost me $37. Let me explain.
Small Business Labs
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
BI Intelligence has released their wearable computing forecast to 2020 and they are very bullish on smartwatches. Smartwatchs will drive a big chunk of this growth and will make up 52% of total wearable computing shipments in 2020.
Small Business Labs
MAY 24, 2018
Uber is planning on starting limited air taxi service in Dallas and Los Angeles in the 2020 time frame. So don't be surprised if it doesn't happen by 2020.
Small Business Labs
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Ardent is also suggesting it could be as high as 50% by 2020. But it also seems likely it will be at least in the low to mid 40% range by 2020. Ardent Partners recently released their 2016-2017 State of Contingent Workforce Management report.
Small Business Labs
DECEMBER 4, 2018
For example, JLL is forecasting that there will be 13 million people working in coworking spaces in India alone in 2020. This is more members than we were projecting the entire world would have in 2020 just a couple of years ago.
Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 31, 2016
These include: By 2020, 100 million consumers will shop in augmented reality. By 2020, 30% of web browsing sessions will be done without a screen, mostly due to voice interactivity. It's that time of year again. We're not referring to the holidays.
On The Job
SEPTEMBER 4, 2017
Specifically, it’s estimated by IDC that worldwide revenues for big data and business analytics will hit $203 billion in 2020, a significant jump from the $130.1 “In God we trust. All others must bring data.” – W. Edwards Deming.
Small Business Labs
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
Back in 2010 we forecast that women would reach earnings parity with men around 2020. In Part-Time Jobs, Women Outearn Men covers the interesting fact that women who work 35 hours or less per week earn about 110% of what men working similar hours earn.
Small Business Labs
SEPTEMBER 16, 2013
Cisco is forecasting that by 2020 there will be 50 billion "things" attached to the Internet. Good article from JWT Intelligence on smart objects. These are objects that have been enhanced by the addition of computers of some kind.
Small Business Labs
MARCH 15, 2018
They plan to start testing their air taxi service - called Uber Elevate - in Dallas and Dubai in 2020. The Barron's Penta article The Next Wave in Flight: Flying Vehicles You Can Summon With Your Phone covers eVTOLs, which are electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles.
On The Job
AUGUST 31, 2016
By 2020, businesses that learn to master digital will become the predator, while those that make minor changes or don’t do anything at all will become digital prey , says Forrester’s Nigel Fenwick. “To This group risks extinction by 2020. Four years.
On The Job
APRIL 1, 2014
While 70% of 4,100 professionals surveyed in 32 countries by Accenture say that the number of women in leadership roles will increase by 2020, there are still problems in female advancement in the workplace.
Small Business CEO
JUNE 5, 2017
million people will use coworking spaces by 2020 and many small businesses are turning to this way of working.
Practically Perfect PA
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
Back in 2013 HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki, Finland released the Management Assistant 2020 report , which detailed how the role of an Assistant will change by 2020.
Small Business CEO
APRIL 14, 2017
billion revenue by 2020 , and is a factor that will dominate the marketing industry in 2017. Are you struggling to communicate with your customers at all times? Fortunately, artificial intelligence (AI) can help you to improve your marketing strategy.
Small Business CEO
JANUARY 22, 2015
By 2020, forecasters predict there’ll be more freelancers in the United States than full-time employees. Freelancers are a growing and essential part of the American workforce, with 53 million independent professionals currently living in the United States, up from 10.3
Practically Perfect PA
OCTOBER 7, 2016
The Millennials, the generation of tech savvy digital natives currently in their twenties and early thirties, will account for nearly half of the workforce by 2020.
Small Business Labs
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017
BCG expects this market to triple by 2020. After literally several decades of hype and hope, it appears 3D printing may finally be starting to deliver on its promise to change manufacturing.
Small Business Labs
DECEMBER 1, 2015
in 2020. GE, the large industrial conglomerate, is re-positioning itself as a digital company. Their recent ads describe GE as an "indugital" and "digidustrial" company. And yes, I agree these marketing efforts are still a work in progress.
Small Business Labs
MARCH 24, 2015
For more on this trend see the Intuit 2020 report or the excellent book The Great Risk Shift. The chart below, which shows a decline in employer-provided and on-the-job training in recent decades, has been making the rounds in the economic blogs.
Small Business Labs
SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
By 2020, the number of independent workers in America is expected to grow to 37.9 The 2015 MBO Partners State of Independence Report was released today. Key findings include: The number of independent workers aged 21 and up stands at 30.2 million in 2015, divided between 17.8
Small Business Labs
AUGUST 19, 2014
small businesses will be fully adapted to cloud computing by 2020, more than doubling the current 37 percent rate. We call this group "fully adapted" We're forecasting the "fully adapted" group will grow to 78% by 2020.
Small Business Labs
APRIL 21, 2016
The EPI and the National Employment Law Project have teamed up to produce a fact sheet on their proposal to increase the national minimum wage to $12 by 2020.
Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 25, 2016
A growing pool of on-demand talent: Driven by the growth of contingent workers, projected to represent 43 percent of the workforce by 2020, small businesses have access to the right people at the right time in a flexible way, without the responsibility of hiring traditional employees.
Small Business CEO
MAY 2, 2017
Their belief is that by 2020 paper tax forms will be virtually extinct.… It’s official. By January 2018, the majority of individuals and businesses will be on a digital tax reporting system.
Small Business CEO
JUNE 22, 2017
This number is expected to increase well beyond 2020. There is no doubt that the Information Revolution has had an indelible impact upon our daily lives. This observation is even more true in regards to business operations.
Small Business CEO
JULY 5, 2016
By 2020 it’s expected that one in two UK and US citizens will be working on a freelance basis. The competition for work among freelancers and startups is increasing by the day.
Small Business Labs
JANUARY 11, 2011
In the Intuit 2020 Report we forecast that U.S. GDP by 2020. Health care could reach 21-22% of GDP by 2020. If like us you're worried about health care spending, there's some good news and some bad news. The good news is U.S. health spending grew just 4% in 2009 , the lowest growth rate in the 50 years the government has tracked this data.
Small Business Labs
APRIL 13, 2012
What You'll Need to Know to be the Boss in 2020 , from Forbes, examines what it means to be a manager when many of your workers is contingent. workforce will be contingent (we say independent) in 2020. Lot's of recent news about the continued growth of the contingent workforce, which is the term the corporate world uses for what we call the independent workforce - freelancers, contractors, independent consultants, temps, etc.
Small Business Labs
JULY 15, 2011
By 2020 there will be more than 20 global megacities, each teeming with more than 10 million residents. Urbanization is changing how the world lives and works, and is covered in more detail in the Intuit 2020 Report.
Dumb Little Man
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
Between 2015 and 2020, spending on the cloud is expected to grow at a rate six times faster than on IT. Today, 93% of organizations use the cloud in some form and of those, 42% derive half or more of their business from cloud-based apps. On average, enterprises invest $1.62
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