Sentences with phrase «change in the technology sector»

One thing that doesn't seem to change in the technology sector is the diversity problem.

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The manner in which consumers shop will change dramatically over the next 25 years, and «technology will transform the [banking] sector.

Ed - tech sector is booming By Erica Alini, MacLean's October 29, 2012 Canadian education startups grew by 65 % in five years as the technology of learning changes our schools and universities.

To be sure, changes in technology result in unemployment in the particular sectors in which new technologies are introduced.

«As technology jumps forward and people are changing preferences we have to think long and hard about what the public sector offers to people when it comes to money and how do we facilitate people living in society getting access to money in the forms and shapes they prefer them to be,» Skingsley said.

In the innovation revolution, technologies are merging and converging across sectors — dramatically accelerating the speed and impact of change.

This bizarre anecdote is a microcosm of a much larger trend common to the technology sector: harnessing the power of a name — or in some cases, a name change.

While it may be surprising to some, Canada's mining sector can play an essential role in enabling the technologies that will help the world address climate change.

But many in the technology sector have shied away from the industry after witnessing many high - profile failures and realizing that change doesn't happen quickly.

• The character and integrity of those with whom you are doing business • Changing technology as it impacts industries (including the banking industry) • Future changes in the law or even how the law might be interpreted differently 10 years from now • Deteriorating international competiveness (as what happened to our tax code) • Emerging competitive threats • Changes in industrial structure; e.g., new sources of competition • Political influence and unexpected litigation • Public sector fiscal challenges, demographic changes and challenges managing the nation's healthcare rechanges in the law or even how the law might be interpreted differently 10 years from now • Deteriorating international competiveness (as what happened to our tax code) • Emerging competitive threats • Changes in industrial structure; e.g., new sources of competition • Political influence and unexpected litigation • Public sector fiscal challenges, demographic changes and challenges managing the nation's healthcare reChanges in industrial structure; e.g., new sources of competition • Political influence and unexpected litigation • Public sector fiscal challenges, demographic changes and challenges managing the nation's healthcare rechanges and challenges managing the nation's healthcare resources

Their portfolio simulation approach: (1) is restricted to the technology, industrials, health care, financials and basic materials sectors; (2) assumes an extreme sentiment day for a stock has at least four novel news items (prior to 3:30 PM in New York) and is among the top 5 % of average daily positive or negative events; (3) makes portfolio changes at market close; (4) holds positions for 20 days, subject to a 5 % stop - loss rule and a 20 % take - profit rule; (5) constrains any one position to 15 % of portfolio value; and, (6) assumes round - trip trading friction of 0.25 %.

«The ways that technology has enabled commerce has accelerated a fundamental change in the logistics sector,» he said.

And finally, Tim McMillan, president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, who said: ``... the province's climate strategy may allow our sector to invest more aggressively in technologies to further reduce per barrel emissions in our sector and do our part to tackle climate change.

Investments in fast - growing industries like the technology and healthcare sectors (which have historically been volatile) could result in increased price fluctuation, especially over the short term, due to the rapid pace of product change and development and changes in government regulation of companies emphasizing scientific or technological advancement or regulatory approval for new drugs and medical instruments.

We believe the information technology (IT) sector continues to have a solid growth outlook, with significant changes set to take place in the next few years.

The article reports that while the change in value of mergers and acquisitions in «all sectors» is down 51 % in 2008, compared to last year, the value of «high technology» M&A is actually up 132 %.

Investments in fast - growing industries like the technology and health care sectors (which have historically been volatile) could result in increased price fluctuation, especially over the short term, due to the rapid pace of product change and development and changes in government regulation of companies emphasizing scientific or technological advancement or regulatory approval for new drugs and medical instruments.

As the global sector changes faster than ever before, businesses will need to re-evaluate their role in this changing landscape — ensuring that strategy is underpinned with strong underlying market, business and technology assumptions.

The global energy sector is in the midst of a significant transition, driven by new technologies, changing consumer preferences, and efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

From June 5 — 7, 2018, more than 200 leading personalities from the cocoa and chocolate industry, governments and civil society will gather in Davos / Switzerland to discuss how technology is spurring innovation in our sector, explore how we can ensure a sustainable chocolate future and highlight the role of business as a change agent.

These reforms often involved changes in management style (for instance, the so - called «New Public Management» (NPM), in which concepts from the private sector such as competition, performance indicators, and bonus payments were applied to public administration) or the introduction of computer technology.

Ashade stated further that at the announcement of the company's change of name from Africa Prudential Plc to Africa Prudential Registrars Plc in 2017, it was emphasized that the name change does not imply its exit from registrar business but was rather to enable it extend service offerings to other sectors of the economy by leveraging technology, one of which is the just launched USSD code * 4018 #.

By changing the microstructure in magnesium alloys, Mohsen Esmaily, researcher in Atmospheric Corrosion at Chalmers University of Technology, has succeeded in improving possibilities for the transport sector to use these materials to decrease the weight of vehicles.

Continuing to adopt energy efficient and renewable energy technology in aerospace and other sectors is essential if humanity is to succeed in combating climate change, according to Bertrand Piccard, Swiss doctor, explorer and pilot of the zero - emissions airplane Solar Impulse.

Bringing about change There has always been a belief that introducing technology into schools would revolutionise the education sector in the same way that technology has changed commercial business.

January 2011 had marked the 27th successful year of BETT, where once again the significant role that technology plays in the classroom and in the school as a whole was clear to see, even in a time of ongoing change and austerity in the sector.

While technology proliferates in schools today, some is more useful than others and needs to be straightforward to use and offer clear benefits that solve a real problem, as well as being adaptable to an individual school or college and to the changing needs of the education sector.

In fact the prime driver for the Association's name change from HVCA to B&ES in 2012 was that most members no longer described themselves as «h & v contractors» but providers of a wide range of integrated building and engineering services and renewable technologies to the education, healthcare and local government sectors, amongst many otherIn fact the prime driver for the Association's name change from HVCA to B&ES in 2012 was that most members no longer described themselves as «h & v contractors» but providers of a wide range of integrated building and engineering services and renewable technologies to the education, healthcare and local government sectors, amongst many otherin 2012 was that most members no longer described themselves as «h & v contractors» but providers of a wide range of integrated building and engineering services and renewable technologies to the education, healthcare and local government sectors, amongst many others.

Eduventures continues to build its extensive library of research, focused on issues and innovations in the changing education technology sector.

We help a range of organisations (BBC, British Airways, BP, NHS, Anthony Gormley's One & Other) across all sectors and realise and build technologies in this ever - changing landscape.

Apparently, the revisions to the GICS structure will result in significant change to the risk / return profile and fundamental characteristics of the consumer discretionary, information technology, and communication services sectors.

The focus on technology - related securities increases exposure to the risks associated with the technology - related sector, including changes in laws or regulations, lawsuits and regulatory proceedings, patent considerations, intense competition and rapid technological change and the potential for undesirability.

We can examine how the S&P 500 Index changed in the years leading up to the crash in the technology sector in the early 2000s.

It is designed to reduce emissions in six provinces, working with provincial, district and commune authorities, local communities and the private sector, with the objective to «enhance Viet Nam's ability to benefit from future results - based payments for REDD + and undertake transformational changes in the forestry sector», with a focus on «the implementation of national policies, measures and national strategies or action plans that could involve further capacity - building, technology development and transfer and results - based demonstration activities».

Instead of a disruptive technology poised to transform the power sector in a decade, expect a more evolutionary change toward a «smarter» grid, with more modest results.

The report further presents a brief skills needs for new occupations, new skills for greening existing occupations and retraining needs in sectors undergoing structural changes as a result of policy implementation, and introduction of greening technologies and practices.

For the Primary and Accelerated Scenarios, changes to the baseline consumption were made based on forecasts of clean energy technology penetrations in different sectors.

In particular it focuses on gender and energy, and covers the following themes: gender - differentiated aspects of rural energy production, use and distribution in Africa; climate stress on the energy sector and the gendered results of these changes; and the need and options for the integration of gender perspectives in energy policy and the development and deployment of sustainable energy technologieIn particular it focuses on gender and energy, and covers the following themes: gender - differentiated aspects of rural energy production, use and distribution in Africa; climate stress on the energy sector and the gendered results of these changes; and the need and options for the integration of gender perspectives in energy policy and the development and deployment of sustainable energy technologiein Africa; climate stress on the energy sector and the gendered results of these changes; and the need and options for the integration of gender perspectives in energy policy and the development and deployment of sustainable energy technologiein energy policy and the development and deployment of sustainable energy technologies.

SSPs should generally not contain information that would typically be outcomes of such models, such as the precise mix of technologies used in the energy sector, specific emissions or land use outcomes, climate change and its implications for agriculture.

Fortunately, changes can be made in each of these sectors to reduce carbon emissions using readily available technology.

Kim said there would be no solution to climate change without private sector involvement and urged companies to seize the opportunity to make profits: «There is a lot of money to be made in building the technologies and bending the arc of climate change.»

Cap and trade programs to reduce emissions do not inherently provide incentives to induce the private sector to develop innovative technologies to address climate change, according to a new study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Where efforts to address climate change have for the last 20 years focused on reducing national emissions through sweeping policies, like cap and trade or carbon taxes, climate policy today has shifted decisively toward smaller bore, pragmatic policies that don't promise to eliminate the climate crisis in one fell swoop but do help us move our economy toward greater «decarbonization,» sector by sector and technology by technology.

Key uncertainties looking forward include: 1) the extent to which proposed adaptation strategies will be implemented given a range of factors including competing demands and limited funding; 2) the role of the private sector and individual action in adaptation, roles which can be difficult to document; 3) the extent of the federal role in adaptation planning and implementation; and 4) how changes in technology and the world economy may change the feasibility of specific adaptation strategies.11

The Nature Climate Change paper summarizes the necessary approach to efficiency this way: «Rapid application of the best available technologies for energy and material efficiency in all relevant sectors in all regions.»

The interest in natural gas combustion as a potential solution to climate change has been gaining because US ghg emissions have fallen somewhat as natural gas from hydraulic fracturing technologies has been rapidly replacing coal in electricity sector generation.

They said: «the growing investment opportunities in climate change... [will] continue into the foreseeable future» and went on to say: «In the energy sector alone, the International Energy Agency estimates that about $ 45 trillion will be needed to develop and deploy new, clean technologies between now and 205in climate change... [will] continue into the foreseeable future» and went on to say: «In the energy sector alone, the International Energy Agency estimates that about $ 45 trillion will be needed to develop and deploy new, clean technologies between now and 205In the energy sector alone, the International Energy Agency estimates that about $ 45 trillion will be needed to develop and deploy new, clean technologies between now and 2050.

The result is a textbook example of how free markets unencumbered by unjustified government controls and intrusive intervention by special interest groups can still lead to revolutionary changes in the technology used in important economic sectors and to huge benefits for the public.

Paula Garcia, an energy analyst in the Climate and Energy Program, evaluates energy resource and climate change mitigation options in the electricity sector and works to advance public understanding of renewable and conventional energy technologies, policies, and markets.

It is simple in principle to take the initiative on the broad front of population, development, energy technology, multiple gases and aerosols across sectors, land use change, conservation and restoration of agricultural lands and ecosystems and building resilient communities.