Processes of absorption of start-up ideas and products by large companies to maintain and consolidate economic and global power

Processes of absorption of start-up ideas and products by large companies to maintain and consolidate economic and global power

According to most experts in industrial development, we are at the beginning of what has been called Industry 4.0, which, as defined by Wikipedia, is a hypothetical fourth mega-stage of technical-economic evolution of mankind, starting from the First Industrial Revolution: Industry 4.0 and its synonym Fourth Industrial Revolution are expressions that name a hypothetical fourth mega-stage of the technical-economic evolution of mankind, counting from the First Industrial Revolution. It would have started recently and its development would be projected towards the second decade of the 21st century. Artificial intelligence is pointed out as a central element of this transformation, intimately…
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Adding new consumers and new days for mass consumption

Adding new consumers and new days for mass consumption

For years now, the global financial and economic situation has been in a period of high volatility and "tension" that can "ruin" the best efforts of all the economic leaders of our society to maintain a monetary stability that facilitates its growth. Trade wars between countries to curb their own economic problems and imbalances are putting in check the interconnected and completely interdependent world system, where if one party closes a tap, drought occurs at the other point of the installation, and where if another party opens a floodgate, dozens of elements are flooded thousands of miles away. A hyper-connected…
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Who will go to work?

Who will go to work?

The society in which we live is aging at an ever-increasing rate. This phenomenon is much more noticeable in economically advanced and developed countries, and somewhat less so in developing countries, but it is becoming one of the main causes for concern, for example, in countries like Japan, where in a few decades there will be practically more people over the age of 50 than people of working age and young people taking over the reins of what their elders are leaving behind as they retire. The latest United Nations reports on the aging of the population in mainly developed…
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The bad fumes of the industry

The bad fumes of the industry

The main characteristic of a large part of the companies on the planet that seek to become sustainable companies is that they are suffering in their own structures the problems derived from production cycles based on raw materials that are increasingly more costly to obtain, or that are causing more and more damage to the ecosystem and directly harming their economic interests. Many of the production models of multinationals, companies and businesses are damaging and accelerating the climate changes that we are experiencing and noticing on the planet, but, on the other hand, they are accelerating the "environmental" awareness, to…
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Transforming the business ecosystem towards environmentally friendly “blue economy” models

Transforming the business ecosystem towards environmentally friendly “blue economy” models

Over the last few years there has been an attempt by some sectors of the business ecosystem to renew all the industrial processes that have been generating most of the waste, spills and residues on the planet. The model to follow, nature's own recycling systems, has been applied to some small-scale industries with very good results. Some of these companies have managed to greatly reduce their environmental impact and ecological footprint, cancelling or practically eliminating the emission of polluting gases into the atmosphere, or being able to recycle all or almost all the waste products generated by their production chain.…
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