02335cam a2200337 a 4500 112780 112780 16749114 BJBSDDR 20230411090122.0 170619s2010 txu b 001 0 eng d 2011280025 9781608799992 (OCoLC)ocn662404332 BTCTA eng BTCTA ILC YDXCP OKN CDX DLC lccopycat HD 30.28 P737n 2010 Plunkett, Jack W. 5772 The next boom : what you absolutely, positively have to know about the world between now and 2025 / Jack W. Plunkett. Houston, Tex. : BizExecs Press, c2010. 274 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-251) and index. Introduction -- People. Newly born Americans, aging baby boomers and why America's soaring population is a huge advantage ; Consumers and customers; savers and spenders: what they want and how they are changing the world around you -- Places. Global trade 2.0 and the phone ladies of Bangladesh ; The global middle class and their growing mountain of money: fuel for the boom -- Things. Competition, innovation and entrepreneurship: how we're going to solve the world's biggest problems and create vast wealth in the process ; Always on, always with you and always getting smaller (or: Better, faster, smaller, cheaper) ; Energy: why things are a lot better than you might think ; Adventures in health care: $175,000 worth of proton beams and Dr. Shetty's $2,000 heart surgery -- Change. Education, generations and change -- Epilogue. 2026. Plunkett demonstrates that we are on the verge of a period of major economic growth, and presents a panorama of carefully documented developments in areas including energy, health care, education, demographics, global trade, evolving consumer habits, technologies and the rapidly-growing global middle class. Business planning. Business forecasting. Technological innovations Forecasting. Planificación empresarial 2610 Innovaciones tecnológicas Pronósticos 2609 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2019-06-17 0 HD 30.28 P737n 2010 00000132612 2019-06-17 00:00:00 1 2023-04-11 BK