The tourism and leisure sector encompasses a range of subsectors: travel accommodation, F&B establishments, medical tourism, entertainment services etc. Medical tourism is an important subsector, given the country’s popularity among international medical tourists. Market concentration is dependent on the subsector and product category, but most are generally competitive and segmented with a large number of players targeting different customer and price segments. On the other hand, there are a few large private hospital groups in medical tourism, which mainly target high-end patients. The Thai government is promoting quality tourism and tourism in secondary provinces, which should benefit players across all subsectors, including smaller players in the secondary provinces.

Asia Pacific market is anticipated to witness a high growth over the forecast period owing to the ongoing PHS capacity additions in China. Rising industrialization coupled with enhanced consumer lifestyle in India and China is expected to further boost the market growth. The emerging economies in this region have been upgrading their energy infrastructure in order to meet the ascending demand for power and taking measures to optimize energy consumption.

Russia’s mining industry is dominated by a few domestic players that control almost all of the minerals mining activity in the country. Russia’s regulatory environment restricts foreign miners from entering the industry which further contributes to the high concentration in the sector. The nickel and diamond subsectors have near-monopolistic structures, with one producer accounting for more than 90% of the total production. Competition is likely to remain low in the Russian mining industry over the next few years, given the government’s restrictive policy towards foreign players. Subsectors that are considered more competitive are coal and gold production. There are 150,00 miners in the coal industry, with the top six players controlling 60% of total production. The leading gold producing company controls slightly over 20% of the market.

The Europe waste to energy market is associated with the major companies providing technology and waste to energy conversion facilities. This varied range of market participants provide opportunities to other players willing to bear the high risks involved in the industry. This chapter details the latest strategies and technological developments adopted by the key market players in the Europe waste to energy market. In order to lead the market as well as engage in the process of market growth, a company needs to work in collaboration with the top market leaders, acquire the relatively weaker companies, bring new products and services to the market, and improve the existing products. Some of the key strategies adopted by the key market players are listed below

The North America molecular diagnostics market has been segmented based on products, test location, application, technology and geography. The product segment includes instruments, reagents and others. Application segment analyzed in this study include oncology, pharmacogenomics, infectious disease testing, genetic testing, neurological disease, cardiovascular disease, microbiology and others. Technology is segmented into PCR, In-situ hybridization, sequencing, chips and microarrays, INAAT, mass spectrometry, transcription mediated amplification and others. Test location segment includes point of care, OTC or selftests and central laboratories. In addition, country-wise market estimates and forecasts for all the previously mentioned segments have been included.

Smart Cities have gained international attention because they offer the ability to manage our growing populations and the limited resources and environmental issues we face. In addition there is the potential to provide services and utilities more efficiently and at a higher quality. Infrastructure which is based on advanced technologies is required for smart city projects. Developments relating to machine-to-machine communications (M2M), sensors, robotics, artificial intelligence, high-speed Internet, mobile and satellite technology, data analytics and location technologies are just some examples of the technological tools being applied to build the smart communities of the future.

Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a framework that manages electronic identities and is used in initiating, managing, recording, and controlling user identities and access permissions. It covers the complete spectrum of users and their digital identities, the data captured by them, how it is protected, and who or what is authorized for accessing the desired information. An IAM system is a framework for business processes, which facilitates the management of electronic identities. We have estimated the IAM market on the basis of deployment, which includes cloud-based, on-premise, and hybrid solutions.

The Serbian pharmaceutical market is mid-sized in relation to the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region; larger than Slovenia yet smaller than Croatia and Kazakhstan. In terms of the country's pharmaceutical expenditure per capita, at just USD153, Serbia is grouped with countries such as Russia and Turkey, considerably below the regional average, highlighting the country's chronic under-spending on pharmaceuticals. Pharmaceutical sales in 2017 were worth RSD116bn (USD1.08bn), equating to 2.6% of GDP and 29.3% of total health expenditure. Serbia's pharmaceutical market is dominated by prescription drug sales (88% of total sales in 2017), of which generic medicines dominate (62% of total sales). Patented drugs accounted for 26% of total sales in 2017. OTC medicines, at 12% of total sales, are the smallest segment of the market. Serbia's Republic Health Insurance Fund (RFZO) provides full and partial reimbursement to insured citizens for pharmaceuticals placed on its positive Reimbursement List. Currently, the reimbursement list consists primarily of generic drugs and the market segmentation reflects this.

We have estimated the silicon carbide industry by segmenting the market on three levels. Functional segmentation of the silicon carbide industry has been done based on key products and application markets. The market split by these product and application industries has been done to the extent of covering over 90% of the global silicon carbide market. Key products included are black silicon carbide, green silicon carbide and other silicon carbide such as coated and refractory while major application markets include steel, automotive, aerospace, defense, electronics and medical. Furthermore, these have been segmented based on regional markets including North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and RoW.

The Emerging Europe region remains a thriving component manufacturing hub for the whole European region in our Q318 autos investment round-up, reflected in the fact that four out of the five investments in this quarter's investment round-up are aimed at constructing facilities to produce automotive components. BMW's plan to build a new car manufacturing facility in Hungary, which will be capable of producing electrified models of the German automaker's cars, highlights how the country's automotive industry is moving up the value chain.