Agriculture holds an important role in the growth and sustenance of the Indian economy. With farming and allied activities, the agriculture sector is also the largest employers of the country and accounts for engagement of close to 50% of the total working population. Agriculture also amounted to 17.4% of India’s national GDP in 2018. Considering the vital importance of agriculture and farming households, the government of India has been quite serious in its budget and infrastructure planning pertaining to the agriculture sector and its allied activities.

Profession AV solutions or Pro AV equipment are systems that are involved in the transmission of multiple high-quality live audio and video signals among other transmissions, uncompressed in nature, to multiple devices. The pro AV systems are broadly used in live events, broadcast facilities, commercial installations, and recording, and post-production. Pro AV cables form the backbone of any pro AV systems, installed or portable. These cables play a significant role in transferring signals from one device to another and define the quality of the input as well as the output.

The article presents the results of economic activity of industrial enterprises of Russia in 2017 and provides forecasts for 2018. In general for the major part of the surveyed enterprises (REB’s respondents) 2017 by many parameters turned out to be somewhat better than the previous year. Forecasts for 2018 are very optimistic: most enterprises hope for the continuation of the positive trend outlined in the last two years.

Competitive landscape provides an organization the means to understand its key business strategies in the industry, its current competitors and potential future competitors that might have made their way into the market. In order to lead the market as well as engage in the process of market growth, a company needs to bring new products and services to the industrial arena, technologically update the existing products, collaborate with other top market leaders, and acquire companies to further strengthen its market position. This chapter discusses in detail, the latest strategies & developments adopted by the key market players in the automotive LiDAR industry.

Based on data at the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) Indonesia’s trade balance in the period of January-September 2018 had a deficit of US$ 3.78 billion or around Rp56.7 trillion. Higher increase in imports than in exports caused the trade balance deficit in the first nine months of this year. The largest deficit was recorded in July at US$2 billion. In 2017, the country’s foreign trade was favored with a surplus after deficit recorded in a number of years earlier. The trade deficit was attributable mainly to widening deficit in oil and gas trade amid risisng oil prices in 2018. Meanwhile Indonesia’s dependence on imports for oil fuel was higher on shrinking domestic production and rising consumption. In addition to imports of oil and gas, imports of non-oil/gas commodities in 2018 grew stronger than increase in exports of non oil/gas. In 2017 until September 2017 imports of oil and gas were valued at US$95 billion rising strongly in the same period in 2018 to US$ 116 billion or a 22.1% increase. Meanwhile exports in the same period rose only 9.3% from US$ 111.9 billion in the January- September period in 2017 to US$ 122.3 billion in the same period in 2018.

The only certainty in life is death. Hinged on this unique characteristic, there is a growing demand for services in the Death Care Market in the US that is ripe for disruption. For decades, the industry has been dependent on outdated business models with a hands-off approach. So far, the whole embalmed body in an open casket combined with prayers, among other (sometimes irrelevant) funeral services, have been largely predominant. However, massive cultural and religious changes, disruption in the media, and a subduing lack of fear when it comes to death have decimated the existing traditions in death care. From unique services that enable pressing cremains into diamonds to green burials, the industry is veering towards the non-traditional practices.

Data centers are being built in response to the growing customer demand. However, the areas for the development and operation of data centers are identified based on factors such as power, fiber connectivity, and the availability of skilled labor. Several modern data centers are built as per tier III and tier IV standards, thereby enabling high availability of service offerings. Moreover, the emergence of edge computing is fostering data center development in secondary data center markets, where the dependence on site selection is very high. The major site selection criteria for data centers are mentioned in the table below, along with the identified level of importance for each criterion and description of the same.

Wellness programs have evolved from nice-to-have components in the benefits plan to a universal norm ingrained in the modern corporate work culture. Companies are walking an extra mile in incorporating these programs as a low-cost means to battle stress and sickness of employees and improve overall health and wellbeing. The result is a happier and healthier workforce, which is marked by low absence and disability claims, thereby improving efficiency and strengthening business performance. Based on the rationale that these programs can turnaround the unsustainable healthcare cost, which plagues the global workforce, corporate wellness platforms have witnessed ascent post the 1990s. Corporate wellness programs offer a plethora of activities and services and vary in terms of their designs.

The domestic market is small in Puerto Rico, per capita drug consumption is high and comparable to the US mainland which distinguishes it from other markets in the Americas. Local drug prices are significantly higher than on neighbouring islands and are more in line with US levels, having risen at an annual rate of around 3% in recent years.Strong growth in previous years has been linked to demographic and macroeconomic factors, with more innovative pharmaceuticals available in Puerto Rico than anywhere else in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, the island's poor economic prospects and the increasing number of plant closures have weakened its future growth outlook. Downward pressure due to economic recession and fiscal consolidation overall healthcare spending is expected to expand over the coming years.

The domestic market is small in Puerto Rico, per capita drug consumption is high and comparable to the US mainland which distinguishes it from other markets in the Americas. Local drug prices are significantly higher than on neighbouring islands and are more in line with US levels, having risen at an annual rate of around 3% in recent years.Strong growth in previous years has been linked to demographic and macroeconomic factors, with more innovative pharmaceuticals available in Puerto Rico than anywhere else in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, the island's poor economic prospects and the increasing number of plant closures have weakened its future growth outlook. Downward pressure due to economic recession and fiscal consolidation overall healthcare spending is expected to expand over the coming years.