Capgemini's European Energy Markets Observatory (EEMO) is an annual report analyzing the electricity and gas markets. Launched in 2002, with the primary objective to assess the progress of deregulation in the European Member States, the report now tackles all the major issues faced by the Utilities industry. The report scans all segments of the value chain and analyses the hot topics of the moment to identify the key trends of the electricity and gas industries.

This interactive case shows the evolution of the supply chain of the different competitors of the personal computer industry and how they compete through it. The differential value provided by the multimedia case is that the evolution of the Supply Chain in the different competitors can be easily observed though animations. This interactivity helps not only to understand the evolution, but also show the impact in terms of costs, delivery time, inventory and obsolescence in a very fast-changing industry. These animations make this case a good tool for understanding change in a complex supply chains.

Michael Porter and Robert S. Kaplan, Harvard Business School professors and authors of the HBR article How to Solve the Cost Crisis in Health Care, explain why providers must start with proper measurement.

5S es una técnica desarrollado en Japón para la industria manufacturera como una manera de aumentar la eficiencia por la eliminación del derroche. Las 5S se refieren a cinco palabras japonesas, cada una empezando por la letra ´s', que indican cada uno de los cinco pasos del proceso. Un equipo de cinco personajes animados muestra como esta disciplina puede ser aplicada en la industria de servicios por medio de un tutorial animado y un ejercicio en escenarios familiares.

Recent statistics indicate that home prices and sales are softening. And these trends are in line with the Chinese government's aim to control inflation and property prices. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Standard & Poor's Director Chris Lee, Corporate Ratings, provides an in-depth look at the recent developments in the country's property market and what could lie ahead for this major segment of the Chinese economy.

It's been said that if something can't be measured, it doesn't count. After two decades of rapid growth and extraordinary innovation, the internet no longer falls into that category. In a recent interview, McKinsey Partner Eric Hazan and McKinsey Global Institute senior fellow Michael Chui discuss new research from the McKinsey Global Institute that shines a little light on how much the internet contributes to global GDP, as well as who benefits, why it matters, and what can be done to nurture it.

After a difficult 2009 but robust 2010, Standard & Poor's expects the global high-tech sector to continue recovering-albeit moderately-in 2011 and 2012. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Managing Director William Wetreich looks at the specific segments behind the rebound: semiconductors, hardware, and components. Other topics include our outlook for the sector, the trends shaping tech companies, and the potential repercussions of Japan's earthquake and tsunami on business and credit quality.

This video provides KPMG perspective on the state of the real estate industry, post the global financial crisis.

M&A activity in the telecommunications industry has finally resumed after a long slump. Which valuation issues are topping the agenda for M&A and finance departments? Find out here and use our insights for your own tactical strategies.

Caso práctico multimedia que recoge la estrategia de venta online de la empresa Mango. Cubre la estrategia desde sus inicios en el año 2000 hasta el ejercicio 2008.

La nota técnica interactiva introduce a las diferentes facetas del plan de medios desde el mismo proceso hasta los principales involucrados en el cambiante mundo de los medios de comunicación y sus intermediarios. Todo el proceso está basado en un caso de estudio real del lanzamiento de un nuevo coche.

Surveying 125 insurance companies, Accenture found customers decreasingly loyal, trusting and committed to a single buying channel, according to study respondents. In this report and podcast, Accenture recommends that insurers consider honing their responses to these trends by developing new customization strategies and integrated multichannel distribution models.

The price of oil has had an unnerving ability to blow up the world economy, and the Middle East has often provided the spark. The Arab oil embargo of 1973, the Iranian revolution in 1978-79 and Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait in 1990 are all painful reminders of how the region's combustible mix of geopolitics and geology can wreak havoc. With protests cascading across Arabia, is the world in for another oil shock?

El fin de la era del ordenador personal, la publicidad en las redes sociales y la adopción de la tecnología LTE son algunas de las tendencias que marcarán la industria de TMT en 2011. Luis Jiménez, socio responsable del área de Medios de Comunicación de Deloitte, Fernando Huerta, socio responsable del área de Telecomunicaciones y Enrique Sainz, socio responsable del área de Tecnología, analizan estas y otras de las tendencias más relevantes en el sector para los próximos meses.

Global entertainment and media outlook: 2010-2014 reveals that over the next five years we will see digital technologies increase their dominance across all segments of E&M, as digital transformation continues to expand and escalate. While the industry has a long history of experimenting and fragmenting in response to change, the current advances in technologies and consumer behavior are unprecedented both in their speed and also in their simultaneous impact across all segments. As a result, the industry will become more fragmented and diverse than ever before.

There is a growing sense that Machine-to-Machine (M2M) technology now offers a significant opportunity for operators to grow revenues through service innovation and diversification. M2M has been around for some time, and some companies have been employing a form of M2M operation for over a decade. It is only now, however, that the concept is really starting to permeate the mainstream mobile operators' psyche. Key variables, such as technological advances in mobile, supply-chain maturity and the need for operators to offset declining voice revenues in the Person-to-Person (P2P) space are spurring interest. Regulation will undoubtedly play a part in defining the market too over the next five years, but the revenue-generating opportunity that M2M represents is now too great for operators to ignore. The fact that some tier one mobile operators are already cranking up their investment in this market testifies to this.

Solvency II, a review of the capital adequacy regime for the European insurance industry, has been a long-standing issue for Insurers in Europe. In this CreditMatters TV segment, Managing Director Rob Jones, discusses the latest proposals, known as Omnibus II, and what effect they could have on ratings if implemented.

The Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) practice at Deloitte today announces its global predictions for the media sector in 2011, predicting that over half the households in the UK will own a digital video recorder by the end of 2011.