This statistic shows the demographic and socio-economic factors most likely to shape global industries according to executive respondents from large companies worldwide, as of July 2015. 44% of executives believe that the changing nature of work or flexible work will cause major change in their industry by 2020.
Top demographic and socio-economic drivers of industrial change by 2020, as of July 2015
Figures are based on the Future of Jobs survey conducted by the World Economic Forum. The number of respondents was 1,346 people from 366 companies worldwide. Only countries from which a minimum of 30 unique data points could be obtained were included.
Respondents were asked to indicate the top trends they expect to be impacting their industry by the year 2020.
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