Portland Public Library

Encyclopedia of emerging industries, written and edited by Drew D. Johnson

eng

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Encyclopedia of emerging industries

bibliographydictionariesencyclopedias

985341999

written and edited by Drew D. Johnson

Gale virtual reference library

Provides information about the inception, emergence and current status of new and established industries and business segments that are pioneering new technologies, introducing break-through marketing strategies or implementing innovative means of serving new markets. Consists of detailed profiles newer industries, such as biometrics, risk management services, satellites, specialty tourism, and others

Adult and retirement communities -- Agile software -- AIDS testing, treatment, and services -- Airless tires -- Alternative adult education -- Alternative energy -- Alternative vehicle fuels -- Anti-aging products and services -- Artificial intelligence -- Athleisure -- Autonomous vehicles -- Biometrics -- Bioremediation -- Boutique wineries -- Business continuity and disaster recovery planning -- Call centers -- Charter schools -- Children's educational franchies -- Competitive intelligence -- Computer network support services -- Computer security -- Concierge services : corporate and personal -- Credit card issuing -- Crowdsourcing -- Cyber forensics -- Data mining -- Digital audio entertainment -- Digital imaging -- Digital mapping -- Distance learning -- Drones -- E-commerce : business to business -- E-commerce : consumer products -- E-commerce : online auctions -- E-commerce : online brokerages -- E-commerce : online grocery shopping -- E-commerce : online music and film distribution -- Electric vehicles -- Electronic publishing -- Encryption systems and digital certificates -- Entrepreneurial training and advisory services -- Environmental remediation -- Extreme sports -- Fantasy sports -- Fertility medicine : products and services -- Fiber optics -- Financial planning services -- Food trailers -- Fuel cells -- Gambling resorts and casinos -- Game design and development -- Genealogy products and services -- Genetic engineering -- Geographic information systems -- Government innovation units -- Green construction -- Green retailing -- Handheld computing devices -- Health spas -- High-frequency trading -- High-speed internet services -- Holography -- Home health care services -- Home medical equipment -- Home networking equipment -- Hydraulic fracturing -- Information management systems -- Intelligent personal assistants -- IT consulting -- Knowledge management software and services -- Lasers and laser applications -- Life coaching -- Logistics outsourcing services -- Luxury theaters -- Medical self-testing products -- Medical tourism -- Micro markets -- Micromachines and nanotechnology -- Microwave applications -- Minimally invasive technologies -- Mobile apps -- Molecular design -- Mutual funds -- Natural and organic groceries -- Noise control and technology -- Nutritional supplements -- Ocean energy -- On-demand companies -- Optical sensing and infrared sensory devices -- Organs on a chip -- Outsourcing -- Oxygen therapy -- Parallel processing computers -- Patient advocacy -- Peer-to-peer lending -- Pet products and services -- Pharmacogenomics -- Photonics -- Photovoltaic systems -- Physical fitness products -- Premium bottled beverages -- Private maritime security -- Professional employer organizations -- Professional executive recruiting -- Prosthetics and orthotics -- Push technology -- Quick care clinics -- Radio frequency identification -- Real escape rooms -- Robo-advisors -- Robotics and industrial automation -- Satellites -- Seawater greenhouses -- Semiconductors -- Sleep clinics -- Smart cards -- Smart homes -- Smoking cessation products and services -- Social media -- Software as a service -- Specialty coffee -- Specialty tourism -- Stem cell research -- Tablet computers -- Telemedicine -- Telephone services and accessories -- Tissue engineering -- Upcycling -- Vape shops -- Venture capital firms -- Virtual currency -- Virtual reality -- Voice biometrics -- Voice recognition systems and software -- Waste management -- Water and air filtration and purification systems -- Wearable computing -- Weight loss products and services -- Wireless communications -- Wound care -- Yoga/Wellness