U.S. Equipment & Software Investment Momentum Monitor - March 2024

The Foundation-Keybridge Momentum Monitor tracks 12 vertical markets

Managed Solutions: Evolutionary or Revolutionary?

The managed solutions study analyzes this increasingly prominent business structure and its impacts on the industry.

The Impact of New Energy Production Technologies on Equipment Finance

Opportunities and Challenges Shaping the Future of the Finance Industry.

Municipal Leasing and the Risk of Nonappropriation

Examines the municipal government’s viewpoints, attitudes and practices regarding municipal leases; analyzes historical information from existing nonappropriation surveys of financing entities; and identifies any meaningful correlations between the two.

Vertical Market Outlook Series: Office Imaging

Published in September 2022, this study of vertical equipment markets provides an outlook on the office imaging sector in the US including demographic and spending trends, and key developments impacting this sector over the next one to two years.

Predictive Analytics: Increasing Profitability, Managing Risk and Enhancing Customer Satisfaction

This study explores Predictive Analytics in terms of impact upon profitability, business processes and decision making, how it can be effectively implemented from both a business process and technology perspective, and what benefits can be expected.

Vertical Market Outlook Series: Restaurant

Published in September 2023, this study of vertical equipment markets provides an outlook on the restaurant sector in the US including demographic and spending trends, and key developments impacting this sector over the next one to two years.

Vertical Market Outlook Series: Logistics

Published in June 2021, this study of vertical equipment markets provides an outlook on the agriculture equipment sector in the US, demographic and spending trends, and key developments and trends impacting this sector over the next one to two years.

Vertical Market Outlook Series: Retail

Published in March 2022, this study of vertical equipment markets provides an outlook on the retail sector in the US including demographic and spending trends, and key developments impacting this sector over the next one to two years.

Robots, Cobots, and Finance

In its role of fostering future-focused research and analyses, the Foundation examined the attendant factors of autonomous vehicles and determined that, while significant, autonomous vehicles represent a subset of a far more pervasive industry – robotics.