The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Entrepreneurship has seldom been sexier, with the press overwhelmed with stories of technological disruption and the tremendous changes emerging across society as a result of the bold and courageous innovators that are bucking the norm. By contrast, employment at big firms rose from 51% to 57% of the overall workforce in the same timeframe.

Venture Capitalist 52

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Incubator GDP 52

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

And while two years of shrinking GDP growth , sanctions , and a volatile ruble have led some companies like GM to leave the market, there has not been a large-scale exodus of MNCs from Russia. Why Russia is still attractive. How to create growth in a stagnating market.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation B2B Price Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2012

And yet federally funded research and development — creativity, institutionalized — is down 20% as a share of America's GDP since the late 1980s. Creativity is the most essential skill for navigating an increasingly complex world — or so said 1,500 CEOs across 60 countries in a recent survey by IBM.

Creativity 16

Creativity Groupthink Stress GDP 16

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2013

But Edmund Phelps, the Columbia University economist who won a Nobel in 2006 " for his analysis of intertemporal tradeoffs in macroeconomic policy ," has been doing his best to change that. In your telling, these technological changes are secondary to. It''s not as if we''re spending a huge percentage of GDP on it, it''s not that.

Open-book 8

Open-book Innovation Policies Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

economy as a whole, rather than the narrow, specific slices of technology or communication, the first decade of the 21st century did not generate expected growth in jobs, revenues, profits, or stock prices. The business press puts a tremendous focus on technology and innovation, but what it doesn't do is put it into context.

Innovation 12

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

As a result, tech-sector employment has declined as a percent of the workforce, from 11% in 2006–2008 to 9% in 2013. At nearly 4% of GDP , Israel spends more on R&D — public and private combined — than any nation in the world.) That’s disappointing for a country with so much potential.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Marketing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

Not long after Alan Greenspan stepped down as Federal Reserve chairman in 2006, global financial markets began to unravel. It’s true of GDP. The technology-stock bubble of the late 1990s and its subsequent deflation were among the defining events of Greenspan’s tenure. That is true of the unemployment rate. They are not.

Long-term 11

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 11