Coaching Tip

JANUARY 16, 2011

percentage points from GDP, based on the average of 2010's first three quarters. Their intricate mathematical models largely failed to predict the 2008 financial crisis. Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, January 17, 2011. In 2005, housing accounted for 6.1 percent of economic activity in the U.S.

Real Estate 95

Real Estate GDP Uncertainty Crisis 95

Strategy Driven

MAY 11, 2016

As Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund states: if women were employed at the same rate as men, GDP would increase by 5 percent in the United States, by 9 percent in Japan and by 27 percent in India. It is time to unveil some figures and share thoughts on this hidden treasure: women.

Mentor 50

Mentor GDP Education Engineering 50

Curious Cat

MARCH 30, 2016

I wrote about this in 2005: Excessive Drug Prices in the USA (and several times since then, Drug Price Crisis [2008] – it is a long term, huge economic problem for the USA). Health care is extremely expensive everywhere. But in the USA the health care system is twice as costly as other rich countries.

Health Care 40

Health Care System Deming Letter 40

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

But the real tragedy happened later: a timid recovery during 2010-11 was followed by a second recession starting in the third quarter of 2011, from which Europe did not start recovering until 2015. By December 16, 2008, interest rates were close to 0% in the U.S. Yet the place where the crisis had originated, the U.S., What went wrong?

Crisis 8

Crisis Policies GDP Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2012

We recently released the DHL Global Connectedness Index 2012 , which tracks the depth and breadth of trade, capital, information, and people flows across 140 countries that account for 99% of the world's GDP and 95% of its population. Countries' levels of global connectedness are impacted both by their domestic and their foreign policies.

Report 15

Report Merchandising GDP Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Crude supply did not budge when oil prices tripled from 2004 to 2008, but global demand remained firm, shrugging off a recessionary dip in 2009. We have ample historical evidence that when petroleum expenditures reach 5% of GDP, recession typically follows. GDP in 2002 to a painful 9.8% Annual energy expenditures rose from 6.2%

Price 9

Price GDP Supply Chain Maturity 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2015

The bailout was small compared to the sums the Troika gave Greece (€240 billion in two rounds), Spain (€100 billion), and Ireland (€85 billion), and the latter was a significant percentage of Cyprus’ GDP of €17.7 billion in 2012. in 2012; 5.4% in 2013; and by an estimated 2.8% of its youth without jobs.

GDP 8

GDP Real Estate Tourism Long-term 8