Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2017

Our ways of thinking about careers, colleagues, and collaboration will need to become more flexible and adaptable. Prior to 2010, Rakuten had been a multilingual global company. But in 2010, Rakuten mandated an English-only policy for its workforce of over 10,000 employees. It consists of five key actions.

Succession 15

Succession Globalization Tacit Knowledge GDP 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2012

If you want to remain relevant and advance your career in today's global marketplace, you need to serve as an enabler of business growth and innovation. The immigrant mentality has proven time and again to accelerate careers and build enterprise. The companies noted in this study had combined revenues of $4.2

Career 14

Career GDP Crisis Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

For example, many, if not most, of the Chinese products we buy every day are produced by German-made machinery, and the companies that make them are thriving. by 66%, manufacturing in Germany employed 22% of the workforce and contributed 21% of GDP in 2010. Germany’s style of innovation explains its manufacturing prowess.

Innovation 15

Innovation GDP Telecommunications Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

There was little in the way of new industries, companies, jobs, profits, or taxes. A little-recognized NSF report released in September 2010, the 2008 Business R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDIS) , said that only 9% of public and private companies engaged in either product or service innovation between 2006 and 2008.

Innovation 12

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

According to a 2010 study by Goldman Sachs , "If Japan could close its gender employment gap.Japan's workforce could expand by 8.2 million and the level of Japan's GDP could increase by as much as 15 percent.". If ever a country needed a breakthrough idea for productivity, it's now. 31%) and Germany (35%).

Flextime 13

Flextime Survey Education GDP 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

Greenspan had a long career as a private economic analyst and forecaster behind him when he was appointed Federal Reserve chairman in 1987. It’s true of GDP. The dot-com boom when it collapsed, you can’t find it in the GDP figures in 2001, 2002. Why Fed chairmen can’t do research. It didn’t happen.

Long-term 11

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 11