Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

trillion, or almost 18% of its GDP , on health care — that’s $10,000 per person, twice as much as any other country in the industrialized world. Innovation has the power to ratchet down U.S. Or so he thought, until one interaction changed the trajectory of his career. There is a healthcare crisis in the U.S.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Entrepreneur Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

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. This Power of Eight could be transformative. And Big Business did not even make those bets.

Innovation 13

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 13

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.". Even those lucky enough to find a job face serious penalties in terms of earning power and progression.

Flextime 14

Flextime Survey Education GDP 14

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. But they can change the law.

Long-term 12

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 12