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China, America, and Copycat Economics

Harvard Business Review

In the second quarter of 2011, China's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth slowed to 9.5%. pace in the first quarter of 2010. From the vantage point of many in the United States, where optimistic estimates of GDP growth continue to be cut and now hover around 2%, it seems that the Chinese "problem" is a nice one to have.

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As Emerging Markets Slow, Firms Search for “New” BRICs

Harvard Business Review

In this new operating environment, I find more and more multinationals looking to new frontier markets for growth while demanding profitability from their emerging-market operations. Quantifying the impressive rise of the middle class, FSG calculates private consumption in Peru is set to grow 54% between 2010 and 2015.

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These 6 Sectors of Africa’s Economy Are Poised for Growth

Harvard Business Review

It helped spark new levels of interest in Africa by the international business community, and companies in a range of industries—from consumer goods to financial services to technology—have since expanded their African footprints. a year between 2010 and 2015, considerably slower than the 5.4% from 2000 to 2010.

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The Future of Retail Depends on Today's Policy Decisions

Harvard Business Review

In order to assess the future of retail, we need to understand the sector's current impact on our entire economy, and the direction that Washington is taking the retail industry with policies that are being shaped today. trillion to the GDP, or about one-fifth of the nation's total gross domestic product. Retail contributes $2.5

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How to Quantify Sustainability’s Impact on Your Bottom Line

Harvard Business Review

We chose Brazil’s beef industry as the location of our case study , both for the size and complexity of the industry and for its impact on the planet. We found that sustainable and deforestation-free practices created significant financial benefits for all players in the industry’s value chain. of revenues).

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Why Labor Protests in France Won’t Stop Macron’s Reforms

Harvard Business Review

GDP grew by 1.9% In other words, though they don’t have many members, the deals they make apply to every worker in the industry. Though managers in France tend to consider the quality of labor relations in France quite low, in 2010 43% of French citizens declared trust in labor unions , as compared with 25% in the United States.

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The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable

Harvard Business Review

He also founded Bubblegeneration, an agenda-setting advisory boutique that shaped strategies across media and consumer industries. Though the money supply did contract sharply, neither trade, commerce, nor industry came to a grinding halt. Imagine all the veins in your body suddenly shrinking and collapsing — Avada Kedavra!!

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