The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Historically, immigrants have helped America lead the world in technological innovation,” the authors say. This was emphasized clearly by research from McKinsey a few years ago, which highlighted that 35% of the 247 million or so people who live outside their country of birth are highly skilled migrants with at least a tertiary education.

Policies 95

Policies McKinsey Innovation Globalization 95

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2015

The worldwide trend of rising economic inequality applies not only to individuals. As for whether this is a new phenomenon, consider McKinsey’s dataset, stretching back to the 1960s , on 5,000 U.S. Deloitte attributes this fall in part to rising competitive intensity, as a result of new technologies and lower entry barriers.

ROIC 8

ROIC McKinsey GDP Company 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

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.

Globalization 8

Globalization Long-term GDP Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

Back in the late 1990s, the internet was the big trend. Already, evidence suggests that early AI pilots are unlikely to produce the dramatic results that technology enthusiasts predict. Technology that’s been trained on photos from past claims can accurately estimate the extent of the damage and automate the whole process.

Insurance 10

Insurance Video Long-term Project 10

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 8, 2010

This book will show you, as an employee, customer or partner, how to use new social technologies, make yourself heard, and produce better products and services. Indeed, a 2008 issue of the McKinsey Quarterly noted that women tend to make deeper emotional connections with colleagues and business partners.

Self-aware 72

Self-aware Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 72

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

During the 2000s, however, a worrisome trend appeared. economy, these trends are alarming. For the last 20 years, however, these companies have been expanding most of their activities more rapidly abroad than at home, and this trend accelerated in the 2000s. competitiveness, for example, and the 2010 study of U.S.

Globalization 9

Globalization Rivkin Supply Chain Trends 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

Increasingly, customers demand more after-sale service; this is the norm now in business-to-business sales, but will spill over to consumer goods, too, thanks to some of the technology advances we'll talk about below. McKinsey has identified more than 20 distinct submarkets in China, for example. but also the risks.

Globalization 9

Globalization Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals McKinsey 9