The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 20, 2021

in 2011 to 6.4 “It appears that these general declines apply across industries, with the exception of the construction and wholesale & retail sectors where expenditure per trainee appears to have risen between 2011 and 2017, though average days per trainee declined in these sectors.” in 2011 to 6.4

Training 86

Training Participative Skills Short-term 86

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2013

In his remarks, Chen emphasized that foreign investors should look favorably upon the opportunities in China, notably those connected to China's construction of many new small and medium-sized cities and towns. Research suggests that by 2020, some 824 million people will be living in cities, an increase of 188 million.

Class 9

Class Construction GDP Report 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

All told, they slashed carbon pollution from electricity by 20% from 2005-2011, led by Washington, which saw a 46% reduction during that period. The Golden State’s energy efficiency programs have saved its residents $74 billion over the last few decades and avoided the construction of more than 30 power plants.

Power 8

Power Planning Proposal Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2015

Rather than having stores in shopping centers, retailers will construct massive warehouses and home-deliver products directly. A Texas A&M study forecasts that by 2020 Americans will spend 45 hours per year tied up in traffic (compared to 38 hours in 2011). Those massive warehouses are much easier to automate.

Technology 8

Technology Retail Transportation Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

One major reason for the rapid cost inflation in health care is burgeoning hospital construction. China alone has set a target of having six hospital beds per 1,000 people by 2020 — more than twice the ratio maintained in the United States and the United Kingdom. Over the same period, pharmaceutical exports have doubled.

Health Care 8

Health Care Tourism Pharmaceuticals Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

By 2011, it had become apparent that Brazil’s recent prosperity depended too much on China’s appetite for commodities and on the Brazilian government’s ability to fuel consumer spending through direct transfers and credit expansion. In the case of strategic acquisitions, currency depreciation tells only half of the story.

Strategy 8

Strategy Depreciation EBITDA Price 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

MBO Partners, for example, predicted in 2011 that by 2020, “70 million people, more than 50 percent of the private workforce, will be independent.” Also, some of those construction managers and first-line supervisors from the previous chart seem to have landed less-remunerated jobs as construction laborers in this one.

MBO 9

MBO Survey Human Resources Long-term 9