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Morning Advantage: The Sky Is Falling, but the Ceiling Is Fine

Harvard Business Review

GDP growth in emerging markets is slowing. So commences McKinsey Quarterly's report on the firm's latest survey on global economic conditions (which was in the field during the week leading up to the Greek elections). Indeed they are at their lowest since March 2011, according to the report. I WANT TO TAKE YOU HAIER.

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

Harvard Business Review

In 2011, we published an article in HBR examining the surprisingly rapid growth of African economies and consumer markets. Lower resource prices and higher levels of sociopolitical instability have taken their toll: Africa’s real GDP grew at an average of 3.3% a year between 2010 and 2015, considerably slower than the 5.4%

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The Hidden Costs of Cash

Harvard Business Review

We have been analyzing cash usage behavior in emerging markets on different continents and experiencing different socio-political and economic challenges through our research in Egypt, India, and Mexico. However, this proportion is not growing; it has remained relatively static over the period 2005-2011, even as Mexico’s economy has grown.

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There’s a Gender Gap in Internet Usage. Closing It Would Open Up Opportunities for Everyone

Harvard Business Review

And a study of Kenya’s popular M-PESA mobile money service suggests that digital financial services can increase the participation of women in the workforce and create opportunities for women in the formal market economy.

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Do We Need A Recruitment Agency For Robots?

The Horizons Tracker

They explored data across 28 different industries in 17 countries over a period spanning 1970 to 2011, during which 71 economic recoveries occurred. ” It’s part of a Robotics as a Service market that research from Allied Market Research estimated will be worth some $34.7 The need for investment in technology.

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The Missing Political Debate Over the Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

The world’s five largest companies (by market capitalization) are all American and compete in the digital sphere: Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and Facebook. Consider some sobering analysis from McKinsey based on an analysis of over 750 occupations. This will add to a compounding of the job creation challenge in the U.S.