Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2012

In 2011, U.S. debt was 98% of GDP, its deficit 10% of GDP; Spanish debt was 69% of GDP, its deficit 8.5% To cover this deficit, Mexico had to borrow 7% of GDP a year. The government was heading toward default, the banking system toward insolvency. Why can the U.S. Imports surged. Exports were squeezed.

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GDP Banking Price Crisis 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

That''s a popular theme at the moment, with any number of culprits cited — an overleveraged financial system , pollution , too little consumer spending , corruption , anti-corruption campaigns , and of course bad driving. China''s era of spectacular economic growth is coming to an end. to 8% growth rate.". to 8% growth rate.".

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GDP Banking Finance Maturity 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

In the second quarter of 2011, China's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth slowed to 9.5%. 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. That was down from 9.7%

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GDP Christensen Disruptive Innovation Business Model 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

Just a few examples illustrate some of the pressing issues: South Africa''s power distribution network has an estimated maintenance backlog of $4 billion — equivalent to half of the country''s total investment in electric power generation and distribution in 2011. an estimated $100 billion per year.

Transportation 8

Transportation GDP Globalization Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2012

current account deficit, which measures the gap between what the country takes in from export income, investment income, and cash transfers and what it pays out, peaked at nearly 6% of GDP in 2006 and was down to 3.1% of GDP in 2011. Part of the explanation for the reduced attention is reduced imbalances: The U.S. Still, 3.1%

GDP 12

GDP Globalization Finance Short-term 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

We have ample historical evidence that when petroleum expenditures reach 5% of GDP, recession typically follows. GDP in 2002 to a painful 9.8% And now oil is sending energy expenditures back above 9% of GDP, just as we see fresh indications that the recession persists. Annual energy expenditures rose from 6.2%

Price 9

Price GDP Supply Chain Maturity 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

Economic growth of just under 5% a year would see consumer spending rise by 60% over the course of the next decade, even if consumption’s share of GDP doesn’t budge. Between 2004 and 2011, only 1.4% E-commerce is helping to overcome this barrier. But China presents a unique set of challenges.

Strategy 8

Strategy Insurance Transportation GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2013

Robust new construction in China and a soaring rate of urbanization promise unprecedented levels of consumption and overall GDP growth that should only invite greater confidence among foreign investors. As we stress in The $10 Trillion Dollar Prize , urbanization is one of the most powerful transformative economic forces in China today.

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Class Construction GDP Report 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

While all of these countries have their own idiosyncratic challenges, all have an overwhelming reliance on cash and a very low penetration of alternative payment systems. Not only is cash prevalent, its use as a percentage of GDP has been increasing by about 2% over the past two decades, possibly because of concerns about inflation.

Cost 8

Cost Transportation Banking Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The genius in Singapore’s health-care system is that each individual’s stake in health-care financing is clearly visible. Today Singapore spends only 4% of GDP on health care, versus 18% in the U.S., In 2011, the average American savings account had just $5,900 to cover a full range of household expenses.

Health Care 8

Health Care Company Insurance Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2013

Additionally, the national postal systems in India and Russia are distrusted, unreliable, and slow. And the fact that these markets are "emerging" presents more limitations, including the harsh reality of low spending power: GDP per capita in India is $3,900 and in Indonesia is $5,000 (compared to the US at $49,800).

Globalization 8

Globalization First-mover Advantage Retail Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

As consolidation expands, data and transparency become increasingly important, as a way to ensure that caregivers across the system are providing comparable care. To remain viable in today’s rapidly evolving environment, health care systems must reduce costs while continuing to improve quality and outcomes. percent in 1960.

Health Care 9

Health Care Supply Chain Cost Quality 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2017

While some differences in spending and patient outcomes are due to factors outside the health care system, this evidence suggests that there is considerable waste in U.S. Health care spending in the United States reached $3.2 trillion in 2013, which accounted for 17% of U.S. are not twice as good as in these other countries.

Health Care 10

Health Care Sample Efficiency Cost 10

Curious Cat

MARCH 30, 2016

This specific example also highlights what I classified as a new deadly disease in 2007 – the broken patent and trademark system. But in the USA the health care system is twice as costly as other rich countries. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Elijah Cummings among its signatories. Health care is extremely expensive everywhere.

Health Care 40

Health Care System Deming Letter 40

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2014

So I settled for eyeballing the NCTA’s chart for the numbers, and adjusting them using the GDP deflator for nonresidential fixed investment. SNL Kagan told me they couldn’t give out “that many data points,” and seemed a little peeved that the NCTA had. It’s been making big acquisitions and giving lots of cash back to shareholders.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Industry GDP Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

So as an asset, Bitcoin (I''m trying to follow Maria Bustillos'' rule of capitalizing the system but lowercasing the coins) is clearly in a bubble, and always has been. Since then the focus has moved on to inflation or, recently, nominal-GDP targeting. A price of $198 per bitcoin is surely not justified by the fundamentals.

Price 9

Price Constraint Real Estate GDP 9

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Indeed, it’s GDP per capita of $72,700 marks it out as one of the wealthiest nations on earth. . Indeed, while direct revenue from oil and gas fell to below 50% of GDP in 2017 (from 60.1% in 2011), this hides the fact that much of the other half of the economy is heavily reliant on the oil and gas sector for its revenues.

Resources 81

Resources Innovation GDP Education 81

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

Indeed, from 2011 to 2017, the GAFAM companies (Google/Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft) acquired more than 65 leading-edge European technology companies. Countries with low e-friction scores have internet economies that, as a share of overall GDP, are twice as large as countries with high scores.

Company 8

Company Venture Capitalist GDP Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

In our Digital Evolution Index (DEI), we place them in the “digital south” which means the full deployment and adoption of online systems is still in development. The data will establish a social credit system expected to be both mandatory by 2020. billion citizens.

Airlines 10

Airlines Technology Objective Policies 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2017

The share of national GDP at risk from climate change exceeds $1.5 Record snowfall in Boston of more than 100 inches in the winter of 2015 shut down transit systems for weeks and made it difficult, if not impossible, for some employees to get to work. trillion in the 301 major cities around the world. after Hurricane Katrina.

Cost 8

Cost Tourism Supply Chain Attrition 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

A 2011 McKinsey study estimated that the internet accounted for 21% of GDP growth over the previous five years among the developed countries studied, a sharp increase over the 10% contribution over the 15 years prior. As most of us know by now, we have an increasingly internet-powered economy.

Politics 9

Politics McKinsey Katz Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

With a limited financial system, Cuba lacks the domestic savings to raise fixed capital investment above the current level of 10% of GDP (half the average of Latin America). Finally, Cuba confronts significant difficulties caused by its dual currency system. An economic crossroads.

Policies 8

Policies Short-term Long-term GDP 8