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Should The Brightest Talent Coalesce In ‘Cognitive Hubs’?

The Horizons Tracker

A new study from Princeton University suggests that such efforts may be fundamentally misguided, and countries would fare better if they attempted to support the emergence of ‘cognitive hubs’ The study argues that workers operating in highly complex and cognitive roles work best when they’re clustered together in the same place.

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Women and the economy: an opportunity for growth

Strategy Driven

As Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund states: if women were employed at the same rate as men, GDP would increase by 5 percent in the United States, by 9 percent in Japan and by 27 percent in India. Copyright 2007-2016 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Gender inequality is a reality.

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China’s Economy, in Six Charts

Harvard Business Review

Its gross domestic product has surged from less than $150 billion in 1978 to $8,227 billion in 2012 (see “China’s GDP” chart below). Foreign investors have flocked to the country’s shores as many of the world’s largest manufacturers have established operations there. percentage points of GDP growth in 1979-1989, 0.5

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The Best-Performing Emerging Economies Emphasize Competition

Harvard Business Review

For our research , we looked at 71 emerging economies and identified 18 that achieved rapid and consistent GDP growth over the past 50 and 20 years. By bringing them into their ecosystems, the larger competitive firms help instill management and operational best practices, and can accelerate and encourage technology adoption.

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Sub-Saharan Africa’s Most and Least Resilient Economies

Harvard Business Review

While SSA was predicted to grow above 5% year-over-year in 2015 at the beginning of the year, actual GDP growth is more likely to come in at around 3–4% year-over-year. Growth in 2016 is unlikely to be much higher.

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Digital Transformation Is Racing Ahead and No Industry Is Immune - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DXC TECHNOLOGY

Harvard Business Review

Digital transformation forces wholesale change to the foundations of an enterprise — from its operating model to its infrastructure, what it sells, and to whom and how. The digital economy is making significant contributions to global gross domestic product (GDP), outpacing global growth by 400 percent. No industry is immune.

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The Power of Digitalizing Health Care - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS

Harvard Business Review

Yet health care, which represents about 10% of global GDP, has lagged behind other sectors. Generate high-quality imaging, laboratory, and operational data. billion people worldwide will use mobile health apps, according to a Deloitte report, 2016 Global Health Care Outlook: Battling Costs While Improving Care.