Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Incentives shape human behavior — and overcounting benefits and undercounting costs is a surefire way to blunt our incentives to innovate, to take on ambitious goals, and create real value. Innovation atrophy. Once companies have to account for the costs they've been externalizing, new jobs to manage new competencies will emerge.

Incentives 15

Incentives GDP Hypercompetition Self-aware 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2011

No sooner had Beijing's flame died than the global financial crisis took British debt levels above 60% of GDP, excluding public intervention in failing banks. Rather than panic, London's leaders have been both innovative and fearless in finding ways to "make more from less." Selling the Games promised to be just as difficult.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Tourism Banking Budgeting 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

The Federal Reserve is projecting GDP growth of 2.8 Sounds good; “New investment in innovative technologies” makes a great headline for the next earnings call or annual report. But these investments are not the avenues to the robust growth that innovative technology offers. After more than five years of sluggish growth, U.S.

Efficiency 8

Efficiency Maturity Strategic Planning Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

The choice of who will lead the World Bank has been made. It was a much-watched contest, as many had thought it might turn out otherwise—that the old boys' bargain, under which an American gets to lead the World Bank and a European gets the IMF, would cave in to pressure from everyone else. But haven't we heard this before?

Globalization 11

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Walker’s innovation was to bind travelers to pay the prices they bid if the airlines and hoteliers on Priceline accepted the offers. For several decades after World War II, economists used statistical techniques to build increasingly complex models to forecast key macroeconomic variables, notably, GDP growth, inflation and unemployment.

Strategy 12

Strategy Black-Scholes Airlines Price 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

If you doubt this, take a look at the recent publications list of the World Bank , the U.S. You might well be surprised at both the mass of empirical data they gather and, on occasion, the innovativeness of a study's conception and underlying ideas. Department of Commerce , or the United Nations.

NGO 13

NGO Bottom-up Report GDP 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2013

growth in GDP. For example, Vox Capital — founded in Brazil in 2008 by three young social entrepreneurs — invests in innovative, high-potential businesses that serve low-income populations and contribute to the reduction of poverty. Between 2002-2013, emerging market and developing economies averaged a 6.5%

Globalization 8

Globalization Venture Capitalist Class GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

In South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, another long-term study found that "more equal education between men and women could have led to nearly 1 percent higher annual per capita GDP growth" in each country. Managing Emotion Effectively Keeps Business On Track. While interning in Mozambique in 2005 for the one-person (!)

Franchising 13

Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2015

has committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 26% (to 28% below its 2005 level) by 2025, the EU will cut emissions 40% by 2030 compared to 1990, and China will hit peak emissions by 2030 (or earlier), lower its emissions per unit of GDP by 65%, and increase use of renewables to 20% of energy consumption. For example, the U.S.

Conference 8

Conference Supply Chain Commitment Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Yet there’s compelling evidence that bureaucracy creates a significant drag on productivity and organizational resilience and innovation. economy amounts to more than $3 trillion in lost economic output, or about 17% of GDP. million managers, first-line supervisors, and administrators in the American workforce in 2014.

Cost 8

Cost Bureaucracy GDP Management 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Until you ask yourself: how often, despite billions spent on "service," "creativity," "innovation," "changing the game," "motivation," "leadership," and assorted other magical buzzword-incantations, has something like the preceding happened to you, anywhere — ever? Just look at investment banks. So what was James getting?

Short-term 10

Short-term Long-term Open-book Consultative 10

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

Men highly self-rate their own leadership skills and their ability to tackle management and business challenges. With an increase in Japan’s female employment rate, the country’s workforce would expand by more than eight million people—and its GDP would grow by as much as 13 percent.* Wellins, Ph.D., Goldman Sachs. 2014) Womenomics 4.0:

Diversity 120

Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry 120

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

But as the carbon vortex gains momentum, there is also evidence of an equal and opposite vortex pulling us toward breakthrough innovation and a more sustainable future. This was the conclusion of the Commission on Carbon Prices, a group of leading economists supported by the World Bank.

Execution 8

Execution White Paper Shaw Price 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

This huge run-up — the latest spike began with EU''s botched rescue of Cyprus''s banks — has led to much talk of a bitcoin bubble. Since then the focus has moved on to inflation or, recently, nominal-GDP targeting. Then again, lots of important financial innovations start out like that. a year ago.

Price 9

Price Constraint Real Estate GDP 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Frequently cited as one of the world’s most vibrant innovation hubs, Israel boasts more startups per capita than any other country in the world. At nearly 4% of GDP , Israel spends more on R&D — public and private combined — than any nation in the world.) That’s the good news. Good relations with the U.S.,

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Marketing IPO 8

Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

One Million by One Million is a global initiative that aims to nurture a million entrepreneurs reach a million dollars each in annual revenue and beyond by 2020, thereby creating a trillion dollars in global GDP and ten million jobs. I had an opportunity to catchup with Sramana and we talked about the program.

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Stage-Gate Finance Incubator 54

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

This has spread advanced production techniques and management practices around the world, dramatically improving productivity. of GDP in 2007 to 3.3% They must now pay far more attention to innovation and politics. Finally, the chance that an investment will go wrong because of unexpected political events is increasing.

Politics 8

Politics Globalization Business Model Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2016

These are real concerns for the UK economy overall as the tech sector accounts for around 10% of British GDP. Unless the new administration in the UK manages to work out some form of a deal on immigration and work permits with the EU, its digital industries will be hobbled by a talent shortage and a steeper cost disadvantage.

Safe Harbor 9

Safe Harbor Industry Uncertainty Crisis 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

and China take the lead in tech innovation. There are a staggering 250 collective management organizations overseeing digital content, according to a 2014 EC press release. Investing in innovation capacity. of GDP, compares poorly with that of the U.S. Transparency and governance issues abound. billion).

Crisis 8

Crisis McKinsey Policies Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

It’s not yet clear what Trump’s election means for issues that impact companies’ efforts to manage environmental and social issues. The World Bank estimates that $158 trillion worth of assets are at risk from increased natural disasters. Many banks heeded the advice, pulling funding from coal.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8