The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 22, 2022

The analysis found that GDP would likely have fallen by around twice as much during 2020 if remote working was not the option it ultimately was. The researchers explain that this claim only really held water if the only inputs were those associated with traditional workplaces, such as energy costs or office space.

GDP 64

GDP Analysis Productivity Products 64

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 7, 2022

For instance, pre-Covid, Tokyo alone was estimated to have a GDP of around $1.6 trillion in GDP alone by 2035. The data found that highly skilled workers benefit from high density with higher wages, but lower-skilled workers struggle with the high cost of living in the city. Liveable cities.

GDP 143

GDP Technology Policies Engineering 143

Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 8, 2011

This really has to be a war on job loss, on low workplace energy, on healthcare costs, on low graduation rates, on brain drain, and on community disengagement,” he says. Those things destroy cities, destroy job growth and destroy city GDP. America cannot outrun its healthcare costs. Fire all lousy managers today.”.

Books 228

Books Review GDP Entrepreneur 228

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

It removes a major source of cost/effort to both supplier and customer and relies on simply being smart with what you already have. Escalating healthcare costs — due in part to the explosion of chronic diseases among Americans — are expected to account for 20% of U.S. GDP by 2020. housing sector.

Cost 8

Cost Globalization Innovation Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2016

It’s not the first time economists have warned us about the costs of a changing climate. Some past studies on climate economics, like the famous Stern Report a decade ago, assessed the macro-level risk to GDP as a whole. Unchecked climate change, Citi said, could cost the world $72 trillion by the middle of the century.

Cost 8

Cost Real Estate Long-term Depreciation 8

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 30, 2019

They suggest that while the last 30 years have been typified by increasing Asian consumption and integration into the global flow of trade and innovation, the coming decades will see Asian economies driving and determining the direction of these flows, with the region set to account for 50% of global GDP by 2040. Digital dominance.

Marketing 45

Marketing McKinsey Innovation GDP 45

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2012

The answer to that question has dramatic consequences for low-GDP countries and small businesses everywhere. If the cost of innovation is falling, that should enable more of it from poorer countries, companies or cooperatives. Those who say the cost is dropping often point to the dramatically falling costs of computing power.

Cost 8

Cost Innovation Wireless Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2011

How big would America's "debt crisis" be if we looked not merely at ( largely artificial ) financial costs, but at real economic — social, human, natural, personal, emotional, and more — costs? To begin with, America's gross public debt as a percentage of its GDP is around 98ish (aka, its debt/GDP ratio).

Crisis 14

Crisis GDP Cost Depreciation 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In the decade between 2005 and 2015, labor productivity in the US as measured by GDP per labor hour was less than 1% for 7 of the 10 years, according to the OECD. Let’s look at three investments — in wages, time and energy — that could reinvigorate the productivity cycle: Wages. And wages are stagnant.

Human Capital 15

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

High GDP usually goes hand-in-hand with thriving populations. But not in Hong Kong, whose GDP is second only to Singapore among developed Asian nations. In the face of competition for jobs from mainland immigrants and rising food and housing costs, fully two-thirds of workers described themselves as struggling in a recent Gallup poll.

GDP 15

GDP Cooper Participative Survey 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

High GDP usually goes hand-in-hand with thriving populations. But not in Hong Kong, whose GDP is second only to Singapore among developed Asian nations. In the face of competition for jobs from mainland immigrants and rising food and housing costs, fully two-thirds of workers described themselves as struggling in a recent Gallup poll.

GDP 15

GDP Cooper Participative Survey 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Daniel Yergin's typically sunny outlook on oil in his recent Wall Street Journal piece, " There Will Be Oil ," suggested that technology and new energy discoveries would avert any of the economic disasters portended by peak oil. They also hide the declining energy density, higher cost, and lower flow rates of these new resources.

Price 9

Price GDP Supply Chain Maturity 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

trillion in private sector GDP. Growth means adding revenue at the same pace you are adding resources; scaling means adding revenue at a much greater rate than cost. Standardized processes liberate creativity because they free up distracted energy that’s consumed by reinventing approaches every time something is done.

Company 8

Company Maturity Energy Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Such improvements could help cut the costs of traffic congestion ( about 1% of GDP globally ), road accidents ( 1.25 McKinsey and Bloomberg New Energy Finance have estimated that in 50 metropolitan areas worldwide, a rapid transition to advanced mobility systems could yield $600 billion in societal benefits through 2030.

Transportation 10

Transportation Technology GDP Policies 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2011

Median income has stagnated for decades and mere "recovery" probably isn't enough to do much about it, because GDP isn't concerned with who gets what. Designing new bottles for deodorants or energy drinks or finding a new loophole in the law isn't exactly helping design, craft, build, or maintain the Sistine Chapel. Dehumanization.

GDP 18

GDP Hypercompetition Offshoring Long-term 18

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

Agriculture accounts for more than 30% of the continent’s GDP and employs more than 60% of its working population. Entrepreneurs can now deliver solutions to small-size African farms at cost models that farmers can afford. For decades, African governments have used many policy instruments to improve farm productivity.

Technology 13

Technology Supply Chain Entrepreneur GDP 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Every year, weather variability is estimated to cost $630 billion for the U.S. They were introduced in 1997 in the energy sector , to automatically compensate investors for financial losses when the weather index exceeds a predefined level. These disruptions add up. alone, or 3.5% These instruments are not new.

Hedge 8

Hedge Apparel Risk Management Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2013

companies will be at a disadvantage if we tax carbon or invest in clean energy because "China's not doing anything.". And it's just the latest in a series of Chinese commitments, which include the following: July 2010: 5 trillion yuan , or $800 billion, alternative energy plan over 10 years (this is like the part of the U.S.

GDP 8

GDP Energy McKinsey Transportation 8

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%

GDP 13

GDP Christensen Disruptive Innovation Business Model 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2015

“Every wind farm has a unique profile, like DNA or a fingerprint,” says Keith Longtin, general manager for wind products at GE Renewable Energy. GE says that the technology could boost a wind farm’s energy production by as much as 20% and create $100 million in extra value over the lifetime of a 100-megawatt farm.

Efficiency 8

Efficiency Power Software Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2014

However, as much as macroeconomic reforms are needed, the future of the Greek economy will be determined by its competitiveness, which concerns costs, but is also measured by innovation. It can improve its competitiveness by reducing costs in its traditional sectors, such as tourism, agriculture, and trade. to 3% of their GDP.

Planning 9

Planning GDP Tourism Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that Chinese solar stocks had soared based on market expectations that demand in China for alternative energy will increase given the Chinese government's increasing solar capacity targets. China is projected to spend $113 billion per year on trains and railway infrastructure.

Industry 8

Industry Real Estate Energy Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2011

Dad Jones is the CEO of Toxico, a major, blue-chip energy corporation. Though he rakes it in, he flat-out refuses to contribute much, if anything, towards basic household costs--and when the family sets up rules to make him, he quickly finds loopholes. Meet the new Joneses: they're a little less Cleaver and little more Soprano.

GDP 15

GDP Short-term Finance Crisis 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2015

These talks will reshape the global energy sector and every other industry that relies on energy — in other words, all of them. This is not a minor problem; 4 degrees could be catastrophic , the World Bank says , with significant risk of great suffering, extreme heat waves, declining food stocks, and severe economic costs.

Conference 8

Conference Supply Chain Commitment Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Since two-thirds of world’s growth in GDP is likely come from poor countries, reverse innovation is an important phenomenon. The constraints posed by serving the poor will push innovations toward high-performance, low-cost products that have the potential to transform everyone’s life — including customers in rich countries.

Education 8

Education Innovation Engineering Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

Four years ago, GE initiated a strategy to compete more effectively in Africa, one of the fastest growing regions in the world in terms of GDP. Playing development to win does have costs. If the government of Nigeria fails to deliver widespread, low-cost power, the fallout for GE will be significant.

Globalization 8

Globalization Development Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

For instance, shoe-manufacturer Guangzhou Constant has relocated its manufacturing facility to Yongzhou in Hunan, lured by tax breaks and by the prospect of wage costs that are between 15% and 20% lower. Some are shutting down because the companies that own them are going bankrupt, while other corporations are moving inland.

GDP 12

GDP Pharmaceuticals Long-term Globalization 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

The factory floor at Pittsburgh’s Aquion Energy doesn’t look much like the steel mills that once populated this Rust Belt city. This is the kind of technology—and the type of firm—that will make renewable energy more efficient and more cost-effective. trillion in output annually, adding up to 17% of GDP.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

They tend to see running a school as similar to managing a large IT project and believe if they focus on costs and deadlines, the rest will take care of itself. They’re tenacious, cost-cutting, and task-focused leaders who believe they need to trim back every ounce of fat and make people work harder. billion and $7.6 billion.

Long-term 8

Long-term Education GDP Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

The Obama administration recognizes the tremendous economic potential of AI, which is why the NSCT subcommittee on the topic included representatives not just from defense and intelligence, but also the Departments of Commerce, Treasury, Trnasportation, Energy, Labor, and more. ” The U.S. needs to expand its AI workforce.

Policies 8

Policies Report Technology Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

The global financial crisis prompted many companies to pull in their horns, hoard cash, trim costs, and take a wary view of large investments. times global GDP) to more than $600 trillion (9.5 times global GDP). times global GDP) to more than $600 trillion (9.5 times global GDP). And capital continues to expand.

ROE 14

ROE Long-term GDP Six Sigma 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2014

And so what I see here is China, vastly bigger than the Philippines and Vietnam, with not only more military capacity, but much more economic capacity and influence over those markets, seeing if they can improve their situation on the ground, and not minding so much if the cost is that a couple of noses get bloodied. It was around 2%.

Long-term 8

Long-term Politics Globalization Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2017

According to Bain’s Macro Trends Group, the global supply of capital stands at nearly 10 times global GDP. In contrast, today’s scarcest resource is your human capital, as measured by the time, talent and energy of your workforce. Energy, too, is difficult to come by. Difference-making talent is also scarce.

Human Capital 15

Human Capital Management Company ROCE 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

This was an automobile straight from Star Trek: powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, the bulk of the energy system and battery sat on a low-slung "skateboard" design. A few months later, I found myself on a panel at MIT discussing America's energy future with a senior executive from British petroleum. About 150,000, he said.

Price 15

Price Automotive GDP Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

Or Siemens explaining that the major job cuts planned for its gas turbine business have been partly triggered by the renewable energy boom. Meanwhile, to help drive down the cost of sustainable energy, over 100 companies, including Google, Unilever, and Tata Motors, have joined the Climate Group’s RE100 platform.

Execution 8

Execution White Paper Shaw Price 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2013

The Trans-Pacific talks have involved 11 developed and developing Pacific Rim nations with a combined GDP of $40 trillion,and which recently got a jolt of energy and complexity when Japan (GDP=$6 trillion) joined the negotiations. The economic costs would be very high for the US and the world. Obama''s task is clear.

GDP 8

GDP Globalization Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

One obvious reason was that the huge trillion-dollar investment bets, most of it taxpayer money, in synthetic biology, robotics, nanotechnogy, space, and alternative energy did not pay off. With fewer breakthrough products to sell overseas, exports as a share of GDP have stagnated at 11%, while imports have soared, forcing the U.S.

Innovation 12

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 12