The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2022

For instance, during 2020, GDP in advanced economies plummeted, with many businesses having to shut for prolonged periods, and nearly all having to rapidly adapt to the changing conditions. About 90% of firms globally are considered small- and medium-sized enterprises, with such firms representing around 70% of all jobs.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 22, 2020

One of the more incredible visual aspects of the coronavirus pandemic has been the reduction in activity illustrated on global flight maps. The researchers say that the aviation sector is crucial to the economy, and contributes approximately 3% of overall GDP in both the US and UK. Flight data. ” .” ”

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GDP Airlines Survey Travel 75

HR Digest

JULY 5, 2021

Developments in digital technologies, inclusive of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, are estimated by some to create the potential for a tremendous reduction in the volume of work. Across the OECD, spending on worker training and development has been declining over the last twenty years. IMPROVING WORK MARKET DYNAMISM.

Human Capital 122

Human Capital How To Incentives Human Resources 122

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 stakeholders promoting smart-city development will benefit from the crisis and use their experience from the temporary shutdown to accelerate digital transformation in their cities,” he writes.

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GDP Technology Policies Engineering 132

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Whether at a national or a global level, concerns about too many people seem to have existed for a very long time, with these concerns typically rooted in fear that resources will be unable to cope with the demands placed upon them. The study predicts that by 2100, not only will fertility have fallen from 1.8 ” Population changes. .

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 23, 2019

of GDP on research and development by 2027. The report reveals that much of the global growth in R&D expenditure is being driven by computing, as the share of R&D spending on products fell to 41% by 2015, with a further fall to 37% expected by 2020. The UK government has recently set an ambitious target of spending 2.4%

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Report CRM GDP Innovation 61

Mills Scofield

AUGUST 27, 2013

This has profound implications for our innovation and economic success and national security. Consequently, we aren’t being prepared for engagement in a country with a $2,100 per capita GDP. ” Through shared language, students can become sensitive global activists and pursue productive community partnerships.

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Education Globalization Politics Learning-by-Doing 169

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 18, 2021

The consumption of energy has grown significantly over the past four decades, as has global life expectancy. The link appears to be far stronger in terms of economic growth, with the research finding that 90% of the growth in GDP could be attributed to higher energy usage. first appeared on The Horizons Tracker.

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Energy GDP Short-term Long-term 89

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Last year online learning platform Coursera released their first Global Skills Index to try and understand the changing nature of skills development around the world. This surge not only reflects the ongoing interest in digital skills development, but also some of the softer skills that I’ve identified as key in past articles.

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Skills GDP Crisis Short-term 105

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

To help answer why there are not more women in the top ranks of leadership, scientists at Development Dimensions International (DDI) , the global leadership development consultancy, released two research studies aimed at finding the answers. Fact 5: The United States ranks fourth globally in percentage of women leaders.

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Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry 120

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Globally, unemployment has been at very low levels for some time, creating the impression of a healthy economy. The wrong approach Despite these developments, recent proposals for local approaches to employment support may not significantly reduce inactivity levels.

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Policies GDP Proposal Budgeting 59

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

of global GDP. The study assessed around 2,250 manufacturing companies from 38 different countries. Driving change. Fossil fuel subsidies are hugely important, as they amounted to nearly $5 trillion around the world in 2013, or 6.5%

Energy 81

Energy Quality Banking GDP 81

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 25, 2020

The report suggests that if rates were broadly equal, then global GDP would grow by up to 6%, which would boost the global economy by an incredible $5 trillion. It’s a discrepancy that has been tackled head on by Invest NI, a regional development agency in the country.

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Entrepreneur GDP Restructuring Policies 98

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.

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Marketing McKinsey Innovation GDP 40

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Nearly one billion women are poised to enter the global economy in the coming decade. Many of the issues that the Booz index identifies are ones that were spotlighted in the Center for Talent Innovation's research on women professionals in emerging markets. In Japan, such initiatives could increase GDP by 9%. That's a hard fact.

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GDP Globalization Politics Benchmarking 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2014

Earlier this week, Nigeria ascended to the position of Africa’s largest economy following a recalculation of its GDP by the country’s National Bureau of Statistics. The long overdue exercise (the last one was in 1990) nearly doubled the country’s economy pushing GDP up to $510bn from $270bn. Global business'

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GDP Human Capital Film Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Women-owned entities in the formal sector represent approximately 37% of enterprises globally — a market worthy of attention by businesses and policy makers alike. That''s 224 million women impacting the global economy — and this survey counts only 67 of the 188 countries recognized by the World Bank. And in the U.S.,

Globalization 13

Globalization Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

I was a panelist on a session on Reverse Innovation during the recently concluded World Economic Forum at Davos. The conventional wisdom is that innovations originate in rich countries and the resulting products are sold horizontally in other developed countries and then sent downhill to developing countries. Not really.

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Innovation Telecommunications Globalization GDP 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2017

But too often CEOs find themselves stuck in what I call an innovation plateau. A main indicator of how widespread this plateau has become is the decline in corporate investment in R&D, the invisible infrastructure that supports true innovation. GDP in the 1970s to 0.78% today. Innovation Strategy: Timing and Scope.

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Innovation Market Segmentation GDP Competitive Advantage 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

Without an acceleration in productivity growth, the rate of global GDP growth is set to decline by 40% from 3.6% Is it feasible for the global economy to achieve such a large acceleration in productivity growth from an already rapid rate? We see a rich pipeline of innovation ahead in both developed and emerging economies.

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Globalization Productivity Products GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

When the Chinese Communist Party’s central committee wraps up the Third Plenum on November 12, 2014, a shift from efficiency to innovation will likely be one of the major planks in its vision for China. Some argue that China is already well on its way to becoming a global innovation power that will rival the US and Europe.

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Innovation Globalization Venture Capitalist GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Ma’s bilingualism helped him work effectively across cultures and borders, and to pick up on global trends that gave him a critical edge in the 1990s as the Internet arrived in China. When we think of innovation, we tend to think of smart, technically trained people sitting in a room coming up with game-changing ideas.

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Innovation Metrics Globalization Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2011

In case you skimmed too fast to get the point, here it is: that favored benchmark of national performance, GDP growth or GDP per capita, is a distortion of reality that guides us to decisions contrary to what people really want. despite hiring some noted academics to mortarboard-wash our conclusions with statistics and citations.

GDP 14

GDP Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Policies 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The debate about superstar firms and superstar effects has been intensifying, partly in response to the rapid growth of global US tech companies. In our recent research at the McKinsey Global Institute, we examined the superstar phenomenon across firms, as well as sectors and cities. Wider dynamics may be at play.

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Industry Company GDP Bottom-up 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

The Chinese admire America, especially its entrepreneurial spirit and track record in commercializing innovation. America should not underestimate China's capacity to innovate. From gunpowder on, the history of Chinese innovation is strong. When the Chinese can no longer make easy money imitating, they will start innovating.

Innovation 15

Innovation Long-term Politics GDP 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

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). It boasts 85 companies in the Global Fortune 500 list of the world’s largest corporations. level (see “GDP Per Capita” chart below). percentage points of the 10.5

GDP 12

GDP Supply Chain Globalization Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

Over the last century, the global population has quadrupled. This growth, along with rising incomes in developing countries (which cause dietary changes such as eating more protein and meat) are driving up global food demand. In 1915, there were 1.8 billion people in the world. billion people — and we may reach 9.7

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Policies Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2013

Speaking at the recent Global Philanthropy Forum , Toyin Saraki — founder and president of the WellBeing Foundation Africa — articulated her evolving approach to giving. Saraki''s approach is emblematic of a growing trend of impact-focused investors that are emerging from developing countries, where economic growth is on the rise.

Globalization 8

Globalization Venture Capitalist Class GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2017

In our research we took a detailed look at 46 countries, representing about 80% of the global workforce. Today, about half the activities that people are paid to do in the global economy have the potential to be automated by adapting demonstrated technology. We estimate that automation could increase global GDP growth by 0.8%

GDP 14

GDP Globalization Policies Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2015

Many politicians and commentators mention two critical factors in accomplishing this: increasing innovative capacity and reducing bureaucracy. The data in the graph above demonstrate the link between innovation, bureaucracy, and uncertainty. Greece tops this index of uncertainty-avoidance across all countries, scoring 100 out of 100.

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Uncertainty Innovation Hofstede Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

They are developing horizontally, not vertically, with vast areas of low sprawl reaching out for miles from Sao Paolo, Lagos, New Delhi, Guangzhou, Jakarta, and many others. As I travel to urban development conferences, I often hear people bemoan an infrastructure funding gap, but the hard truth is there is no funding gap.

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Finance Innovation Bond Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

At the same time, diversity in societal norms, customs, and ethics can nurture technological innovation and the diffusion of new ideas, and thus the production of a greater variety of goods and services. But we suspected that diversity might play a different role at different stages of development. percentage points.

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Long-term GDP Diversity Construction 10

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. The key to such a change is developing an innovation-oriented industrial structure and a well-functioning innovation system.

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Planning GDP Tourism Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2018

New research from the McKinsey Global Institute simulates the potential global macroeconomic impact of five powerful technologies (computer vision, natural language, virtual assistants, robotic process automation, and advanced machine learning). GDP growth a year across the period. A race between firms.

GDP 10

GDP McKinsey Long-term Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

The evidence indicates that the United States is losing its ability to attract and expand the operations of multinationals and their significant contributions to productivity growth, innovation, and high-wage employment. GDP while undertaking 40.9% private-sector research and development. shares of the global operations of U.S.-based

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Globalization Rivkin Supply Chain Trends 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

Consider the global trends cited by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee in a recent interview with HBR. In most countries, both developed and developing, private employment and median family income have stopped growing at the same pace as labor productivity and real GDP per capita—mostly due, they argue, to technological advances.

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GDP Porter Education Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

Investing in innovators simply can't happen in markets with weak property rights. But nations are catalyzing global winners and losers by the policies they make. The GDP of China — the world's largest — in most centuries never exceeded $100 billion. And while most nations are inventive, few innovate.

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GDP Travel Innovation Globalization 10