Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2012

Especially in the world's most fragile states, economic development is critical to stability. Foreign aid, which can account for to up to 97 percent of a nation's GDP, is neither a long-term nor a sustainable solution to help the citizens of these fragile countries. SME owners face a slew of obstacles in conflict zones.

GDP 13

GDP Entrepreneur Finance Training 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2016

government is constantly sweeping up vast amounts of data on the details of the retail sector — buying and selling, getting and spending — just as it tracks census information and data on economic indicators such as GDP, employment and unemployment, and inflation. We thought getting data would be pretty easy.

Merchandising 8

Merchandising Retail GDP Report 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

They did not spend as much time thinking about local events that have implications for their emerging market operations. real GDP growth rate for the region, but there is more business risk than many expect. Mexico and Brazil alone account for over 60% of Latin America’s GDP and most regional revenue for multinationals.

Market Risk 8

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

New research, led by a team from McKinsey Global Institute in cooperation with FCLT Global , found that companies that operate with a true long-term mindset have consistently outperformed their industry peers since 2001 across almost every financial measure that matters. It started with developing a proprietary Corporate Horizon Index.

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2016

Fixed capital investment in Cuba represents just 10% of GDP , which is half the regional average. The first is in regards to wages in the public sector, which as reported by the Cuban government stand at an average rate of over $7,000 USD per year. This has been driven by three factors: Lack of capital investment. This is why U.S.

GDP 8

GDP Telecommunications Scenario Planning Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2016

Executives are usually taught that data is an objective and critical input for strategic planning and operations. Applying this, however, is much easier said than done — especially among companies operating in emerging markets. YOY GDP growth in its April World Economic Outlook. Data can be biased for a variety of reasons.

Marketing 8

Marketing GDP Industry Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

A few outlier industries (notably pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and computers) prop up the sector’s aggregate performance; most others have experienced flat growth or outright declines in real GDP over the past two decades. But now the situation has reached such a tipping point that larger U.S. manufacturers are taking notice.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Incentives Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

they account for 50% of employment and 45% of GDP. These firms were more than twice as likely to report that their access to credit had decreased since before Sandy. Younger firms were especially likely to report that their interest rates increased after the storm. In the U.S., Firms applied for credit to finance recovery.

Insurance 8

Insurance Risk Management Finance Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

The Federal Reserve is projecting GDP growth of 2.8 And, if growth is mostly about gaining market share and developing new products, why is a substantial focus on investment to retain existing customers and make existing products and services more efficient? After more than five years of sluggish growth, U.S. to 3 percent in 2014 (U.S.

Efficiency 8

Efficiency Maturity Strategic Planning Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Rising import prices of some Marmite ingredients or production equipment may be to blame, but Unilever reports in euros, so without a price hike Marmite sales are now technically lower. The global structural slowdown in both productivity and GDP growth powerfully reinforces popular discontent with issues such as labor market dislocations.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation Uncertainty Company Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic. 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. Unfortunately, this virtuous cycle appears to be broken. And wages are stagnant.

Human Capital 12

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

This cost is also disproportionately borne by mom-and-pops, many of which operate in poor neighborhoods and rural areas. For the government, the annual value of under-reported taxes in the United States is $400 billion to $600 billion. If even half of this under-reporting is directly enabled by a cash economy, the U.S.

Cost 8

Cost Transportation Banking Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

What do you think causes millions of people to miss work and school in developing economies? 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. Lack of childcare?

Franchising 12

Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2011

Compare aid to the domestic poor versus official development assistance (ODA) to the rest of the world's poor, using the approach outlined by Branko Milanovic. Based on weighted per-person averages for fourteen developed OECD economies, national governments spend 30,000 times as much helping each domestic poor person as each poor foreigner.

Globalization 13

Globalization GDP Survey Comparison 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

For many women in the developing world, a better approach may be to gain employment in existing companies. As part of our research for the report, we analyzed 128 countries and ranked them by their performance in getting women more directly involved in national economies, not only as entrepreneurs but also as employees.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Flextime Globalization Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2012

According to another study , more than 40% of Fortune 500 companies operating in 2010 were founded by immigrants or their children — including some of the most well-known brands, from Apple and IBM to Disney and McDonalds. trillion — more than the GDP of most countries. You may not think of yourself as an immigrant.

Career 14

Career GDP Crisis Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2013

And you should develop a keen eye for the difference between "exploring a difficult path" and "wallowing around.". Some data is inherently inaccurate (GDP forecasts); other data becomes inaccurate through processing errors. For example, far too many credit reports contain inaccuracies. False assumptions are crippling.

Information Technology 8

Information Technology Uncertainty Short-term GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

At the state level, New Jersey passed a big new gas tax , and Oregon , Illinois , and California developed robust energy and climate policies. Nine big brands with operations in Ohio publicly pressed the state to reinstate energy efficiency and renewable energy portfolio standards. All of this will affect companies of all stripes.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Class migrants (white-collar professionals born to blue-collar families) report that “professional people were generally suspect” and that managers are college kids “who don’t know s**t about how to do anything but are full of ideas about how I have to do my job,” said Alfred Lubrano in Limbo. Who’s stupid?

Class 15

Class Open-book Policies Politics 15

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. The UK tech sector has been among the groups most vigorously opposed to exiting. A survey of members of Tech London Advocates, an industry group, revealed that 87% opposed Brexit. The digital talent market in the UK is already tight.

Safe Harbor 8

Safe Harbor Industry Uncertainty Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2016

billion annually in currency operations costs. Some early reports are suggesting that, indeed, it has had an effect. Furthermore, there are three fundamental structural factors to be mindful of as we understand the Indian context: India’s ties to cash are strong, even by developing country standards. Related Video.

Banking 8

Banking Cost Policies Supply Chain 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. Currently, China is ahead on the major economic metrics: to add as much to its GDP as China will in 2018, India would need to grow by 40%.

Airlines 8

Airlines Technology Objective Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2013

Having a baby in the United States, The New York Times reported this week , is more expensive than pretty much anywhere else on earth. So here is a mostly unscientific Independence Day list — compiled with lots of help from the databases of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , a.k.a.

Health Care 8

Health Care Incentives Policies Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2017

These broad components were: Citizens/People Components: the four components in this category are: inclusivity, environment and quality of life, state of talent and the human condition, talent development. It is the fifth largest in terms of GDP , and is one of the most globally connected of all major economies. The Government 3.0

Benchmarking 8

Benchmarking Globalization Technology Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The UK Treasury’s April 2016 report about the economic pain caused by Brexit, 200 pages long and generally well executed, is an example: It was dismissed as “gobbledygook.” Both in terms of operations and organization, this is certainly responsive to a more protectionist environment. in the U.S.,

Globalization 8

Globalization Education Policies Survey 8