Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

General Electric is a good example. 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. The company’s leadership moved proactively to accelerate it and shape it. “If They are playing development to win.

Globalization 8

Globalization Development Supply Chain Long-term 8

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.

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Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

So, for example, you and I don't have to spend a lifetime building, stone by stone, a Great Wall or a Pyramid — to satisfy the whim of an Emperor or a Pharaoh — and so burn through our one invaluable precious life. This is what the unbending arc of human potential never stops asking of each and every one of us.

Sharpe 21

Sharpe Follow-up Short-term Hedge 21

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2012

The answer to that question has dramatic consequences for low-GDP countries and small businesses everywhere. Another domain of innovation that buttresses the argument that the cost is rising is energy storage research, a field with massive transformative potential. If it's not, the already big and already rich will dominate innovation.

Cost 8

Cost Innovation Wireless Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

They also improve their future opportunities by, for example, setting up a sixth form to help more of them get into university. For example, both Accountants and Architects also acquire a primary school early on. Other research has found a 50% increase in exam results leads to between a 0.7% billion and $7.6 billion and $7.6

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Long-term Education GDP Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

So, for example, you and I don't have to spend a lifetime building, stone by stone, a Great Wall or a Pyramid — to satisfy the whim of an Emperor or a Pharaoh — and so burn through our one invaluable precious life. This is what the unbending arc of human potential never stops asking of each and every one of us.

Sharpe 8

Sharpe Follow-up Short-term Hedge 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? To take a very macro, economy-wide example, look at productivity.

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Short-term Long-term Open-book Consultative 10

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. This authority expired in 2007. The economic costs would be very high for the US and the world.

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GDP Short-term Globalization Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

Today’s climate challenge is so far beyond our collective experience that it demands a radically different kind of engagement from senior leadership teams in the private sector. Or Siemens explaining that the major job cuts planned for its gas turbine business have been partly triggered by the renewable energy boom.

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Execution White Paper Shaw Price 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

PwC’s annual Low Carbon Economy Index report concluded that we must lower global carbon intensity (the amount of carbon produced for every dollar of GDP) by 6% per year until 2100, a percentage point lower than last year’s report recommended. Germany, and Walmart — add lots more renewable energy.

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Supply Chain McKinsey Apparel Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

trillion in government support for seven "strategic emerging industries," including alternative energy, biotechnology, next-gen IT, high-end manufacturing equipment, and advanced materials. Consider IBM, perhaps the leading example of how firms themselves can upgrade their Technik. It pledges $1.5 The contrast between the U.N.'s

First-mover Advantage 9

First-mover Advantage GDP Technology Biotechnology 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2017

The share of national GDP at risk from climate change exceeds $1.5 For recent examples of what climate disruptions will look like in practice, consider Superstorm Sandy, which devastated the Eastern Seaboard in 2012, causing $68 billion in damages , making it the second most costly weather event in the U.S. after Hurricane Katrina.

Cost 8

Cost Tourism Supply Chain Attrition 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2013

For example, coffee. In fact, it is among the leaders contributing to our GDP growth, with huge potential. We need energy. So we are doing everything 24 hours a day thinking about how to increase our energy capacity. Leadership, combined with the sense people have of how they link up with the leadership.

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Porter Tourism Politics Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

President Obama, with his counterparts in Canada and Mexico, agreed to some aggressive regional targets on renewable energy and efficiency. At the state level, New Jersey passed a big new gas tax , and Oregon , Illinois , and California developed robust energy and climate policies. All of this will affect companies of all stripes.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

The United States desperately needs an energy policy. With five percent of the world's population and 20 percent of its energy use, the U.S. We need to set the right example at home. However, to have climate change policy you need an energy policy. To achieve this, the energy industry needs to regain the public trust.

Policies 12

Policies Energy Transportation Politics 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

This means that many emerging market risks get cut from the senior leadership agenda. 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. growth in real GDP.

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Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 9