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The Factors That Influence Acceptance Of AI In Hospitality

The Horizons Tracker

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has made significant strides in enhancing hotel operations and streamlining efficiency. Notably, the research asserts that the most substantial economic gains from AI are projected to occur in China, with a predicted 26% boost to GDP by 2030, followed by North America, expected to experience a 14.5%

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Innovating Your Way Out Of The Resource Curse

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, it’s GDP per capita of $72,700 marks it out as one of the wealthiest nations on earth. . Qatar have attempted to overcome this via the creation of the Qatar Foundation in 1995, which aimed to unlock the human potential of the nation via education, innovation and entrepreneurship. Core sectors.

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How Skills Will Be Crucial As We Adapt To The Post-Covid World

The Horizons Tracker

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. The report highlights how should this trend continue, it could raise British GDP by £4.1 billion per year. Crucial for a successful recovery.

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How Managerial Quality Affects Energy Usage In Manufacturing Firms

The Horizons Tracker

In many ways, it seems like something of a no brainer for the sector to target emissions, as making their operations more efficient has productivity benefits as well as environmental ones. of global GDP. Indeed, research has highlighted a direct correlation between process improvement and energy reductions. Driving change.

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Is The Single Market Preventing Digital Champions In Europe?

The Horizons Tracker

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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Nigeria’s GDP Just Doubled on Paper: What It Means in Practice

Harvard Business Review

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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Tackling Big Global Challenges with Low-Cost Innovation

Harvard Business Review

This kind of innovation is almost a textbook example of frugal innovation. The Global Digital Economy. What’s more, many of the innovations originate in relatively poor, underdeveloped regions or are designed to serve low-income customers, which means that the innovators have no choice but to be frugal.

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