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Do Women-Only Networking Groups Harm Female Entrepreneurship?

The Horizons Tracker

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. The research from the University of Edinburgh took place in Northern Ireland, which is an area with lower female entrepreneurship rates than the rest of the U.K. ”

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The New New International Economic Order

Harvard Business Review

More radically, they could agree to restructure global economic institutions or change the agenda of existing institutions. This time around (looking at 2010 data), the emerging markets account for over 23% of global GDP as opposed to 11% in 1975 (at current, not purchasing power parity, prices, which give them an even greater share).

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Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growth

Harvard Business Review

times global GDP) to more than $600 trillion (9.5 times global GDP). Our models suggest that by 2025 global financial capital could easily surpass a quadrillion dollars, more than 10 times global GDP. Others reward easy-to-measure improvements in existing processes over less-easily-quantified innovations.

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18 of the Top 20 Tech Companies Are in the Western U.S. and Eastern China. Can Anywhere Else Catch Up?

Harvard Business Review

Google’s restructuring as Alphabet is one sign of its entry into several new vertical markets, including driverless cars, smart homes, smart cities, and health. Will Other Nations Develop Local Champions and Innovation Hubs? Many have tried but few have succeeded in developing substantial innovation hubs.

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What China’s 13th Five-Year Plan Means for Business

Harvard Business Review

To achieve this target, however, China will need to find new engines of growth, such as consumption, innovation, and entrepreneurship, all of which are emphasized in the plan. Equally importantly, and more subtly, it creates a diversity of strategic environments which require very different approaches to strategy and execution.