Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2015

Greece offered a tantalizing opportunity to socially minded critics to condemn the approach taken by the euro group under Germany’s leadership. Contractionary policies may create a self-reinforcing spiral of decline that increases the debt-to-GDP ratio.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

A few verbal tweaks (such as renaming the “Troika” — which consists of the EU, the IMF, and the ECB — the “Institutions”) were given as a political concession to the newly elected government, which had created high expectations with its electorate. So, clemency on loan terms might make procedural sense.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2016

This changes the balance of politics in Europe, the balance of politics towards the US, the balance of policies about regulation in a whole variety of industries and trade. That would probably be politically popular in the context. But it’s likely to be a quarter percent of GDP or less over the next six to 12 months.

Banking 8

Banking Short-term Long-term Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

This was just one round in a developing fight over the rules and norms that govern the international political economy. 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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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2014

Look at China 30 years ago and the role it had in global GDP. There’s no question that China is reforming, and that Xi Jinping is engaged in politics of economic transformation that, if successful, will make us cooperate much more closely with the Chinese over the medium to long term. They have to play more of a leadership role.

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Long-term Politics Globalization Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

But despite perceptions of entrenched corruption, economic turbulence, and political risk, many big firms have invested and maintained a presence in the country. Russia has always been seen as a challenging place to do business, especially among Western multinationals.

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Depreciation B2B Price Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

trillion in output annually, adding up to 17% of GDP. Although the United States maintains world leadership in many advanced industries, that leadership position is eroding. Through its leadership the company is making the ideal of industry-led regional training consortia real. They employ 12.3 Yet, there is a problem.

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Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2016

state and city could add at least 5% to GDP by 2025 by advancing the economic potential of women. states could add more than 10%, and the nation’s 50 largest cities could add between 6% and 13% of GDP. trillion GDP opportunity would require the creation of 6.4 trillion in value per year, and it isn’t included in GDP.)

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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? You know how our political parties are "debating".pretty

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Short-term Long-term Open-book Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

He's a leading authority on the politics and economics of the oil industry in Latin America and developing countries. What can you tell us about the leadership transition underway? How much do you expect the change in leadership to change the Venezuelan economy in the near term? Venezuela has a very corrupt public sector.

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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 TPP hopes for similar effects. Obama''s task is clear.

GDP 8

GDP Short-term Globalization Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

We introduced the Digital Evolution Index in HBR in 2015 to trace the emergence of a “digital planet,” how physical interactions — in communications, social and political exchange, commerce, media and entertainment — are being displaced by digitally mediated ones. ” More than 1 billion jobs and $14.6

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

He's a leading authority on the politics and economics of the oil industry in Latin America and developing countries. What can you tell us about the leadership transition underway? How much do you expect the change in leadership to change the Venezuelan economy in the near term? Venezuela has a very corrupt public sector.

Resources 8

Resources Price Policies GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Total investment in R&D (as a proportion of GDP) grew from 0.9% First, as noted in an editorial in Science magazine, the bulk of China’s government R&D funds are allocated on the basis of political connections rather than merit as judged by independent scientific panels. in 2000 to 2.0%

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2012

And at that time, the United States had a public debt/GDP ratio of around 65% — a number that has since passed 100%. According to The Economist , the world's governments currently hold debts of approximately $45 trillion (relative to a world GDP of $65 trillion ). Nearly every major democracy is now struggling with public debt.

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GDP Maturity Gordon Short-term 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

In a world of such diverse political forms — democracies, monarchies, authoritarian states — we will increasingly differentiate societies on the basis not of their regime type or income, but of their capacity to harness technology. Technik , then, is the technological quotient of civilization. The contrast between the U.N.'s

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2015

China’s Communist Party recently approved the 13th Five-Year Plan , designed to guide the country’s social, political, and economic development through the second half of this decade. What is the significance of the plan? What are the main characteristics of the latest plan? Companies need to act now.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2013

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch both accuse him of heavy-handedly stifling political dissent. The case study doesn''t hide the fact that Kagame has many critics, but it doesn''t dwell on political issues. Curiously, though, Kagame''s Q&A with Porter''s students ended up dwelling only on political issues.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2017

This echoes a common political talking point: that fighting climate change is bad for the economy. The share of national GDP at risk from climate change exceeds $1.5 seat at the climate change table may have been shorted, parallel leadership can show the world that the U.S. trillion in the 301 major cities around the world.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

GDP spent on health care continues to rise, reaching 17.9% This problem has not been addressed in over 50 years because high-cost inefficient markets happen to be in states with large populations and political clout such as New Jersey, New York, and Florida. Hayon Thapaliya. The percentage of U.S.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Price Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Then China’s President Xi said he’ll be attending the annual bigwig gathering in Davos for the first time, with reports of China’s interest in filling trade gaps left by Brexit and possible leadership gaps on climate left by Trump. states , have “decoupled” GDP growth from GHGs.

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

That is nice political rhetoric — but a gross oversimplification of the challenges ahead. At the same time, the energy industry must do a much better job informing the public and educating political leaders about the pragmatic realities we face and the difficult choices we must make. political agenda and that of the G-20 as well.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

climate policy will be fractured by political geography. Still, these coastal states are a powerful force in national markets, containing 26% of the nation’s population and producing 30% of its GDP. political divide on the issue. For the time being, U.S. ” The Geographic Logic of America’s Climate Divide.

Energy 8

Energy Transportation Policies Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

With a limited financial system, Cuba lacks the domestic savings to raise fixed capital investment above the current level of 10% of GDP (half the average of Latin America). Second, Cuba confronts the difficult task of unburdening its largely stalled state-led economy. Despite these signs, due to expanding U.S.

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Policies Short-term Long-term GDP 8