The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 25, 2020

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.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Restructuring GDP Policies 97

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2023

trillion in lost productivity, equal to 11% of global GDP. Research shows a causal link between happy workers and a 13% increase in productivity. On the flipside, unhappiness at work costs the world $7.8 But too many of us are disconnected, disengaged, and bored at work.

GDP 25

GDP Globalization Trends Stress 25

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2011

In case you skimmed too fast to get the point, here it is: that favored benchmark of national performance, GDP growth or GDP per capita, is a distortion of reality that guides us to decisions contrary to what people really want. What is seldom mentioned is that our economic statistics contain plenty of subjectivity.

GDP 14

GDP Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Policies 14

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 24, 2017

According to estimates by supply chain management organizations, the global supply chain market is worth more than $10 trillion a year. In short, it’s an enormous business, consuming some 6 percent of total world GDP, more than military spending and education combined. Returns management should be a major focus.

Supply Chain 50

Supply Chain Strategy Cost Software 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

These days, many people agree that, just as the full measure of a man can't be taken by his banker, the full measure of a nation isn't reflected in its GDP. Obviously, this is relevant to managers because they are often the drivers of entrepreneurial activity as well as the inspiration to the next generation of entrepreneurs.

GDP 10

GDP Social Capital Globalization Entrepreneur 10

Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2010

leads the world in health expenditures as a percentage of GDP at 16.5%. The most frustrating thing, I think, is the health care debate is emblematic of what passes for public policy these days. It’s common to hear someone say about the U.S., “We We have the best health care system in the world.” Based on what facts?

Health Care 167

Health Care Insurance Executive Coaching Blog 167

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

America doubled down on a strategy of suburbs, automobiles, housing, and the debt-fueled trappings of a consumer economy, which worked like gangbusters, boosting GDP for the nation, creating millions of jobs, and swelling corporate profits left and right. style corporate management seems to be leading in an unproductive direction.

Management 15

Management GDP Retail Automotive 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank followed broadly similar policies in reaction to the crisis, lowering interest rates and injecting liquidity. But they differed greatly in how far and when they applied these policies. Fiscal policy. But GDP fell so much that the actual effect was to push up the ratio of debt to GDP.

Crisis 8

Crisis Policies GDP Politics 8

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The UN Women website states that by increasing female employment in OECD countries to match the levels presented by Sweden, GDP could be boosted by over $6 trillion. It is undeniable that the challenges working women face are considerable but the workforce remains determined to participate to the best of their abilities.

GDP 98

GDP McKinsey Participative Report 98

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2017

No surprise, then, that it poses serious challenges for the health care systems, pension schemes, and public debt management of modern societies. And growth reduces the government’s debt-to-GDP ratio, which facilitates and cheapens future government borrowing. The active labor force declines over time, and so does GDP.

Innovation 8

Innovation GDP Health Care Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Its gross domestic product has surged from less than $150 billion in 1978 to $8,227 billion in 2012 (see “China’s GDP” chart below). Despite these impressive achievements, there is still plenty of room for catch up, with China’s per capita GDP only a fifth of the U.S. percentage points of GDP growth in 1979-1989, 0.5

GDP 13

GDP Supply Chain Globalization Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2017

That’s roughly, and remarkably, half of Germany’s GDP, amounting to about 9% of world exports that year. So how did Germany, with the fourth-largest GDP in the world (after the United States, China, and Japan), transform itself from sick man to economic superstar? With just 2.6 The country’s exports reached nearly $1.3

Marketing 13

Marketing Decentralization Policies GDP 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2017

By comparison, the United States has a higher proportion of work hours in management, architecture, and engineering jobs, which have a lower automation potential since they require application of specific expertise such as high-value engineering, which computers and robots currently are not able to do. billion to 2.2

GDP 14

GDP Globalization Policies Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

In most countries, both developed and developing, private employment and median family income have stopped growing at the same pace as labor productivity and real GDP per capita—mostly due, they argue, to technological advances. The theme: Claiming Our Humanity — Managing in the Digital Age. So what are we to do?

GDP 8

GDP Porter Education Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Such improvements could help cut the costs of traffic congestion ( about 1% of GDP globally ), road accidents ( 1.25 The shift to next-generation mobility systems, however, won’t be easy for cities to manage. Doing so will allow policy makers to play a more proactive role in shaping what that future looks like.

Transportation 11

Transportation Technology GDP Policies 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

This complicates the ability of outsiders to understand the purpose for and implications of policy changes. The plan is expected to outline policies intended to ensure that China continues to see average annual GDP growth of 7% through this decade, the growth rate required to meet Premier Li Keqiang’s stated goal of doubling GDP by 2020.

GDP 8

GDP Fixed Assets Globalization Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

Analysts have already reduced forecasted GDP growth rates for Japan by 0.5% Japan's economic policy makers are being put to the test once again. With government deficits equaling 10% of GDP, and national debt at 200% of GDP, funding the recovery plan with still more government debt would be imprudent. on Tuesday.

GDP 15

GDP Aggregate Demand Supply Chain Crisis 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2012

asks Foreign Policy. First, don't just focus on the budget and the schedule; make sure you're also managing strategy and key stakeholders. And finally, double-down on stringent project management. GDP growth isn’t actually all that good a predictor of income growth for ordinary working households." Singer in this piece.

GDP 8

GDP McKinsey Budgeting Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2011

The Middle East upheavals and the prospect of a more liberal Tiananmen generation soon taking power has pushed policy to the extreme right in China. While government economic policy favors "indigenous innovation" and Beijing's five-year plan focusses on innovation, the free flow of information and creative expression are being repressed.

Politics 15

Politics GDP Policies Class 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Georgiou’s crime was that back in 2009, he strictly applied globally accepted international rules in reporting the Greek government’s budget deficit, which had the effect of increasing it by just under 3% to a whopping 15% of GDP. Calculating this debt in “present” (i.e.,

GDP 8

GDP Maturity Crisis Report 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2017

But in 2010, Rakuten mandated an English-only policy for its workforce of over 10,000 employees. The company also aspired to raise the overseas portion of its revenue in response to the projected shrinking of the Japanese GDP as a portion of global GDP ( from 12% in 2006 to 3% in 2050 ) and wanted to expand its global talent pool.

Succession 15

Succession Globalization Tacit Knowledge GDP 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2012

US annual GDP is just over $15 trillion. trillion) over ten years is just over seven percent of one year's GDP. But the actual cut for 2013 is a tenth of that figure, less than one percent of GDP, each year, over ten years, which is far less dramatic. The media tends to downplay that these cuts would be spread over ten years.

GDP 10

GDP Politics Budgeting Bottom-up 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

For our research , we looked at 71 emerging economies and identified 18 that achieved rapid and consistent GDP growth over the past 50 and 20 years. By bringing them into their ecosystems, the larger competitive firms help instill management and operational best practices, and can accelerate and encourage technology adoption.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation Long-term Short-term GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2018

It is the continuous obligation of economic policy to match increases in productive potential with increases in purchasing power and demand. Nonetheless, with the right policies we can get the best of both worlds: automation without rampant unemployment. anucha sirivisansuwan/Getty Images. Is This Time Different? In the U.S.,

Policies 8

Policies Aggregate Demand Technology Education 8

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. So there are a lot of long-term, constitutional policy issues that it’s going to take a lot of work to offset, set in motion by this.

Banking 9

Banking Short-term Long-term Policies 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2017

The next recession, which came in 2001, was short and mild (GDP barely fell), but it took four years for the job market to heal, prompting the Federal Reserve to administer the economy a long course of low interest rates. labor market is like an aging athlete; it is taking longer and longer to recover from recessions.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Merchandising GDP Quality 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. It’s clear why pain in the domestic supplier base matters from a policy perspective.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Incentives Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

of GDP (PDF) is necessary to raise infrastructure in the region to the standard of developed East Asian countries. Just to keep pace with anticipated global GDP growth, the world needs to spend $57 trillion , or on average $3.2 The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean estimates that investment equivalent to 7.9%

Transportation 8

Transportation GDP Globalization Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2016

” This led us to wonder whether non-discrimination policies, specifically ENDAs, truly foster creativity in the workplace, and, if so, how. In our research , recently published in Management Science, we examine the effect of U.S. It also turns out to be great for the creativity that drives our business.”

Innovation 8

Innovation GDP Human Capital Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Indeed, while Brexit remains prominent in UK headlines and policy circles, we observe in conversations with business leaders that most have shifted their attention back to their pre-Brexit challenges. Economic policy makers used to complain that they only have a rear-mirror view to steer the economy.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation Uncertainty Company Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

Agriculture accounts for more than 30% of the continent’s GDP and employs more than 60% of its working population. For decades, African governments have used many policy instruments to improve farm productivity. Sokopepe uses SMS and web tools to offer market information and farm record management services to farmers.

Technology 13

Technology Supply Chain Entrepreneur GDP 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

Government policy will, of course, be an important factor in releasing this latent demand. Economic growth of just under 5% a year would see consumer spending rise by 60% over the course of the next decade, even if consumption’s share of GDP doesn’t budge. Innovative business models may be required. Take consumer credit.

Strategy 8

Strategy Insurance Transportation GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2014

The tragedy is that countless people died even though both workers and management knew something was wrong. Yet companies apply the same supply chain labor policies in both countries. This data can be used not only to improve business operations, but also can be leveraged for public policy engagement at local and international levels.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Bottom-up Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2013

trillion in bribes wiped out more than 5% of global GDP. In 2010, the U.N. estimates, some $1.5 And by 2015, this Foreign Affairs article predicts, the total value of goods lost to counterfeiting and piracy will balloon from 2008's $650 billion to $1.77

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence GDP McKinsey Film 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

The Bank of England will likely lower policy rates, or even adopt negative interest rates. Here, too, the directional impact has been analyzed credibly, with estimates ranging from 3%–9% of GDP loss. FTSE250) were indeed recorded in the first two sessions after the vote. For example, a U.S. Run scenarios.

Uncertainty 9

Uncertainty Short-term Supply Chain Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

Based on frequent conversations with Iran-focused multinational companies, there are five notable challenges that deserve immediate attention in order to reap the benefits of the Iranian market: Updating global compliance policies. Companies need to confirm that their policies are compliant by consulting with an external sanctions lawyer.

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

These threats change the risk management calculus of firms hoping to succeed in a more turbulent world. they account for 50% of employment and 45% of GDP. Owning up to our own behavioral biases is a worthwhile starting point to discussing the problem of managing infrequent, severe events. Data from the U.S. In the U.S.,

Insurance 8

Insurance Risk Management Finance Supply Chain 8