Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

to 8% GDP growth rate already is a significant slowdown from the nearly 10% annual pace at which China''s economy had been growing until last year. In the first, published in Asian Economic Papers last year, they reported a marked tendency toward slower economic growth when per capita incomes reach around $17,000 a year (in 2005 prices).

GDP 9

GDP Banking Finance Maturity 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

In Jakarta, from 2005-2009, the number of cars rose by 22% annually, while the distance of usable roads actually declined (PDF). of GDP (PDF) is necessary to raise infrastructure in the region to the standard of developed East Asian countries. an estimated $100 billion per year. Pessimism rules, but it needn''t be that way.

Transportation 8

Transportation GDP Globalization Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Oil was discovered in the Congo worth about 28 times its GDP. FINANCING THAT VACATION HOME IN VANUATU. Actually, the Xbox 360, which has been going strong since 2005, is slated for replacement when Microsoft unveils a new game console next year. Brazil became a net importer of people. Nothing could be easier.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing GDP Bottom-up Call Center 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

In November 2005, Paul Graham wrote an essay titled " The Venture Capital Squeeze." In a relatively short time, venture-backed companies have grown to account for over 20% of US GDP today. An organization's capabilities become its disabilities when disruption is afoot." – Clayton Christensen, The Innovator's Solution.

Disruptive Innovation 15

Disruptive Innovation Hedge Venture Capitalist Venture Funding 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2013

Economists have also continued their imperialist habit of delving into other fields: 2005's Freakonomics , co-authored by Becker disciple Steven Levitt, was a prime example of this — and sold millions of copies. Meaning that you can never get truly scientific answers out of GDP or unemployment numbers.

Tversky 12

Tversky Crisis Levitt Consensus 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

Earlier this week, on April 16, the US nominee Jim Yong Kim was selected over Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo. The choice of who will lead the World Bank has been made. From less than 10% of world exports, they account for nearly 20%.

Globalization 13

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

I tried to get Greenspan to talk me for my November HBR article on economics and finance since the crisis , but he said he’d promised his publisher to keep mum until the book was out, which was too late for my purposes. It’s true of GDP. The dot-com boom when it collapsed, you can’t find it in the GDP figures in 2001, 2002.

Long-term 12

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 12