Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2012

Especially in the world's most fragile states, economic development is critical to stability. Foreign aid, which can account for to up to 97 percent of a nation's GDP, is neither a long-term nor a sustainable solution to help the citizens of these fragile countries. SME owners face a slew of obstacles in conflict zones.

GDP 14

GDP Entrepreneur Finance Training 14

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

Globalization 11

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

To be sure, the proposal set forth by the Greek finance minister is less detailed than that of his predecessor, and leaves some room for maneuvering, but this is a mixed blessing, as the EU, the IMF, and the ECB will need to sign off on specifics. So, clemency on loan terms might make procedural sense.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Policies Crisis Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

GDP while undertaking 40.9% private-sector research and development. competitiveness, for example, and the 2010 study of U.S. Foreign expansion can fuel employment growth at home in areas like manufacturing, logistics, R&D, design, marketing, finance, and management. In 2009, they accounted for 24.4% of all U.S.

Globalization 9

Globalization Rivkin Supply Chain Trends 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

Global capital balances more than doubled between 1990 and 2010 — from $220 trillion (about 6.5 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.

ROE 14

ROE Long-term GDP Six Sigma 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

As the era of China as the world’s low-cost manufacturer comes to an end, innovation has become the most important element in the state’s development blueprint. Total investment in R&D (as a proportion of GDP) grew from 0.9% Our analysis suggests that, so far, the results have been mixed. in 2000 to 2.0%

Innovation 8

Innovation Drucker Policies Technology 8

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 11

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 11