The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Fossil fuel subsidies are hugely important, as they amounted to nearly $5 trillion around the world in 2013, or 6.5% of global GDP. The study assessed around 2,250 manufacturing companies from 38 different countries. Driving change.

Energy 81

Energy Quality Banking GDP 81

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2014

No single number has become more central to society in the past 50 years than GDP — Gross Domestic Product. government released its revised estimate for GDP for the last three months of 2013. The limitations of GDP have long been recognized. Academics have also joined the post-GDP party. This past Friday, the U.S.

GDP 8

GDP Education Industry Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

When the Chinese Communist Party’s central committee wraps up the Third Plenum on November 12, 2014, a shift from efficiency to innovation will likely be one of the major planks in its vision for China. Some argue that China is already well on its way to becoming a global innovation power that will rival the US and Europe.

Innovation 8

Innovation Globalization Venture Capitalist GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2014

Whichever way you look at it, the countries producing the majority of the next generation of workers are still the ones least able to help them develop. Collectively, the UN projects, the less developed regions of the world “will grow 58% over 50 years, as opposed to 2% for more developed regions.

GDP 8

GDP Education Finance Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2015

For the last decade, Africa’s GDP has been growing quickly. But with robust growth rates and economies unburdened by legacy structures of the last century, Africans can innovate beyond what others are doing. Innovating away from past exclusion. China, and most countries of Western Europe.

Banking 8

Banking Globalization Credit Rating Short-term 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. These costs are significantly higher for U.S. But the future trajectory of U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Incentives Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Steel did in an earlier era of manufacturing, Aquion and innovative firms like it are spearheading economic and employment growth across the country. Indeed, in a world where globalization and rapid technological changes are the norm, manufacturing, high-tech development, and innovation clearly require a different level of support.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8