The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

This narrative was further explored in a recent study that also set to take into account things like energy prices alongside the quality of management. Fossil fuel subsidies are hugely important, as they amounted to nearly $5 trillion around the world in 2013, or 6.5% of global GDP.

Energy 81

Energy Quality Banking GDP 81

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

To achieve growth, economies the world over rely on small businesses to create jobs, increase competition and spur innovation. In the latest forecasts from The Economist Intelligence Unit, global GDP growth for 2013 has been revised down to 3.1% – only slightly up on GDP growth for 2012 (2.9%). All rights reserved.

Engineering 50

Engineering Resources GDP Strategic Planning 50

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

AUGUST 17, 2016

In 2013 Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, urged the U.S. He argued that it would not only protect the rights of a diverse workforce but also foster innovation: “Embracing people’s individuality is a matter of basic human dignity and civil rights. state-level ENDAs on corporate patent-based innovation. Currently, the U.S.

Innovation 8

Innovation GDP Human Capital Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

What exactly are the issues that people have with Europe’s innovativeness? Half or more of those surveyed believed that European innovators were good, even world class, and that they had good business and technological skills. Let’s look at innovativeness. The US is usually seen as a hotbed of innovation.

Globalization 8

Globalization Survey GDP Innovation 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. In some instances, the end results were firm closures and lost jobs. manufacturers are taking notice.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Incentives Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2014

But as good managers have discovered in so many realms of human need, pure philanthropy is not the only means for addressing social challenges. higher GDP per capita than countries with average literacy scores. It is over $100 billion (that’s over 5% of Indian GDP) each year. higher productivity rates and 1.5%

GDP 8

GDP Education Finance Globalization 8