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How Managerial Quality Affects Energy Usage In Manufacturing Firms

The Horizons Tracker

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.

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Amazing AI Facts That Could Change The World

Strategy Driven

PWC believes global GDP will rise by 14% by 2030 due to AI. Venture capital for AI between 2013-2017 increased by 4.5%. But Google CEO Sundar Pichai thinks that AI will have a bigger impact on the development of human life. Big Data and Analytics will be a huge source for spending by 202o reaching a global soend of $203 billion.

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Complimentary Resource – Economist: Smart SMBs Fine-Tuning the Engines of Growth

Strategy Driven

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%). Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Complimentary Resource – Going Green With Content Management.

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What a Study of 33 Countries Found About Aging Populations and Innovation

Harvard Business Review

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.

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The Fiscal Cliff Is Just a Long-Overdue Hangover

Harvard Business Review

fiscal cliff debacle is being played up in the media as if the entire US economy will cease to exist come January 2, 2013. US annual GDP is just over $15 trillion. trillion) over ten years is just over seven percent of one year's GDP. The big scary number of $1.2 So the sum of the cuts ($1.2 Again, taking $1.2

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The Three Reforms China Must Enact: Land, Social Services, and Taxes

Harvard Business Review

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. Which Management Style Will China Adopt? What Needs to Change. An HBR Insight Center.

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As Emerging Markets Slow, Firms Search for “New” BRICs

Harvard Business Review

For example, on the Indonesian archipelago, supply chain and distribution logistics present serious challenges — with logistics costs at 24% of GDP, compared with the regional average range of 9-11%. Additionally, managing corrupt business practices often makes it difficult for MNCs to realize growth potential in the short term.