Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2014

Earlier this week, Nigeria ascended to the position of Africa’s largest economy following a recalculation of its GDP by the country’s National Bureau of Statistics. The long overdue exercise (the last one was in 1990) nearly doubled the country’s economy pushing GDP up to $510bn from $270bn. Post announcement, the ratio is 18%.

GDP 8

GDP Human Capital Film Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Such improvements could help cut the costs of traffic congestion ( about 1% of GDP globally ), road accidents ( 1.25 million deaths in 2015 ), and air pollution (health problems like respiratory ailments). These complex dynamics put municipal authorities in a bind.

Transportation 10

Transportation Technology GDP Policies 10

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. China, with a per capita GDP of $7,827 in 2011 (in 2005 dollars, according to the latest edition of the Penn World Tables ), is getting close to that first landmark. to 8% growth rate.".

GDP 9

GDP Banking Finance Maturity 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

Within weeks there was $50 billion in business deals involving foreign companies, including the Airbus agreement (worth $25 billion) to sell 118 planes, and Italy’s state rail company’s $5 billion pact to develop the local rail network. sanctions are delaying these projects being financed. However, remaining U.S.

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

By our measures, companies that were managed for the long term added nearly 12,000 more jobs on average than their peers from 2001 to 2015. It started with developing a proprietary Corporate Horizon Index. percentage points of GDP growth per year). The returns to society and the overall economy were equally impressive.

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8

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% in 2015 and is on track to reach a targeted 2.5% in 2000 to 2.0%

Innovation 8

Innovation Drucker Policies Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

We introduced the Digital Evolution Index in HBR in 2015 to trace the emergence of a “digital planet,” how physical interactions — in communications, social and political exchange, commerce, media and entertainment — are being displaced by digitally mediated ones. Today’s Digital Landscape. Innovation and change.

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8