Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

When we think of innovation, we tend to think of smart, technically trained people sitting in a room coming up with game-changing ideas. But innovation is just as much a function of connections—of a person’s or team’s ability to access global information networks and work alongside others with relevant skills.

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Innovation Metrics Globalization Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Its gross domestic product has surged from less than $150 billion in 1978 to $8,227 billion in 2012 (see “China’s GDP” chart below). Despite these impressive achievements, there is still plenty of room for catch up, with China’s per capita GDP only a fifth of the U.S. percentage points of GDP growth in 1979-1989, 0.5

GDP 13

GDP Supply Chain Globalization Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

This kind of innovation is almost a textbook example of frugal innovation. What’s more, many of the innovations originate in relatively poor, underdeveloped regions or are designed to serve low-income customers, which means that the innovators have no choice but to be frugal. GDP by 2020.

Cost 8

Cost Globalization Innovation Banking 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

APRIL 18, 2017

By one estimate , the number of international migrants worldwide reached 244 million in 2015, up from 222 million in 2010, and 173 million in 2000. For, example, from 1960 to 2010, when the growth rate of fractionalization increased by 10 percentage points, the growth rate of per capita GDP increased by about 2.1 percentage points.

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Long-term GDP Diversity Construction 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

In most countries, both developed and developing, private employment and median family income have stopped growing at the same pace as labor productivity and real GDP per capita—mostly due, they argue, to technological advances. So what are we to do? Learn from the countries that are bucking the trend.

GDP 8

GDP Porter Education Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

Industries dominated by information-rich assets (think publishing and music) were swept up in the early wave of internet innovation. The digital economy is making significant contributions to global gross domestic product (GDP), outpacing global growth by 400 percent. No industry is immune.

Technology 8

Technology Industry GDP Content 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2016

As we move from a brick-and-mortar economy to one driven by innovation, it will be crucial for cities to facilitate job and economic growth by fostering established businesses, as well as the entrepreneurs who today are driving 50 percent of GDP and creating 75 percent of new jobs. Ranking America’s most future-ready cities.

Content 8

Content Human Capital IAS Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

which cries out for breakthrough healthcare delivery innovations that aim at significant cost reductions and wider coverage. trillion, or almost 18% of its GDP , on health care — that’s $10,000 per person, twice as much as any other country in the industrialized world. Innovation has the power to ratchet down U.S.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Entrepreneur Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2017

We know innovation drives corporate growth. As Strategy& reported in its 2015 survey of 1,757 executives, “innovation today is a key driver of organic growth for all companies — regardless of sector or geography.” GDP growth over the past 30 years.

Gordon 10

Gordon Company Innovation Industry 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In the decade between 2005 and 2015, labor productivity in the US as measured by GDP per labor hour was less than 1% for 7 of the 10 years, according to the OECD. We know that great ideas that drive breakthroughs in productivity come from human beings with the time, talent and energy to innovate. And wages are stagnant.

Human Capital 15

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

And as innovation brings self-driving cars, electric vehicles, in-vehicle data connectivity, mechanisms for sharing rides and vehicles, and other technologies to more people, getting around cities will become easier, faster, and safer. million deaths in 2015 ), and air pollution (health problems like respiratory ailments).

Transportation 11

Transportation Technology GDP Policies 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

In an analysis of income-tax probes , the highest level of illegal money detection in India was found to be in 2015–2016, and the cash component was only about 6%. Innovation and Creativity Emerged Around Digital Payments. Here, the government’s innovative capacity shone through. instead of 7%.

Banking 10

Banking GDP Policies Real Estate 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Yet health care, which represents about 10% of global GDP, has lagged behind other sectors. Operationalize digital innovations while focusing on effective change management to ensure buy- in from clinical and non-clinical staff. The acceleration of digital technology has enabled the disruption of many disparate industries.

Health Care 8

Health Care Content Power GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

and China take the lead in tech innovation. While 44% of EU residents shopped online in 2014, a paltry 15% bought from another member state; barely up by six and a half percentage points since 2010, according to the European Commission’s (EC) “Digital Agenda Scoreboard 2015.” Investing in innovation capacity.

Crisis 8

Crisis McKinsey Policies Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

So far, 2015 has produced 30 unicorns. That’s significant for a country with a GDP of $270 billion. The Southeast Asia city’s rapid growth echoes the story of the so-called “unicorns” — technology start-ups that rapidly grew to a billion-dollar valuation and beyond.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Technology B2B GDP 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. Given its ideological leanings, China presents itself as a unique experiment in the power of the state to help the economy become more innovative. 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. Innovation and change.

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

After-tax profits are at historically high levels; they were more than 50% higher as a share of GDP in the years 2010-2015 than they were over the prior 20 years. They are also global leaders in tax avoidance, giving rise to concerns in Europe and elsewhere that their tax planning innovations have reduced government tax revenues.

Finance 8

Finance GDP System Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2017

In 2015 real GDP per capita was $56,000 in the United States. The real GDP per capita in that same year was only $47,000 in Germany, $41,000 in France and the United Kingdom, and just $36,000 in Italy, adjusting for purchasing power. Each year, the United States produces more per person than most other advanced economies.

Decentralization 15

Decentralization GDP Finance Incentives 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2016

These are real concerns for the UK economy overall as the tech sector accounts for around 10% of British GDP. billion in the rest of Europe over the period 2010-2015. A 2015 survey by Wayra , a startup incubator, last year found that over a fifth of startup talent in the UK came from other EU countries. billion R&D fund ).

Safe Harbor 9

Safe Harbor Industry Uncertainty Crisis 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

of GDP in 2007 to 3.3% in 2015, while foreign direct investment from the United States fell from 2.9% They must now pay far more attention to innovation and politics. Finally, the chance that an investment will go wrong because of unexpected political events is increasing. But they will need to change. ”

Politics 8

Politics Globalization Business Model Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In 2015, the world pivoted in a historic way toward sustainability. In response to Trump’s election and his statements doubting climate change, many countries that signed the Paris climate accords in 2015 made it clear they would power on (China in particular — see story number three, below). days of innovation).

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Hillary Clinton has a tech and innovation agenda. A 2011 McKinsey study estimated that the internet accounted for 21% of GDP growth over the previous five years among the developed countries studied, a sharp increase over the 10% contribution over the 15 years prior. digital industries. The Digital Economy as a Jobs Risk.

Politics 9

Politics McKinsey Katz Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

To cope with the cyclical variations of copper prices, the industry made an innovative leap into the health care sector, a move that represents a clear departure from the commodity trap. But the regional steel industry’s leaders minimized exposure to price volatility by focusing on product and process innovations.

Cooper 14

Cooper Long-term Industry Health Care 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

greenhouse gas emissions peaked in 2007, and by 2015 had declined by 10%. emissions from electricity generators fell 20% from 2007 to 2015, while emissions from other sectors fell more modestly. emissions from electricity generators fell 20% from 2007 to 2015, while emissions from other sectors fell more modestly. Blue States.

Energy 8

Energy Transportation Policies Politics 8