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Leading Job Growth in the Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

The heart-wrenching scene reminded me of the terrible challenges that today’s job-seekers face thanks to the advance of technologies that make human labor obsolete. In emerging markets, labor’s share of GDP is declining in 42 out of 59 countries, including China, Mexico and India. With the right leadership, I think so.

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3 Entrepreneurs Who Made It Their Mission to Lower Health Care Costs

Harvard Business Review

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. Competitors used the expensive CCD technology for cameras. But Forus placed its bets on the lower cost CEMOS technology which the mobile phone industry embraced.

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The Case for Investing More in People

Harvard Business Review

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. This includes more autonomy and agility as well as inspirational leadership. Unfortunately, this virtuous cycle appears to be broken. And wages are stagnant.

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Why Multinationals Are Doubling Down on Russia

Harvard Business Review

And while two years of shrinking GDP growth , sanctions , and a volatile ruble have led some companies like GM to leave the market, there has not been a large-scale exodus of MNCs from Russia. Why Russia is still attractive.

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Your Board Should Be Full of Activists

Harvard Business Review

companies in 2014 and show no signs of letting up in 2015. Vanguard holds more than $3 trillion in assets, making it the equivalent of the world’s fifth largest country in GDP, ahead of France. Leadership Boards' Dupont did not give in to Nelson Pelz’s demands, but it did make big changes in its board.

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Should a Woman Act More Like a Man to Succeed at Work?

Great Leadership By Dan

New DDI research explores leadership differences between men and women and makes the case for gender diversity in the workplace. DDI’s High-Resolution Leadership study reviewed true assessment data from 10,000 global leaders and found no difference in the battle of the sexes for leadership skills.

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How China’s Government Helps — and Hinders — Innovation

Harvard Business Review

By all accounts, the Chinese state is on all-out drive to move the country up the technological ladder. Yet, along other dimensions, the state is unwittingly hindering China’s emergence as a technological giant. Total investment in R&D (as a proportion of GDP) grew from 0.9% in 2000 to 2.0% respectively.