Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2016

Executives are usually taught that data is an objective and critical input for strategic planning and operations. Applying this, however, is much easier said than done — especially among companies operating in emerging markets. For example, as Greece returned to financial crisis in 2015, the IMF forecasted 2.5%

Marketing 9

Marketing GDP Industry Objective 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

New research, led by a team from McKinsey Global Institute in cooperation with FCLT Global , found that companies that operate with a true long-term mindset have consistently outperformed their industry peers since 2001 across almost every financial measure that matters. percentage points of GDP growth per year). We calculate that U.S.

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Lower resource prices and higher levels of sociopolitical instability have taken their toll: Africa’s real GDP grew at an average of 3.3% a year between 2010 and 2015, considerably slower than the 5.4% from 2010 to 2015, compared with 4.1% trillion in 2015 to $3.5 from 2000 to 2010. between 2000 and 2010.

Globalization 8

Globalization Long-term GDP Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

In this new operating environment, I find more and more multinationals looking to new frontier markets for growth while demanding profitability from their emerging-market operations. Quantifying the impressive rise of the middle class, FSG calculates private consumption in Peru is set to grow 54% between 2010 and 2015.

Marketing 8

Marketing GDP Automotive Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Yet health care, which represents about 10% of global GDP, has lagged behind other sectors. Generate high-quality imaging, laboratory, and operational data. The acceleration of digital technology has enabled the disruption of many disparate industries. Four Steps for Digitalizing Healthcare.

Health Care 8

Health Care Content Power GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

What links the world together has changed fundamentally — and for many companies, succeeding in this new operating environment will require rethinking many past decisions and assumptions. Today growth in global trade has flattened, and it looks unlikely to regain its previous peak relative to world GDP anytime soon.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain GDP Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2015

It’s 2015, and by now even latecomers among multinational corporations have decided to include African countries in their emerging market portfolios. Many companies separate their Sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa operations because of strong cultural, economic, and linguistic differences between the two regions.).

Long-term 8

Long-term Short-term GDP Contingency Plans 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

A recent survey of 22 Latin America-focused executives conducted by my firm, Frontier Strategy Group , found that, on average, corporate sales performance in Brazil declined by 6% in USD between 2014 and 2015—and the near-term future does not look any brighter. Strategy 1: Adapt Your Value Proposition. times EBITDA.

Strategy 8

Strategy Depreciation EBITDA Price 8

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. Unfortunately, this virtuous cycle appears to be broken. Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic. And wages are stagnant.

Human Capital 15

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

The language this year is even broader, but he’s been hitting these themes for a while: The 2017 letter : “[are you] attuned to the key factors that contribute to long-term growth…attention to external and environmental factors…and recognition of the company’s role as a member of the communities in which it operates.”

Letter 9

Letter Long-term Short-term Diversity 9

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. collects less corporate tax revenue than peer countries, by about 1% of GDP. Furthermore, looking at the data, it is difficult to make the case that U.S. Further, U.S.

Finance 8

Finance GDP System Short-term 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. For example, American services marketplace Thumbtack leverages close to 1,000 home-based contractors in the Philippines to help with business operations. The Philippines has a huge business process outsourcing industry.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Technology B2B GDP 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). Then came 2016.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

And alongside the country’s bad debt (some estimates say it is $40 billion ), sanctions were commonly evaded through money laundering , which discouraged foreign banks from operating locally. Focusing on data such as population growth, inflation, and GDP growth is a way to anticipate market developments.

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

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.

Safe Harbor 9

Safe Harbor Industry Uncertainty Crisis 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

GDP by 2020. This frugal solution is built around affordable and easy-to-use medical devices that can be operated by nurses in rural clinics. Meanwhile, even middle-class Americans are being priced out of the housing market in states like California, where average low-tier property prices went up by 10% in 2015.

Cost 8

Cost Globalization Innovation Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

companies in 2014 and show no signs of letting up in 2015. Among their trophies in 2014 was a complete housecleaning at Darden Restaurants, the largest operator of full-service restaurants in the U.S. Dupont did not give in to Nelson Pelz’s demands, but it did make big changes in its board.

Airlines 8

Airlines CEO Automotive Long-term 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 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8