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Review of “The Happiness Advantage” by Shawn Achor

The Practical Leader

And the movement to measure national well-being on factors other than GDP could be game changing: As we know, what gets measured gets managed. We use this in our retreats and workshops to go through the heads of “hard-nosed and results-focused” operational executives and managers to get at issues of the heart.

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Why Including Government Procurement In Your Sales & Marketing Strategy Will Catapult Your Business To The Next Level

Strategy Driven

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) — with manufacturing second at 12% of GDP. Some of the best business advice you will receive is that your company MUST designate some resources toward selling to the government. The federal government spends over $4 trillion per year, and state & local agencies spend over $3 trillion.

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What Has the Eurozone Learned from the Financial Crisis?

Harvard Business Review

But GDP fell so much that the actual effect was to push up the ratio of debt to GDP. ” While this might be a reasonable advice for an indebted individual, it is the wrong advice for countries and a disastrous policy when applied to all countries at once. Ten years after the crisis, observers of the U.S.

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How Digital Technology Is Changing Farming in Africa

Harvard Business Review

Agriculture accounts for more than 30% of the continent’s GDP and employs more than 60% of its working population. For example, aerial images from satellites or drones, weather forecasts, and soil sensors are making it possible to manage crop growth in real time. But most farmers are still only marginally improving yields.

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Case Study: Should an Emerging-Market Incubator Help U.S. Businesses?

Harvard Business Review

Once anointed as Unamano Entrepreneurs, or UEs, they would receive abundant free advice from experienced local advisers, be introduced to local and global mentors and service providers, and attend conferences and meet-ups. But they also needed to show promise, with a healthy per capita GDP. ” “Haven’t I told you?”

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CEO Next Door Book Reveals Four Key Behaviors Of Successful CEOs And Busts CEO Myths

Eric Jacobson

The CEO Next Door is the new book that offers career advice for everyone who aspires to rise in their organization and achieve their full potential. Impressively, that advice is based on an in-depth analysis of over 2,6,00 leaders -- drawn from a database of more than 17,000 CEOs and C-suite executives. non-farm GDP).

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Why President Kagame Runs Rwanda Like a Business

Harvard Business Review

Was that advice from people like Professor Porter? In fact, it is among the leaders contributing to our GDP growth, with huge potential. We keep sending our people to institutions of higher learning in the sciences, engineering, and management. Was that something that came bottom up? Kagame: It is a combination of factors.

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