Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

has the world’s most sophisticated system of financing radical ideas, and the results have been impressive, from Google to Facebook to Twitter. by 66%, manufacturing in Germany employed 22% of the workforce and contributed 21% of GDP in 2010. Indeed, as part of an effort to learn from Germany about effective innovation, U.S.

Innovation 15

Innovation GDP Telecommunications Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Their lower employment numbers and growth aspirations have historically led to questions of how to "fix" them. On the other end of the growth spectrum, analysis of a dataset from 350 micro finance institutions across 70 countries indicated lending to more women was associated with lower write-offs and lower portfolio-at-risk.

Globalization 13

Globalization Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Ask them if they apply much else from else from economics in their actual business careers, and you’re likely to hear “not much.”. They might be surprised at how certain economic notions have been directly applied in business, with largely positive results. Economists and finance. Here a few notable examples.

Strategy 12

Strategy Black-Scholes Airlines Price 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

I tried to get Greenspan to talk me for my November HBR article on economics and finance since the crisis , but he said he’d promised his publisher to keep mum until the book was out, which was too late for my purposes. It’s true of GDP. The dot-com boom when it collapsed, you can’t find it in the GDP figures in 2001, 2002.

Long-term 11

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 11