Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

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. He decided to leave Phillips to commit to the cause of fighting blindness — a risky decision for a 43-year old. Competitors used the expensive CCD technology for cameras.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Entrepreneur Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

US business already are spending heavily on research and development – data from the National Science Foundation (NSF) even shows an uptick in US business investment in R&D. In fact, private capital investment, an even larger ticket item than R&D, has also been increasing and is at historically high levels of GDP.

Innovation 8

Innovation Short-term Long-term Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

they account for 50% of employment and 45% of GDP. In a separate paper , my coauthor and I find that community banks in developing and emerging economies reduce lending after disasters because systemic loan defaults deplete bank capital. In the U.S., Small business owners wear many hats, but similar principles apply.

Insurance 8

Insurance Risk Management Finance Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

They’d bonded over their Miami roots and their desire to make a difference in the world, and soon they began developing Helena’s idea into a fully fledged organization. Instead, it would serve as a connector, recruiting local business leaders to commit to helping entrepreneurs. Miami certainly qualified.

Case Study 8

Case Study Incubator Marketing Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Theories and practices of management often spring from the opportunities created by new technologies. Client-server technology begat enterprise resource planning systems, and the consequent system-wide visibility that was required for what we call business process management (BPM). How it effects product design and customer experience.

Management 12

Management Software BPM Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2015

But in past weeks, it seems that the movie in Asia has been on fast-forward around global development and financing. It’s stated mission is to “focus on the development of infrastructure and other productive sectors in Asia.” billion of subscribed capital) or the Asian Development Bank ($162.8 Still, the U.S.

Banking 8

Banking Development Policies Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

PwC’s annual Low Carbon Economy Index report concluded that we must lower global carbon intensity (the amount of carbon produced for every dollar of GDP) by 6% per year until 2100, a percentage point lower than last year’s report recommended. states ), committed to a 600% increase in renewable energy by 2020. Let’s dive in.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain McKinsey Apparel Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2011

There's a growing middle class, expanded GDP, and general optimism in the region. The Americans took over through investments in science and technology; today, the greatness of the U.S. If you spend millions developing real estate in the continent, you may be disappointed when the Chinese leave after the mines have been exhausted.

Real Estate 14

Real Estate Education GDP Hotels 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s true of GDP. The technology-stock bubble of the late 1990s and its subsequent deflation were among the defining events of Greenspan’s tenure. Almost everybody is bullish, expects the market to go up, and is fully committed. 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

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2014

The aim of growth policies is to entice people or companies pursuing specific, well-developed activities to move to your locale or create businesses there. For example, when Singapore decided to bolster its economy by developing its information and communication industries, it created detailed plans aimed at products such as hard drives.

Policies 8

Policies Innovation Finance Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Every country committed to action in the form of the Paris Agreement. At the state level, New Jersey passed a big new gas tax , and Oregon , Illinois , and California developed robust energy and climate policies. As prices dropped, companies noticed, and corporate purchases and commitments to clean energy grew. Then came 2016.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2017

While flights of imagination from science-fiction writers, filmmakers, and techno-futurists involve things like flying cars and teleportation, in practice smart technology is making inroads in a piecemeal fashion, often in rather banal circumstances. The potential for technologies to enable smart societies is rising. trillion by 2026.

Benchmarking 10

Benchmarking Globalization Technology Policies 10