Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2011

Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play. The Legatum people reason that in order for keep the focus on our real priorities, we need to measure the other components of prosperity as carefully as we do GDP, profits, and individual income.

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GDP Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Policies 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Without the ability to create knowledge through quality education, the sustainability of Africa’s new-found optimism remains questionable. I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology to help universities in the region develop capabilities in emerging areas like microelectronics, biotech, and nanotechnology.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 30, 2019

They suggest that while the last 30 years have been typified by increasing Asian consumption and integration into the global flow of trade and innovation, the coming decades will see Asian economies driving and determining the direction of these flows, with the region set to account for 50% of global GDP by 2040.

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Marketing McKinsey Innovation GDP 45

Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2010

leads the world in health expenditures as a percentage of GDP at 16.5%. And the majority of the opinions are "left" or "right" New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was on Oprah last week discussing education reform. It’s common to hear someone say about the U.S., “We We have the best health care system in the world.”

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Health Care Insurance Executive Coaching Blog 166

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

There are other factors to consider when it comes to working mothers as well, such as nativity and education. The Hamilton Project reported that foreign-born working mothers with some form of college education were now participating more in the workspace, likely due to changes in the work authorization rules in the country.

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GDP McKinsey Participative Report 98

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

In most countries, both developed and developing, private employment and median family income have stopped growing at the same pace as labor productivity and real GDP per capita—mostly due, they argue, to technological advances. Scarcer jobs and diminishing wages can only lead to greater inequality and global instability.

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GDP Porter Education Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2014

We all know that education is an investment — but it’s not solely a personal one. The prosperity of nations and the health of economies is linked to the educational attainment levels and size of a skilled workforce. This was a major theme at the Global Education & Skills Forum last week in Dubai.

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GDP Education Finance Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Indicators like gross national income (GNI) and GDP go up. And on an individual level, recruiters and HR managers around the world report that job seekers with exceptional English compared to their country’s level earned 30-50% percent higher salaries. Low and very low proficiency countries display variable levels of development.

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Globalization GDP Competitive Advantage Education 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

We interviewed these 411 leaders, as well as those who work for them, analyzed their education, background, and experience and recorded their actions and impact using 64 investment variables and 24 performance measures over seven years. Academies have devolved decision-making powers enabling them to bypass local government.)

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Long-term Education GDP Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2016

When we talk about managing across cultures, we tend to think of the words “culture” and “country” interchangeably. So, managers refer to “Japanese culture” or the “ American way ” of doing things when referencing work-related beliefs, norms, values, behaviors, and practices.

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Diversity Politics GDP Analysis 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The plan is expected to outline policies intended to ensure that China continues to see average annual GDP growth of 7% through this decade, the growth rate required to meet Premier Li Keqiang’s stated goal of doubling GDP by 2020. Which Management Style Will China Adopt? What Needs to Change. An HBR Insight Center.

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GDP Fixed Assets Globalization Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic. 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. And wages are stagnant.

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Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

It's because Chinese parents invest heavily in their children's education, generally for an only child whose earning power will determine the parents' and grandparents' comfort in old age. Chinese policymakers know that for 50 years the United States has invested around 3% of GDP in R&D.

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Innovation Long-term Politics GDP 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2013

In Brazil, rapid growth in the working-age population and rising labor-force participation have been boosting GDP for years, but have now pretty much run their course. as befits an already very developed, very rich economy. based companies at the forefront of most interesting digital developments. births per woman in 1980 to 1.8

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GDP Disruptive Innovation Sharpe Productivity 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

What do you think causes millions of people to miss work and school in developing economies? The research found that each extra year of secondary education increases a woman's potential earnings by 25% on average. Lack of childcare? Minimal professional training? Insufficient infrastructure?

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Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The only positive fallout has been a modest diversification of the local economy, with exports as a percentage of the province's GDP declining from as much as 85% in 2005 to a still-high 66% in 2010. Can Guangdong manage such a transition before its current manufacturing base is eroded?

GDP 12

GDP Pharmaceuticals Long-term Globalization 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2016

Ask these same managers after a launch whether they met their performance objectives, and too many will answer “not quite” or “not at all.” As the exhibit shows, managers in winning firms were significantly more likely to agree or strongly agree with the statements characterizing each ‘tude.

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Globalization Company Short-term Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2013

Saraki''s approach is emblematic of a growing trend of impact-focused investors that are emerging from developing countries, where economic growth is on the rise. Between 2002-2013, emerging market and developing economies averaged a 6.5% growth in GDP. But the growth — while rapid — has not been broad-based.

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Globalization Venture Capitalist Class GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

In the early 1980s, when China’s reforms began, the country was seriously underinvested and urgently needed to improve its infrastructure, its manufacturing capacity, and housing and education. But every country that has experienced a growth miracle has also developed imbalances that had to be reversed.

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Politics GDP Sharpe Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2017

The available categories cover many kinds of jobs, including being a business owner, office worker, or manager, and working in farming, construction, mining, or transport. GDP is masking deeper issues. Which groups of workers are generally happier? Related Video. Why the Strong U.S. Economy Is Not Making Americans Happy.

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Report Transportation Stress Quality 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

That’s significant for a country with a GDP of $270 billion. Technology-enabled services are the backbone of this industry, and the fastest growing sectors have demand for high-end skills, such as mobile app development and data analytics, as well as middle-level skills, such as video production, copywriting, and financial analysis.

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Outsourcing Technology B2B GDP 8

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. Dinesh’s grandfather developed complications between the checks and passed away. There is a healthcare crisis in the U.S. In 2016, the U.S. spent a staggering $3.2

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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. We should also question the assumption that investor preference for quick returns limits managers’ ability to invest in the future.

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Innovation Short-term Long-term Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

GDP while undertaking 40.9% private-sector research and development. They include a weak K-12 education system; inadequate worker skills; a shortage of workers with backgrounds in science, technology, engineering and mathematics; restrictions on skilled immigrants; the crumbling infrastructure and a high corporate tax rate.

Globalization 9

Globalization Rivkin Supply Chain Trends 9

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. But they also needed to show promise, with a healthy per capita GDP. And that means being in as much of the developing world as possible.”

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Case Study Incubator Marketing Real Estate 8

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2016

To help answer why there are not more women in the top ranks of leadership, scientists at Development Dimensions International (DDI) , the global leadership development consultancy, released two research studies aimed at finding the answers. Make sure your leaders have high-quality development plans.

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Diversity Globalization Transportation Industry 120

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2016

state and city could add at least 5% to GDP by 2025 by advancing the economic potential of women. states could add more than 10%, and the nation’s 50 largest cities could add between 6% and 13% of GDP. trillion GDP opportunity would require the creation of 6.4 trillion in value per year, and it isn’t included in GDP.)

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GDP Policies McKinsey Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

economy amounts to more than $3 trillion in lost economic output, or about 17% of GDP. million managers, first-line supervisors, and administrators in the American workforce in 2014. That works out to one manager and administrator for every 4.7 Overall, managers and administrators made up 17.6% of the U.S.

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Cost Bureaucracy GDP Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

Now think about how companies approach their community development and CSR programs. In some parts of the world government mismanagement of community development (deliberate or otherwise) has led to civil strife, sometimes resulting in armed conflict, creating a security scenario where business simply cannot continue to operate.

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Development Porter Banking Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Are Israeli companies on the verge of developing a repeatable playbook to scale their companies and become market leaders, not just acquisition fodder for the Silicon Valley giants? At nearly 4% of GDP , Israel spends more on R&D — public and private combined — than any nation in the world.) But is all of that changing?

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Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Marketing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2011

I see, instead of food and education "industries," an obesity epidemic and a debt-driven education crisis. Gary Hamel , whose Future of Management is about creating the capacity to live better. But measures of "happiness" don't cut it either, because eudaimonia is more complicated than that.

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GDP Hamel Industry Construction 20

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2013

He has presided over an economic and social rebirth, with Rwanda making dramatic gains in health and development indicators ( watching its recent progress on Gapminder is a remarkable sight). I think it was very clear that Rwanda has to develop its logistics and its physical infrastructure. Government can''t do it.

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Porter Tourism Politics Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Of these, only three, Switzerland, Ireland, and Estonia, made it to a commendable “Stand Out” category – which means that their high levels of digital development are attractive to global businesses and investors and that their digital ecosystems are positioned to nurture start ups and internet businesses that can compete globally.

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Crisis McKinsey Policies Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

It’s not yet clear what Trump’s election means for issues that impact companies’ efforts to manage environmental and social issues. At the state level, New Jersey passed a big new gas tax , and Oregon , Illinois , and California developed robust energy and climate policies. Trump Shocked the World.

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Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Economists, policy makers, executives, educators, the press, and others must become more adept at anger management. Why does all this matter for the purposes of anger management? ” Education. Similarly, in Germany, people with a higher education level were more willing to consider an economic bailout of Greece.

Globalization 8

Globalization Education Policies Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

However, I fear that Mexico continuing its existing trade-based economic strategy will not necessarily produce different results in the long term — as it wouldn’t for any other developing country. For instance, breeding programs have developed cows to produce milk that is low in fat and high in omega-3 oils. When the U.S.

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Cooper Long-term Industry Health Care 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Class migrants (white-collar professionals born to blue-collar families) report that “professional people were generally suspect” and that managers are college kids “who don’t know s**t about how to do anything but are full of ideas about how I have to do my job,” said Alfred Lubrano in Limbo. Who’s stupid?

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Class Open-book Policies Politics 15