The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 6, 2023

This isn’t a problem just at holiday time, of course, as digital technology allows work to creep into our personal lives all year round. For instance, participants were asked to rate how often they used their mobile devices for work outside of office hours, and also what they used them for.

Social Capital 106

Social Capital Participative Motivation Productivity 106

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A paper from the UC Santa Barbara argues that this growth is due to a combination of the technologies of the Industrial Revolutions and the various economic and political freedoms we have enjoyed as democracy has spread. What does a successful, developed democracy look like amid long-run stagnation?” Slowing down. they conclude. “In

Globalization 84

Globalization GDP Long-term Social Capital 84

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2013

Last June, I raised a few eyebrows when I told attendees at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio (aka Rio+20 ) that "accountants would save the world." We were building social capital, but we didn't have a way to tell our shareholders — or be held accountable to keep doing it. But I meant it.

Social Capital 12

Social Capital Report Finance Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

A study by McKinsey projects that in a “full potential” scenario in which women participate in the economy identically to men, $28 trillion dollars (26%) would be added to the annual global GDP when compared to the current business-as-usual scenario. What’s at stake? The — seemingly cynical — objective?

Conference 15

Conference Self-aware Diversity Participative 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

This architecture reflects three key ingredients of today’s social marketplaces: Empowerment. We see this in marketing with product development and advertising, mostly. How about letting customers participate—at least to some controlled extent—in price setting to raise their level of engagement? The technology is there.

Price 10

Price Content Reputation Advertising 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Political economist Francis Fukuyama predicted a future when social capital would be as important as physical capital, and that only those societies with a high degree of social trust would be able to create large-scale organizations capable of competing in the new economy. Is blockchain appropriate?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Content Power Transportation 8