Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Until you ask yourself: how often, despite billions spent on "service," "creativity," "innovation," "changing the game," "motivation," "leadership," and assorted other magical buzzword-incantations, has something like the preceding happened to you, anywhere — ever? Now, this might sound entirely trivial.

Short-term 9

Short-term Long-term Open-book Consultative 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2013

The Trans-Pacific talks have involved 11 developed and developing Pacific Rim nations with a combined GDP of $40 trillion,and which recently got a jolt of energy and complexity when Japan (GDP=$6 trillion) joined the negotiations. This authority expired in 2007. The economic costs would be very high for the US and the world.

GDP 8

GDP Short-term Globalization Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

When the Chinese Communist Party’s central committee wraps up the Third Plenum on November 12, 2014, a shift from efficiency to innovation will likely be one of the major planks in its vision for China. of GDP in 2012 from 1.1% The “input” indeed appears impressive: China’s R&D expenditure increased to 1.6%

Innovation 8

Innovation Globalization Venture Capitalist GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Cross-border flows of digitally transmitted data have grown manifold, accounting for more than one-third of the increase in global GDP in 2014, even as the free-flow of goods and services and cross-border capital have ebbed in the aftermath of the 2008 recession. Some countries are at the border of multiple zones.

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 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. Executives at Unilever credit their ranking to the company’s known leadership on sustainability.

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain McKinsey Apparel Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

GDP spent on health care continues to rise, reaching 17.9% From the beginning, if a hospital was efficient in a low-cost market, the Medicare payments were much lower than those made to high-cost inefficient hospitals in high-cost markets. There is no evidence, however, that bigger means higher-quality, more-efficient care.).

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Price Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

President Obama, with his counterparts in Canada and Mexico, agreed to some aggressive regional targets on renewable energy and efficiency. Nine big brands with operations in Ohio publicly pressed the state to reinstate energy efficiency and renewable energy portfolio standards. In the U.S., Renewables Kept Growing and Getting Cheaper.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

energy policy for oil should aim at moderating demand through efficiency and increasing supply by focusing on drilling. Replacing the nation's fleet of 230 million cars and light duty trucks with more fuel-efficient vehicles over 15 years could save three million barrels of oil equivalent per day. China recently surpassed the U.S.

Policies 11

Policies Energy Transportation Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

Together, such policies would encourage energy-efficient cars and buildings and cleaner power generation. Still, these coastal states are a powerful force in national markets, containing 26% of the nation’s population and producing 30% of its GDP. The nine states in the coalition account for only 14% of total CO2 emissions.

Energy 8

Energy Transportation Policies Politics 8