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How Ready Are Companies For The Post-Pandemic World?

The Horizons Tracker

For instance, during 2020, GDP in advanced economies plummeted, with many businesses having to shut for prolonged periods, and nearly all having to rapidly adapt to the changing conditions. There was then a gap to access to finance and a non-supportive policy environment. of respondents citing survival as a key challenge.

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How Bad Leadership Spurs Entrepreneurship

Harvard Business Review

Therefore, bad leadership — or, if you prefer, incompetent management — is a major source of entrepreneurship. their companies account for over $3 trillion of GDP (for the sake of comparison, that's 40% of China's entire GDP). Does this imply that we should hope for more incompetent leadership in the future?

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The Global Rise of Female Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

Women-owned entities in the formal sector represent approximately 37% of enterprises globally — a market worthy of attention by businesses and policy makers alike. Programs like the Center for Women''s Entrepreneurial Leadership are innovating in the academic space. I think it''s safe to say that it''s the latter.

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Would You Invest in This Kid?

Harvard Business Review

His windmill made him famous, and he has since traveled all over the world speaking at leadership conferences. Investing in innovators simply can't happen in markets with weak property rights. The GDP of China — the world's largest — in most centuries never exceeded $100 billion. By the late 19th century, the U.S.

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How GE and IBM are Playing Global Development to Win

Harvard Business Review

CEOs are proactively engaging with emerging market government to spur economic development and create opportunities for their companies. In the fast growth markets of Asia, Africa and Latin America, national governments are responding to a more empowered citizenship, and looking for corporate partners to achieve their development goals.

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The New New International Economic Order

Harvard Business Review

Earlier this week, on April 16, the US nominee Jim Yong Kim was selected over Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo. Consider the differences in various shares of the top ten emerging markets in comparative perspective.

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Your Board Should Be Full of Activists

Harvard Business Review

Vanguard holds more than $3 trillion in assets, making it the equivalent of the world’s fifth largest country in GDP, ahead of France. In its 2013 proxy statement , GE announced that it is searching for director candidates who will bring technology, marketing, finance — and “leadership” experience to the boardroom.