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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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3 Emerging Market Risks Companies Should Watch for in 2018

Harvard Business Review

This means that many emerging market risks get cut from the senior leadership agenda. They did not spend as much time thinking about local events that have implications for their emerging market operations. real GDP growth rate for the region, but there is more business risk than many expect.

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The Economic Impact of the Japanese Disasters

Harvard Business Review

Transportation disruptions and the closing of many factories throughout Japan will shrink Japanese aggregate demand and disrupt supply chains worldwide. Analysts have already reduced forecasted GDP growth rates for Japan by 0.5% for the first quarter of this year, and by more than 1.5% for the second quarter. on Tuesday.

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Globalization Is Becoming More About Data and Less About Stuff

Harvard Business Review

The 20th-century version of globalization was defined by rapidly growing trade in goods, as major multinationals created supply chains that spanned the world. Today growth in global trade has flattened, and it looks unlikely to regain its previous peak relative to world GDP anytime soon. trillion in 2014 alone.

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Global Demand for Food Is Rising. Can We Meet It?

Harvard Business Review

This will shape agricultural markets in ways we have not seen before. Businesses and governments will have to work together to increase productivity, encourage innovation, and improve integration in supply chains toward a sustainable global food balance. Food demand is expected to increase anywhere between 59% to 98% by 2050.

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If the U.S. Gets into a Trade War with the EU, It Will Lose an Ally in Pressuring China

Harvard Business Review

SOEs receive preferential access to land, finance, telecom, hydrocarbons, and electricity. When China was admitted to the World Trade Organization in 2001, the Western hope was China would move toward a market-driven economy. Such market shares will create a platform for global juggernauts. Dangers to the world trade order.

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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. But, as participants in these programs regularly articulate, they are insufficient without access to capital and markets.