Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

GDP and 8% of greenhouse gas emissions. The company has made increasing commitments to renewable energy as part of its aggressive greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals (30% by 2020). I expected a more typical answer about achieving GHG reduction goals or doing the right thing. Why are they doing so much on renewable energy?

Health Care 10

Health Care Operations Supply Chain GDP 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Development economists over the ages have puzzled about why some emerging economies perform much better than others over the long term. The short answer we find from our research is: No. For our research , we looked at 71 emerging economies and identified 18 that achieved rapid and consistent GDP growth over the past 50 and 20 years.

Depreciation 8

Depreciation Long-term Short-term GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

Last year there was significant movement by the financial community to push companies to look harder at climate change in particular, but also at other factors that matter to long-term performance, such as LGBT rights, economic inequality, and boardroom diversity. But have the letters made much of a difference?

Letter 8

Letter Long-term Short-term Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

Here, too, the directional impact has been analyzed credibly, with estimates ranging from 3%–9% of GDP loss. It is impossible to forecast precise impact with confidence, given that exit terms, timing, and knock-on implications are all uncertain. Keep talking about progress against goals. and in other countries.

Uncertainty 8

Uncertainty Short-term Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

And is that, perhaps, the prime mover of what both Tyler Cowen and I have termed a Great Stagnation? Incentives shape human behavior — and overcounting benefits and undercounting costs is a surefire way to blunt our incentives to innovate, to take on ambitious goals, and create real value. Let's call it Enronia, for short.

Incentives 15

Incentives GDP Hypercompetition Self-aware 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

But we recognize that, in many businesses, resources are often allocated according to short-term, bottom-line pressures. For slaughterhouses and retailers (Brazilian operations), we also projected positive benefits: $20 million to $120 million (0.01% to 0.1% The industry makes up approximately 6% of Brazil’s GDP.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

In short, tax rates are lower for companies in practice than in theory, and the distinction between the U.S. After-tax profits are at historically high levels; they were more than 50% higher as a share of GDP in the years 2010-2015 than they were over the prior 20 years. Further, U.S. There is no doubt that U.S. statutory rate.

Finance 8

Finance GDP System Short-term 8