The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2023

“The city recently launched the Smarter London Together project, which is intended to serve as a flexible digital master plan for making London the smartest city in the world.” ” It’s perhaps noticeable that the Cities in Motion Index relegates technology to a somewhat minor role.

Human Capital 88

Human Capital Tourism Metrics Transportation 88

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2023

With AI’s influence, their projections suggest a potential resurgence in global GDP growth, envisioning a substantial boost to the global economy by 2032. They conducted an in-depth analysis of over 160 million jobs in order to produce analytical insight to help leaders navigate this change.

GDP 25

GDP Analysis Globalization Influence 25

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Off the back of the IncreaseVS project, which looked into how to improve the employment prospects of people in deprived communities, my colleagues and I have argued that local solutions are the best way forward. Economic inactivity Projects such as this are important as they highlight the often hidden problem of economic inactivity.

Policies 59

Policies GDP Proposal Budgeting 59

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2023

In mid-2023 we’re far from a settled state — projected GDP growth in western markets is depressingly flat, inflation is proving to be rather stubborn, and those disruptions just keep on coming. It’s tough to see a significant increase in marketing budgets in the near term.

Budgeting 19

Budgeting Marketing GDP Finance 19

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 30, 2020

This would allow them to explore how balance in the workplace contributes towards GDP. GDP is attributable to these declining barriers in the labor market,” the authors explain. Even social norms can limit the ability for people to successfully enter the workforce.

GDP 68

GDP Marketing Advertising Technology 68

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The findings contrast with other projections from the likes of the United Nations Population Division, which suggest continued global population growth. The study suggests that by 2100, fertility rates will be below the replacement rate in 183 of 195 countries, which will contribute to a fall in global population to 8.8 billion in 2064.

Report 97

Report Policies Globalization GDP 97

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Similarly bleak projections are made regarding the population of countries such as Finland. After all, research from the IMF shows that low-skilled immigration raises labor productivity and GDP per capita, with these gains typically shared across the population. Such an attitude is not only elitist, but also illogical.

Skills 109

Skills GDP Analysis System 109

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2011

We love what they are doing, how they are doing it, and how much their work contributes to the world (and, okay, not incidentally our book project). The Legatum people reason that in order for keep the focus on our real priorities, we need to measure the other components of prosperity as carefully as we do GDP, profits, and individual income.

GDP 14

GDP Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Policies 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2011

The first decade of the 21st century brought about an incredible amount of technological advances — Facebook, Twitter, Android, iPod/iTunes/iPhone/iPad, and many other innovations transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Armed with this perspective, where might management innovation go from here?

Innovation 15

Innovation Supply Chain Management Six Sigma 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

This kind of innovation is almost a textbook example of frugal innovation. What’s more, many of the innovations originate in relatively poor, underdeveloped regions or are designed to serve low-income customers, which means that the innovators have no choice but to be frugal. GDP by 2020.

Cost 8

Cost Globalization Innovation Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

These stock buybacks have come under criticism as a bad investment – the argument being that companies sitting on record amounts of cash ought to invest in innovation, salaries, or at least dividends, rather than pumping up their own stock price through buybacks. Not so fast. However, not all investments are equal.

Innovation 8

Innovation Short-term Long-term Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2017

We estimate that automation could increase global GDP growth by 0.8% Automation can provide the productivity boost required to meet economic growth projections that they otherwise would struggle to attain. For these economies, automation can provide the productivity injection needed to maintain current GDP per capita.

GDP 14

GDP Globalization Policies Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2012

While military use is driving much of this innovation now, like so many military innovations — from the wristwatch to the Internet — we can expect robots to reshape our lives, and our businesses, in the future. Delivering Large-Scale IT Projects on Time, on Budget, and on Value (McKinsey Quarterly). ALSO: UNICORNS.

GDP 8

GDP McKinsey Budgeting Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

Without an acceleration in productivity growth, the rate of global GDP growth is set to decline by 40% from 3.6% It would take 80% faster productivity growth to fully compensate for the projected decline. China’s health-care spending has almost tripled in the past five years and is projected to hit the $1-trillion mark by 2020.

Globalization 8

Globalization Productivity Products GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

Digital transformation is often viewed through a narrow technology lens, as just another mobile project or e-commerce initiative. Industries dominated by information-rich assets (think publishing and music) were swept up in the early wave of internet innovation. Advanced Analytics Are Crucial to Digital Transformation.

Technology 8

Technology Industry GDP Content 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

of GDP (PDF) is necessary to raise infrastructure in the region to the standard of developed East Asian countries. Just to keep pace with anticipated global GDP growth, the world needs to spend $57 trillion , or on average $3.2 We need to make better choices about the projects we''re investing in. We need to streamline delivery.

Transportation 8

Transportation GDP Globalization Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

Innovation and Creativity Emerged Around Digital Payments. Here, the government’s innovative capacity shone through. Official estimates from India’s Central Statistics Office (CSO) on GDP growth have shown that the economy grew at 7% in the quarter ending December 2016. instead of 7%.

Banking 10

Banking GDP Policies Real Estate 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2011

While government economic policy favors "indigenous innovation" and Beijing's five-year plan focusses on innovation, the free flow of information and creative expression are being repressed. The head of China's famous high-speed train project was just arrested for corruption.

Politics 15

Politics GDP Policies Class 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2014

Collectively, the UN projects, the less developed regions of the world “will grow 58% over 50 years, as opposed to 2% for more developed regions. Nigeria, in particular (with a population projected to exceed that of the USA by 2050 ), will increase its workforce threefold in the next 50 years. higher productivity rates and 1.5%

GDP 8

GDP Education Finance Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2016

The prospect of urban innovation excites the imagination. The messy truth is that cities are not the same, and even the most innovative approach can never achieve universal impact. To really make a difference, private entrepreneurs and civic entrepreneurs need to match projects to specific circumstances. Innovation in Cities.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Entrepreneur Finance Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2016

Fixed capital investment in Cuba represents just 10% of GDP , which is half the regional average. Between 2003 and 2007, the Cuban government enacted a series of methodological changes that produced a jump in GDP of approximately 15%. This has been driven by three factors: Lack of capital investment. This is why U.S.

GDP 8

GDP Telecommunications Scenario Planning Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

The Federal Reserve is projecting GDP growth of 2.8 Sounds good; “New investment in innovative technologies” makes a great headline for the next earnings call or annual report. But these investments are not the avenues to the robust growth that innovative technology offers. Innovation Strategic planning Strategy'

Efficiency 8

Efficiency Maturity Strategic Planning Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Venture philanthropy taught us that innovation was the big lever. It said, “Go find the most innovative social enterprises – the ones with the best approaches to ending hunger, illiteracy, etc. Innovation is not the big lever. Take another example: Wounded Warrior Project. And only fundraising can do that.

Short-term 8

Short-term GDP Innovation Comparison 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2011

Look below the surface, and the scale of this achievement so far becomes clearer — not only because of the world-class execution of this $15 billion project, but also the context in which it is being delivered. Rather than panic, London's leaders have been both innovative and fearless in finding ways to "make more from less."

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Tourism Banking Budgeting 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

China has also begun offering subsidies for rooftop solar projects. More than 15 percent of the country's investment goes into real estate, and around 12 percent of GDP comes from property-related industries. China is projected to spend $113 billion per year on trains and railway infrastructure.

Industry 9

Industry Real Estate Telecommunications Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2015

For the last decade, Africa’s GDP has been growing quickly. But with robust growth rates and economies unburdened by legacy structures of the last century, Africans can innovate beyond what others are doing. Innovating away from past exclusion. China, and most countries of Western Europe.

Banking 8

Banking Globalization Credit Rating Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Steel did in an earlier era of manufacturing, Aquion and innovative firms like it are spearheading economic and employment growth across the country. Indeed, in a world where globalization and rapid technological changes are the norm, manufacturing, high-tech development, and innovation clearly require a different level of support.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

they account for 50% of employment and 45% of GDP. Generally speaking, entrepreneurs may need to rethink their risks to improve the chances that their innovations succeed. This is especially important because small businesses are not only the lifeblood of many communities, but central to broader national economies. In the U.S.,

Insurance 8

Insurance Risk Management Finance Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Specifically, our analysis found that the net benefits to ranchers ranged from $18 million to $34 million (12% to 23% of revenues) in net present value projected over 10 years. For slaughterhouses and retailers (Brazilian operations), we also projected positive benefits: $20 million to $120 million (0.01% to 0.1% of revenues).

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

AI isn’t a science project; it’s commercially important. And somebody reminded me that the space program was half a percent of GDP. Well-designed regulations will influence the rate and direction of innovation by creating incentives for the private sector to invest in ways that most benefit society. ” The U.S.

Policies 8

Policies Report Technology Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Heres what orthodox economics would have predicted for a country without banks: A collapse in the money supply, a credit crunch, a trade implosion, mass unemployment, an atomized GDP, and the gears of industry and commerce grinding to a crashing halt. Imagine all the veins in your body suddenly shrinking and collapsing — Avada Kedavra!!

Banking 15

Banking Crisis Merton Guidelines 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2013

He''s also just written a book, Mass Flourishing: How Grassroots Innovation Created Jobs, Challenge, and Change. I wrote the book on the conviction that innovation is important for having a healthy economy, for having an economy that will deliver prosperity. Voyaging into uncertainty, and embarking on new projects.

Open-book 8

Open-book Innovation Policies Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

They tend to see running a school as similar to managing a large IT project and believe if they focus on costs and deadlines, the rest will take care of itself. increase in gross domestic product (GDP), as better educated students are more knowledgable, more innovative and earn more money. billion and $7.6 billion and $7.6

Long-term 8

Long-term Education GDP Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2016

The stakes are particularly high for cities, where urban infrastructure projects from mass transit to bridges , tunnels, housing, and hospitals too often exceed their budgets by enormous sums. Innovation in Cities. An estimated $12 trillion a year , approximately 16% of global GDP , is spent on capital projects globally.

Engineering 8

Engineering Project Benchmarking Hammer 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

As the era of China as the world’s low-cost manufacturer comes to an end, innovation has become the most important element in the state’s development blueprint. Given its ideological leanings, China presents itself as a unique experiment in the power of the state to help the economy become more innovative. in 2000 to 2.0%

Innovation 8

Innovation Drucker Policies Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

times global GDP) to more than $600 trillion (9.5 times global GDP). Our models suggest that by 2025 global financial capital could easily surpass a quadrillion dollars, more than 10 times global GDP. Others reward easy-to-measure improvements in existing processes over less-easily-quantified innovations.

ROE 14

ROE Long-term GDP Six Sigma 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

Rather than a funding gap, there is a bankable projects gap : the projects themselves are not attractive to investors. Innovation in Cities. Social impact bonds could be one of the most innovative and effective. These range from uncertain revenues to disagreements over guarantees to concerns about political risk.

Finance 8

Finance Innovation Bond Incentives 8