The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 30, 2022

Campaigners have long argued that the wealth of the global North has been based on the appropriation of resources and labor from the global South, but often this hypothesis has focused on things such as slavery and colonies. The researchers argue that these raw materials are not compensated in equivalent terms via trade.

Globalization 125

Globalization GDP Transportation Energy 125

HR Digest

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

This narrowing gap depicts a positive trend but it may not last in the long run as workers start to fall behind in terms of the new requirements and qualifications necessary for their job role. trillion boost to the GDP by 2030, signaling the overarching impacts that reskilling can have the sooner we get started working on it.

Trends 129

Trends Training Environment GDP 129

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 16, 2023

” “Missing this technological wave because of insufficient policy attention or lack of targeted investment in building capacities would have long-lasting negative implications.” Past technological revolutions have demonstrated that early adopters have an advantage in moving ahead and creating long-lasting benefits.

Technology 93

Technology Development Policies Cooper 93

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 21, 2021

economy and boost economic growth in the mid- and long-terms.”. The research shows that when immigrants are given not only access to financial services but also citizenship, healthcare, and home ownership, it can help to generate nearly $250 billion for the US economy, which represents around 1.15% of total GDP.

Banking 115

Banking GDP Long-term Construction 115

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 13, 2021

This resulted in a boost to GDP of around 0.4%. It’s a reminder that while trade with China and other similar nations can be disruptive to certain communities, in the long-term it is beneficial for countries such as the United States. “In Uneven distribution. rise in the number of patents registered, and a 2.6%

Innovation 130

Innovation GDP Long-term Short-term 130

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 7, 2022

Cities have long been viewed as the engines of the economy. For instance, pre-Covid, Tokyo alone was estimated to have a GDP of around $1.6 trillion in GDP alone by 2035. Would small towns be turned into “ Zoom towns “, with cities hollowed-out shells of their former glory? Engines of creation. Urban inequalities.

GDP 139

GDP Technology Policies Engineering 139

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 8, 2020

Such countries saw their GDP fall by around 20%, due to drops in consumer demand and supply chain disruptions. ” The study found that the most important factor in terms of the costs associated with lockdowns was the sheer number of countries that were implementing them. Global impact.

Supply Chain 87

Supply Chain Globalization GDP Short-term 87

HR Digest

DECEMBER 19, 2023

There are a lot of benefits from the integration of AI technology, a possible 7 percent boost to global GDP according to the report, but when paired with apprehensions about unemployment, it results in an equal amount of worry for the future.

Tools 52

Tools Early Adopters GDP Report 52

Coaching Tip

AUGUST 9, 2016

Alexandra Lienhard : So, as editor of the Financial Forecast and the Short-Term Update , what's the goal with the services you provide? Let's give them not only the Elliott Wave Theorist and what I'm talking about socionoimcally and in the markets, but let's also give them your commentary in terms of stocks, bonds and everything else.'

Marketing 70

Marketing GDP Letter Real Estate 70

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2017

It did not include a vision for long-term integration; nobody in Turkey foresaw the duration and severity of Syria’s humanitarian crisis. A long-term framework for integrating Syrian refugees is a pressing domestic policy to head off tensions like these. That’s one reason why Turkey’s GDP grew by 2.9%

Long-term 10

Long-term Safe Harbor Planning Constraint 10

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 23, 2019

of GDP on research and development by 2027. “Interactions between industry and universities continue to rise, with some businesses developing a network of long-term strategic research partnerships,” the authors explain. The UK government has recently set an ambitious target of spending 2.4%

Report 65

Report CRM GDP Innovation 65

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Of the 17 members of the euro zone, just three (Germany, France and Italy) make up more than three-quarters of the area's aggregate gross domestic product (GDP) of about €12 trillion. Its 20% rise in the past 18 months has cut Swiss GDP growth rates and provided a competitive advantage to companies in the euro zone.

Long-term 12

Long-term Crisis GDP Competitive Advantage 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

Our empirical findings suggest that cultural heterogeneity, measured by either fractionalization or polarization, has a discernible positive impact on the growth rate of GDP over long time periods. percentage points. This is the average effect across all countries in the world.). percentage points in developing countries.

Long-term 10

Long-term GDP Diversity Construction 10

Chartered Management Institute

OCTOBER 26, 2012

The dangers of short-term thinking are well known. It leads to a chronic under-investment in projects with real long term value. It was commonly believed that short-term thinking was a major factor behind the financial crash of 2008. Yet in both banking and government this short-term attitude prevails.

Short-term 69

Short-term Long-term Banking GDP 69

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

His is a voice of encouragement for would-be founders and investors to consider long-term forces at play anywhere they face uncertainty. Whether these forces can be subsumed by leaders and mobs looking for 20th century solutions to 21st century realities is unknowable — but it is not where I'd bet for the long run.

Long-term 8

Long-term GDP Uncertainty Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2014

Earlier this week, Nigeria ascended to the position of Africa’s largest economy following a recalculation of its GDP by the country’s National Bureau of Statistics. The long overdue exercise (the last one was in 1990) nearly doubled the country’s economy pushing GDP up to $510bn from $270bn. Post announcement, the ratio is 18%.

GDP 8

GDP Human Capital Film Consensus 8

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 3, 2019

We already know that innovation is largely in decline, with breakthroughs today not only less frequent and less revolutionary than in the past, but also considerably more expensive to achieve, both in terms of money and manpower. This is despite the average startup today remaining private twice as long as was the norm in the past.

Venture Capitalist 53

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Incubator GDP 53

Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

By scaling the right values, truly social enterprises have the resiliency necessary to withstand criticism and the innovation necessary to thrive in the long term. The right values, principles and behaviors offer resilience in a socially networked world. 8) Measure HOW, not ‘How much.’ 9) Treat business as inseparable from life.

How To 110

How To Airlines Media Innovation 110

Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2010

leads the world in health expenditures as a percentage of GDP at 16.5%. ranks only tenth in the world in terms of low infant mortality rates. I was angry because the national “debate” that we’ve had on health care over the past year was long on opinions and spin and very short on facts. I wasn’t angry with Reid.

Health Care 167

Health Care Insurance Executive Coaching Blog 167

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2018

But how will AI impact the economy in broad terms? It finds that AI could (in aggregate and netting out competition effects and transition costs) deliver an additional $13 trillion to global GDP by 2030, averaging about 1.2% GDP growth a year across the period. The average effect on GDP depends on multiple factors.

GDP 10

GDP McKinsey Long-term Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Its gross domestic product has surged from less than $150 billion in 1978 to $8,227 billion in 2012 (see “China’s GDP” chart below). Despite these impressive achievements, there is still plenty of room for catch up, with China’s per capita GDP only a fifth of the U.S. percentage points of GDP growth in 1979-1989, 0.5

GDP 13

GDP Supply Chain Globalization Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Small businesses constitute the majority of our GDP and have historically been the source of most new job creation. An economy that derives 70% of its GDP from consumer spending cannot sustain stable growth when average consumers don't have money to spend. From 2000 – 2009, overall GDP grew by 17.8%

GDP 12

GDP Planning Cost of Capital Banking 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2016

The UK Treasury’s 200-page April 2016 report, blandly titled “The Long-Term Economic Impact of EU Membership and the Alternatives,“ seems a useful, well-executed benchmark. It predicts that the UK’s GDP will be significantly lower in 2030 — its central estimate is 6% — as a result.

GDP 8

GDP Long-term Merchandising Benchmarking 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

We live in a world where productivity, a key pillar of long-term economic growth, has crumbled. The tradeoff between productivity and employment is actually less than it might seem at first sight, since the GDP bounce that productivity brings will raise consumption and hence labor demand, as it has always done in the past.

GDP 8

GDP Globalization Short-term McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2011

Median income has stagnated for decades and mere "recovery" probably isn't enough to do much about it, because GDP isn't concerned with who gets what. That's not just grossly unfair in common sense terms, it's a recipe for a society coming apart at the seams. But can you blame them? Dehumanization.

GDP 19

GDP Hypercompetition Offshoring Long-term 19

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.

Letter 9

Letter Long-term Short-term Diversity 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2010

From where I sit as an economist, it's still all about the economy and the long-term impact of the problems laid bare by the Great Recession. trillion, roughly 10% of gross domestic product (GDP). Gross public debt is $14 trillion, or over 95% of GDP. To illustrate, most press reports peg the current U.S. deficit at $1.5

GDP 15

GDP Net Present Value Crisis Cost 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2014

Thus, committing troops to a war zone has lasting implications for fiscal policy: Depending on the scope of the conflict, the government’s obligation to pay veterans’ benefits can run as high as 50% of the nation’s prewar GDP, according to a study of U.S. wars by Ryan D. Edwards of the City University of New York.

Ryan 8

Ryan GDP Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2017

We estimate that automation could increase global GDP growth by 0.8% However, automation on its own will not be sufficient to achieve long-term economic growth aspirations across the world. For these economies, automation can provide the productivity injection needed to maintain current GDP per capita. billion to 2.2

GDP 14

GDP Globalization Policies Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2016

Unsurprisingly, the collapse in oil prices since the summer of 2014 has raised concerns over the long-term stability of the GCC economies, even more so in view of what may yet be a prolonged period of low oil prices. After a period of sustained real GDP growth, which averaged around 5.8% of GDP in 2015 and 2016.

GDP 8

GDP Price Market Segmentation Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

But even as we focus on immediate human needs, we cannot avoid recognizing — and coping with — the long economic shadow cast by this disaster. Analysts have already reduced forecasted GDP growth rates for Japan by 0.5% Human suffering is certainly our main concern in the immediate aftermath of Japan's 3/11 tragedy.

GDP 15

GDP Aggregate Demand Supply Chain Crisis 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2017

The chart below illustrates a strong relationship between patenting activity and GDP per capita at the state level. It predicts that an innovative state like Massachusetts, which from 1900 to 2000 had four times as many patents as a less innovative state, like Wyoming, would become 30% richer in terms of GDP per capita by 2000.

Innovation 12

Innovation GDP Education Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2016

We’ve long known that new businesses matter to the economy and that it’s a small group of fast-growing firms that matter most, because of the jobs and innovation they bring. in GDP 11 years in the future,” the authors report. Entrepreneurship for the Long Term. economy’s future prospects.

GDP 8

GDP IPO Venture Capitalist Gordon 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2015

Setting aside the issues of political legitimacy this raises in democracies, high and sustained levels of inequality are bad for long-run growth. Quantitative easing (QE) by the Fed, Bank of England and the Bank of Japan, has involved asset purchases equivalent to more than 20% of GDP. This policy is also fairer.

GDP 8

GDP Bond Banking Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2012

China thinks in long-term timeframes. They know how to contemplate 10-year, 20-year, and 30-year programs and achieve year-on-year GDP growth that averages no less than 8 percent. But the United States (and other Western nations) will need to continue to create stable economic conditions that favor robust long-term trade.

GDP 15

GDP Class Budgeting Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2015

Executives should build step-by-step long-term expansion plans, but avoid delaying entry as securing market share will become increasingly difficult. But, for example, our research found that oil and gas only made up 11% of Nigeria’s GDP in 2014, compared with 20% for construction.

Long-term 8

Long-term Short-term GDP Contingency Plans 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

GDP shrunk this year by 5.5% Our horrendous public debt is compounding and the public debt to GDP ratio will soon hit almost 200%, a level that can force our country to default on a most of what it owes. And voters seem to understand that they face a long period of austerity, volatility, and a substantially lower standard of living.

Crisis 14

Crisis GDP Consensus Politics 14