Strategy Driven

AUGUST 24, 2017

According to estimates by supply chain management organizations, the global supply chain market is worth more than $10 trillion a year. In short, it’s an enormous business, consuming some 6 percent of total world GDP, more than military spending and education combined. Automation technology has come on leaps and bound in recent years.

Supply Chain 50

Supply Chain Strategy Cost Software 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2015

Latin America is a modern marketer’s dream, and not just because of its size. The region will soon represent 10% of the global population and 9% of global GDP, with 640 million customers. It also has the fourth-largest mobile market in the world, with social media adoption even surpassing that of the United States.

Marketing 8

Marketing Trends Software Comparison 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

It's not, after all, rocket science — jiggle GDP; juggle taxes and subsidies; break up the monoliths — hey, presto: an "economy" in which material wealth roughly, crudely lines up with meaning; in which "profit" reflects real human benefit delivered (instead of how many towns and lives you've looted this quarter).

Sharpe 21

Sharpe Follow-up Short-term Hedge 21

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

Whether at the level of whole economies fixating on GDP or corporations trying to nail quarterly earnings targets, managers are being influenced by the wrong metrics and making decisions that actually leave us worse off. We're seeing some leaders use a new tactic to create a chorus. But mega firms don't have a monopoly on leadership.

Meyer 13

Meyer Leadership Metrics Apparel 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

There is clearly something to this; while declines in manufacturing employment have hit the Scottish economy hard, manufacturing has also been in decline as a share of GDP across the advanced economies over the past 25 years. Gordon Brown said during the campaign that Scotland’s fight should not be with London but with globalization.

Consensus 10

Consensus Globalization Politics Policies 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

It's not, after all, rocket science — jiggle GDP; juggle taxes and subsidies; break up the monoliths — hey, presto: an "economy" in which material wealth roughly, crudely lines up with meaning; in which "profit" reflects real human benefit delivered (instead of how many towns and lives you've looted this quarter).

Sharpe 8

Sharpe Follow-up Short-term Hedge 8