Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

A few outlier industries (notably pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and computers) prop up the sector’s aggregate performance; most others have experienced flat growth or outright declines in real GDP over the past two decades. carmakers than for their Asian counterparts, and may accumulate with each tier of the supply chain.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Incentives Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

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.

GDP 15

GDP Aggregate Demand Supply Chain Crisis 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

These ranges were wide due to the relative size of the different players in the supply chain (for example, a company that has higher revenues will realize greater benefits than a smaller firm). The industry makes up approximately 6% of Brazil’s GDP. of revenues) and $13 million to $62 million (0.01% to 0.7% of revenues).

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

Agriculture accounts for more than 30% of the continent’s GDP and employs more than 60% of its working population. Pioneering affordable solutions on food safety and tracking food supply chains will boost the overall value of the sector. But most farmers are still only marginally improving yields.

Technology 14

Technology Supply Chain Entrepreneur GDP 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

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.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain GDP Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

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. First and foremost, farmers, trading companies, and other processing groups (Big Food in particular) need to commit to deforestation-free supply chains.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Policies Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2014

In particular, the tremendous growth of Bangladesh’s ready-made-garment sector (RMG) – from 50 factories in the 1980s to close to 5,000 today, making up 13% of the country’s GDP – hasn’t translated to marked improvements in social protections and standards of living. Global business Risk management Supply chain'

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Bottom-up Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Increases in retail translate into the creation of new jobs all along the huge supply chain that brings products to store shelves. trillion to the GDP, or about one-fifth of the nation's total gross domestic product. Retail contributes $2.5

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Retail Policies Supply Chain Health Care 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

For example, on the Indonesian archipelago, supply chain and distribution logistics present serious challenges — with logistics costs at 24% of GDP, compared with the regional average range of 9-11%. However, there are some risks. Difficulty in distribution is not unique to Asia and reflects a global trend.

Marketing 8

Marketing GDP Automotive Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2011

The 1990s witnessed the spread of supply chain management , as companies invested in sophisticated software and other tools to link themselves more and more closely with their key suppliers. Yet the world's top advanced economies today derive most of their GDP from services rather than products or agriculture.

Innovation 15

Innovation Supply Chain Management Six Sigma 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

With events like those that have changed the power dynamics throughout the Arab world, or the tsunami in Japan that disrupted many global supply chains, it's easy to think that the world is becoming ever more connected and interdependent. So far, 2011 has been a remarkable year.

Globalization 15

Globalization Supply Chain GDP Audience 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

We have ample historical evidence that when petroleum expenditures reach 5% of GDP, recession typically follows. GDP in 2002 to a painful 9.8% And now oil is sending energy expenditures back above 9% of GDP, just as we see fresh indications that the recession persists. Annual energy expenditures rose from 6.2%

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Price GDP Supply Chain Maturity 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

GDP and 8% of greenhouse gas emissions. All of this is surprising since the health care sustainability agenda has mostly focused on supply chain issues, reducing exposure of patients and workers to toxic chemicals, green building, and general eco-efficiency. Why are they doing so much on renewable energy?

Health Care 10

Health Care Operations Supply Chain GDP 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

If women''s labor participation were closer to male participation, it would contribute $1T to GDP in emerging economies — women led businesses are key to this opportunity. Coca-Cola sees five thousand women entrepreneurs as part of its global supply chain by 2020.

Globalization 14

Globalization Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2014

Four years ago, GE initiated a strategy to compete more effectively in Africa, one of the fastest growing regions in the world in terms of GDP. At a company that’s playing development to win, business units are leading the effort, enabled by sales, marketing, finance, supply chain management, CSR, and social investment.

Globalization 8

Globalization Development Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2015

has committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 26% (to 28% below its 2005 level) by 2025, the EU will cut emissions 40% by 2030 compared to 1990, and China will hit peak emissions by 2030 (or earlier), lower its emissions per unit of GDP by 65%, and increase use of renewables to 20% of energy consumption. For example, the U.S.

Conference 8

Conference Supply Chain Commitment Energy 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. Design contingency plans and reflect any insights in your strategies for growth, geographical footprint, global supply chain, and risk management. Determine the specific industry- and firm-level implications.

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Uncertainty Short-term Supply Chain Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2011

No sooner had Beijing's flame died than the global financial crisis took British debt levels above 60% of GDP, excluding public intervention in failing banks. Games leaders have worked hard to award contracts to smaller suppliers across the country and tracked this as far down the supply chain as possible.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Tourism Banking Budgeting 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

they account for 50% of employment and 45% of GDP. Small businesses might also transfer risks through innovative contracts with their supply chain partners, lenders, and landlords who may be better positioned to manage infrequent events at lower costs. In the U.S., Make public policy proactive, not reactive. In the U.S.,

Insurance 8

Insurance Risk Management Finance Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

GDP while undertaking 40.9% And, through linkages including supply chains (in 2009 multinationals purchased about $7 trillion in intermediate inputs from companies in America), multinationals enhance the performance of companies throughout the U.S. In 2009, they accounted for 24.4% private-sector jobs and produced 28.7%

Globalization 9

Globalization Rivkin Supply Chain Trends 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services predicts that without major change, it will account for more than 20% of GDP by 2021, up from 5.2% American health care is on an unsustainable path. Health care spending topped $2 trillion in 2011. percent in 1960. economy will go toward health care. We can choose a different path, though.

Health Care 9

Health Care Supply Chain Cost Quality 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

PwC’s annual Low Carbon Economy Index report concluded that we must lower global carbon intensity (the amount of carbon produced for every dollar of GDP) by 6% per year until 2100, a percentage point lower than last year’s report recommended. The short story is that we have less room than before. European companies are doing more than U.S.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain McKinsey Apparel Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

With fewer breakthrough products to sell overseas, exports as a share of GDP have stagnated at 11%, while imports have soared, forcing the U.S. As for global corporations themselves, very few invested in upgrading their manufacturing plants and their employee skills in the way that German corporations have done through the 21st century.

Innovation 12

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Supply chain transactions, real estate deals, and even weddings and funerals have been frozen. Moreover, the value of notes and coins in circulation as a percentage of GDP in India was 12.04%, compared to 3.93% in Brazil, 5.32% in Mexico, and 3.72% in South Africa. Related Video. Where the Digital Economy Is Moving the Fastest.

Banking 8

Banking Cost Policies Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

BPM reflected the interactions of different stakeholders, from product creation through supply chain to final assembly. Dan Kohn, the foundation’s executive director, has predicted that eventually much the world’s legacy software, worth about $100 trillion in net GDP, will be ported into Kubernetes, for better servicing.

Management 13

Management Software BPM Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2017

According to World Bank data , merchandise trade grew from 16% of global GDP in 1990 to 26% by 2008. Since then, it has been in steady decline and now stands at a little over 21% of global GDP. Political headwinds have almost nothing to do with the inability of merchandise trade to keep up with growth in world GDP.

Merchandising 10

Merchandising GDP Supply Chain Globalization 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2017

Note, first of all, that the GDP of the rest of the Commonwealth is only 55% as large as that of the rest of the EU — a difference that seems to disfavor the assertion — as captured in the circle on the left in the graphic below. Consider that Britain accounts for only 16% of EU GDP.

Industry 8

Industry Company GDP Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

The SOEs produce 33% of China’s GDP and account for 20% of its jobs; the central government controls one-third of the SOEs. The subsidies will also put pressure on global supply chains, including production of high tech goods needed for national security. The need for restrictions and transparency. Five years of U.S.

GDP 8

GDP Policies Supply Chain Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2017

The share of national GDP at risk from climate change exceeds $1.5 Air quality and smog red alerts and the complete bans on vehicle traffic in major cities around the world highlight how traditional commerce and supply chains can and do grind to a halt because of climate risks. trillion in the 301 major cities around the world.

Cost 8

Cost Tourism Supply Chain Attrition 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

If these events occur, they would severely disrupt multinationals’ market strategies, supply chains, and exchange-rate assumptions. real GDP growth rate for the region, but there is more business risk than many expect. real GDP growth rate for the region, but there is more business risk than many expect.

Market Risk 9

Market Risk Marketing Supply Chain Company 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Big retailers and textile firms can make supply chains greener, safer, and less corrupt. The top 500 firms’ revenues equate to nearly 37% of world GDP. There are good reasons why large firms can be leaders in sustainability, and by doing so change the standards of entire industries. That scenario isn’t likely.

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CEO Short-term Long-term Aggregate Demand 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Simply put, business is the 800-pound gorilla where this issue is concerned: 80% of global trade is orchestrated by supply chains of multinational firms. The private sector has a huge role to play in alleviating anger about globalization. it seems implausible to blame the much higher level of inequality in the U.S.

Globalization 8

Globalization Education Policies Survey 8