HR Digest

JULY 28, 2021

In a recent McKinsey Global Survey on the future of workforce needs, nearly nine in ten executives and managers say their organizations either face skills gap already or expect gaps to develop within the next five years. That’s one-fifth of the global workforce. The world of work faces a paradigmatic transition.

McKinsey 134

McKinsey Aggregate Demand Industry Crisis 134

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2017

In the absence of such carbon taxes, global carbon dioxide concentration levels are likely to continue to rise. The higher the market demand for a drug, the greater the probability that at least one drug maker conducts basic research. Our research is purely theoretical: We outline a model but don’t test it on real-world data.

Entrepreneur 12

Entrepreneur Aggregate Demand Incentives Real Estate 12

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. The destruction will surely cost Japan many times the $132 billion that the 1995 Kobe earthquake did, making it one of the Japan's most costly natural disasters.

GDP 15

GDP Aggregate Demand Supply Chain Crisis 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

But when it comes to achieving the goal of doubling exports in five years [a goal Obama outlined in his 2010 State of the Union speech ], we already did the easy part: because our exports were so depressed due to the global financial crisis, we saw growth in the first couple of years. He's not going to achieve his goal.

Price 9

Price Aggregate Demand Proposal Policies 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2018

The old structures of the postwar labor market are not up to the task of the 21st – century wave of automation, particularly for the low- and middle-skill workers already disadvantaged by previous skill-biased technological change and globalization. Fifty years later, these areas remain the basic road map for public policy response.

Policies 8

Policies Aggregate Demand Technology Education 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

We are witnessing a big, transitional moment – akin to the transition from analog to digital, or the realization that globalization is a really big deal. The Ford story doesn’t add up , if you assume that Ford believed that his move alone was enough to raise overall demand for cars.

CEO 15

CEO Short-term Long-term Incentives 15