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China’s Economy, in Six Charts

Harvard Business Review

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

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Seven Questions to Ask Your Data Geeks

Harvard Business Review

Using data to manage is nothing new. But using big data to manage IS new, offering unprecedented challenges, opportunity, and risk. And you should develop a keen eye for the difference between "exploring a difficult path" and "wallowing around.". We''re particularly concerned about change management.

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How the Philippines Became Tech Startups’ New Source for Talent

Harvard Business Review

That’s significant for a country with a GDP of $270 billion. Technology-enabled services are the backbone of this industry, and the fastest growing sectors have demand for high-end skills, such as mobile app development and data analytics, as well as middle-level skills, such as video production, copywriting, and financial analysis.

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The One Type of Leader Who Can Turn Around a Failing School

Harvard Business Review

If more of them can be identified, developed, and appointed, we believe the whole education system will improve. By background they are normally Information Technology or Chemistry teachers (95% in our study), who have often moved out of the classroom to manage support staff early in their career. Five Types of Leader.

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Stock Buybacks Aren’t Hurting Innovation

Harvard Business Review

US business already are spending heavily on research and development – data from the National Science Foundation (NSF) even shows an uptick in US business investment in R&D. We should also question the assumption that investor preference for quick returns limits managers’ ability to invest in the future.

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How Cloud Computing Is Changing Management

Harvard Business Review

Theories and practices of management often spring from the opportunities created by new technologies. Client-server technology begat enterprise resource planning systems, and the consequent system-wide visibility that was required for what we call business process management (BPM). yagi studio/Getty Images.

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What Could Amazon’s Approach to Health Care Look Like?

Harvard Business Review

GDP dedicated to health care as fertile ground for expansion. These pieces of information, all of which are collected by the simple movement of people and equipment through established workflows, can be helpful in improving operational execution for the complex services provided in many health care settings. jamie jones/Getty Images.