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The Real Reason the German Labor Market Is Booming

Harvard Business Review

Considering how Germany anchors a European continent plagued by high unemployment and slow growth, its labor market is on fire. That’s roughly, and remarkably, half of Germany’s GDP, amounting to about 9% of world exports that year. .” The number of unemployed has been halved over the past decade. With just 2.6

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How Marketing Is Evolving in Latin America

Harvard Business Review

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.

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China’s Growth: A Brief History

Harvard Business Review

Some find evidence of a clear improvement of total factor productivity since market-oriented reforms began in 1979, estimating that the increase in TFP contributed about 40% to GDP growth, roughly the same as that contributed by fixed asset investment. There was also a slowdown in TFP after the mid 1990s. percentage points of the 7.3%

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Sub-Saharan Africa’s Most and Least Resilient Economies

Harvard Business Review

The past year has been difficult for many markets in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). While SSA was predicted to grow above 5% year-over-year in 2015 at the beginning of the year, actual GDP growth is more likely to come in at around 3–4% year-over-year. Growth in 2016 is unlikely to be much higher.

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How to Successfully Work Across Countries, Languages, and Cultures

Harvard Business Review

The company also aspired to raise the overseas portion of its revenue in response to the projected shrinking of the Japanese GDP as a portion of global GDP ( from 12% in 2006 to 3% in 2050 ) and wanted to expand its global talent pool. Embracing positive indifference. Positive indifference is important for two reasons.

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4 Things Your Innovation Efforts Shouldn’t Focus On

Harvard Business Review

GDP in the 1970s to 0.78% today. Lean is a powerful management tool, but having the “exact” number for efficiently doing the “work” of today jeopardizes the future by not having “extra” people thinking on it. Efficiency is not innovation. The less science, the fewer ideas for new businesses.

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Where Does Your Nation Rank on Wellbeing?

Harvard Business Review

If you are familiar with the Legatum Prosperity Index, you know it is an effort to look beyond GDP. Doing so, however, produces insights on vital questions the answers to which are not yet (and may never be) reflected in GDP. Take, for example, citizens' perceptions of job markets.