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AUGUST 20, 2024

In a recent article, I explored how challenging it can be to capture the economic value of the digital economy, and that traditional metrics, such as GDP, may be under-representing the contribution digital goods, which are often free, bring to the economy.

Software 75

Software GDP Analysis Long-term 75

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

After all, research from the IMF shows that low-skilled immigration raises labor productivity and GDP per capita, with these gains typically shared across the population. Such an attitude is not only elitist, but also illogical.

Skills 98

Skills GDP Analysis System 98

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Entrepreneurship has seldom been sexier, with the press overwhelmed with stories of technological disruption and the tremendous changes emerging across society as a result of the bold and courageous innovators that are bucking the norm. Are we all entrepreneurs now? in 1985 to just 5.3% A decline in disruption.

Venture Capitalist 45

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Incubator GDP 45

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 30, 2019

They suggest that while the last 30 years have been typified by increasing Asian consumption and integration into the global flow of trade and innovation, the coming decades will see Asian economies driving and determining the direction of these flows, with the region set to account for 50% of global GDP by 2040. Digital dominance.

Marketing 45

Marketing McKinsey Innovation GDP 45

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2017

economy depends on technological progress, but recent data suggests that innovation is getting harder and the pace of growth is slowing down. A major challenge in business and policy spheres is to understand the environments that are most conducive to innovation. was so innovative. The innovation sector was highly competitive.

Innovation 16

Innovation GDP Education Technology 16

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2014

Earlier this week, Nigeria ascended to the position of Africa’s largest economy following a recalculation of its GDP by the country’s National Bureau of Statistics. The long overdue exercise (the last one was in 1990) nearly doubled the country’s economy pushing GDP up to $510bn from $270bn.

GDP 10

GDP Human Capital Film Consensus 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

A vast ideological gap on macro-economic policy divides Washington and much of the nation, but there is almost universal agreement on one solution: innovation. Innovation is now perceived as a panacea for job creation, income generation, economic growth, dollar strength, and the revival of the U.S. as global hegemon.

Innovation 15

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

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). Foreign investors have flocked to the country’s shores as many of the world’s largest manufacturers have established operations there. percentage points of GDP growth in 1979-1989, 0.5

GDP 15

GDP Supply Chain Globalization Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

In the second quarter of 2011, China's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth slowed to 9.5%. From the vantage point of many in the United States, where optimistic estimates of GDP growth continue to be cut and now hover around 2%, it seems that the Chinese "problem" is a nice one to have. That was down from 9.7%

GDP 15

GDP Christensen Disruptive Innovation Business Model 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Historically, multinationals innovated in rich countries and sold those products in poor countries. Reverse innovation is doing exactly the opposite. It is about innovating in poor countries and selling those products in rich countries. Reverse innovation is also a significant learning opportunity for students in engineering.

Education 11

Education Innovation Engineering Constraint 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Incentives shape human behavior — and overcounting benefits and undercounting costs is a surefire way to blunt our incentives to innovate, to take on ambitious goals, and create real value. Innovation atrophy. The more Enronian GDP "grows," the steeper the eventual bill of underpaid costs and overbought benefits to be paid.

Incentives 17

Incentives GDP Hypercompetition Self-aware 17

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

Higher diversity is therefore associated with lower productivity, which inhibits the capacity of the economy to operate efficiently. At the same time, diversity in societal norms, customs, and ethics can nurture technological innovation and the diffusion of new ideas, and thus the production of a greater variety of goods and services.

Long-term 15

Long-term GDP Diversity Construction 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The superstars tend to be more involved in global flows of trade and finance, more digitally mature, and they dominate the lists of the most valued companies, the most valued brands, the most desirable places to work, and the most innovative companies. counties, which account for 90% of GDP in that sector.

Industry 15

Industry Company GDP Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

GDP dedicated to health care as fertile ground for expansion. For existing health care companies, the operative words in that mandate have been “health care”; for Amazon, the operative words likely are “service that needs to be delivered to a customer.” jamie jones/Getty Images.

Health Care 17

Health Care Retail Operations Insurance 17

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2018

It finds that AI could (in aggregate and netting out competition effects and transition costs) deliver an additional $13 trillion to global GDP by 2030, averaging about 1.2% GDP growth a year across the period. The average effect on GDP depends on multiple factors. Second is that returns for front-runners tend to be large.

GDP 14

GDP McKinsey Long-term Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

times global GDP) to more than $600 trillion (9.5 times global GDP). Our models suggest that by 2025 global financial capital could easily surpass a quadrillion dollars, more than 10 times global GDP. Others reward easy-to-measure improvements in existing processes over less-easily-quantified innovations.

ROE 16

ROE Long-term GDP Six Sigma 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

trillion to the GDP, or about one-fifth of the nation's total gross domestic product. Advancing Innovation: Today's policies need to: • Protect consumer privacy while promoting innovation: NRF supports industry-led self-regulation. Public policy must protect consumer privacy without hindering technological innovation.

Retail 15

Retail Policies Supply Chain Health Care 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2016

He argued that it would not only protect the rights of a diverse workforce but also foster innovation: “Embracing people’s individuality is a matter of basic human dignity and civil rights. state-level ENDAs on corporate patent-based innovation. It also turns out to be great for the creativity that drives our business.”

Innovation 8

Innovation GDP Human Capital Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

While aggregated data is often challenging to find, the recent Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) found 126 million women starting or running businesses, and 98 million operating established (over three and a half years) businesses. Programs like the Center for Women''s Entrepreneurial Leadership are innovating in the academic space.

Globalization 15

Globalization Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Donors are strongly urged to seek out the organizations with the best, most innovative programs and fund those programs. But once we find them, we should direct giving not toward the programs but toward the organizations' fundraising and development operations so that they can multiply the funds available for programs. How could it?

GDP 17

GDP Human Resources Finance Technology 17

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

By comparison, China's FDI stock equals 8% of its GDP; more than 70% of that FDI consists of wholly foreign-owned enterprises (as opposed to joint ventures); and foreign firms produce half of China's exports and more than 90% of China's high-tech exports. Of course, this system has turned China into a manufacturing juggernaut.

Comparison 16

Comparison GDP Technology Outsourcing 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In the decade between 2005 and 2015, labor productivity in the US as measured by GDP per labor hour was less than 1% for 7 of the 10 years, according to the OECD. We know that great ideas that drive breakthroughs in productivity come from human beings with the time, talent and energy to innovate. And wages are stagnant.

Human Capital 16

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2011

Instead of directing the money to specific causes, Buffett could have revolutionized the system, or the context within which the causes he cares about have to operate. 100 million: Launch a venture fundraising movement to fund the most innovative fundraising ideas, fundraising entrepreneurs, and fundraising professionals.

Advertising 15

Advertising GDP System Public Relations 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

In South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, another long-term study found that "more equal education between men and women could have led to nearly 1 percent higher annual per capita GDP growth" in each country. A study found that 18% of school age girls in Rwanda, for instance, miss school because menstrual pads are too expensive.

Franchising 17

Franchising CEO GDP Entrepreneur 17

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

The evidence indicates that the United States is losing its ability to attract and expand the operations of multinationals and their significant contributions to productivity growth, innovation, and high-wage employment. GDP while undertaking 40.9% shares of the global operations of U.S.-based of all U.S. A Shift Abroad.

Globalization 13

Globalization Rivkin Supply Chain Trends 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

This kind of innovation is almost a textbook example of frugal innovation. What’s more, many of the innovations originate in relatively poor, underdeveloped regions or are designed to serve low-income customers, which means that the innovators have no choice but to be frugal. GDP by 2020.

Cost 8

Cost Globalization Innovation Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

How well they''re built and operated is crucial to economic growth and is a key arbiter of an economy''s competitiveness — and yet, virtually every economy faces an array of infrastructure challenges. of GDP (PDF) is necessary to raise infrastructure in the region to the standard of developed East Asian countries.

Transportation 10

Transportation GDP Globalization Finance 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

These stock buybacks have come under criticism as a bad investment – the argument being that companies sitting on record amounts of cash ought to invest in innovation, salaries, or at least dividends, rather than pumping up their own stock price through buybacks. That exceeds its operating income of $52.5 Not so fast.

Innovation 8

Innovation Short-term Long-term Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Today’s model is using African diasporas where companies hire native Africans living abroad and then send them to the continent to expand their operations. With Facebook’s $115 billion market cap on its IPO day, Mark Zuckerberg created wealth nearly equivalent to half of Nigeria’s GDP in 2012. Education drives technology.

Education 10

Education Technology IPO GDP 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

Investors from hedge funds to insurance companies are operating in an environment of low yields, near-zero interest rates, and a glut of savings. Innovation in Cities. Social impact bonds could be one of the most innovative and effective. Insight Center. Pay-for-success could be an appropriate generator of enthusiasm, too.

Finance 8

Finance Innovation Bond Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

The Federal Reserve is projecting GDP growth of 2.8 Sounds good; “New investment in innovative technologies” makes a great headline for the next earnings call or annual report. companies are great at improving existing operations and thinking of new ways to apply technology to drive productivity. to 3 percent in 2014 (U.S.

Efficiency 9

Efficiency Maturity Strategic Planning Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The complex calculations of the field known as Operations Research were enabled by mainframe computing. The cloud is also a common repository for the collection and analysis of new data, and the place where an increasing number of artificial intelligence operations, like image and speech recognition, are conducted.

Management 16

Management Software BPM Technology 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

Without an acceleration in productivity growth, the rate of global GDP growth is set to decline by 40% from 3.6% MGI has identified sufficient opportunities to boost productivity growth to 4% in the 19 national economies of the G20 group plus Nigeria, which together account for 80% of world GDP. a year between 1964 and 2012 to only 2.1%

Globalization 8

Globalization Productivity Products GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Heres what orthodox economics would have predicted for a country without banks: A collapse in the money supply, a credit crunch, a trade implosion, mass unemployment, an atomized GDP, and the gears of industry and commerce grinding to a crashing halt. Imagine all the veins in your body suddenly shrinking and collapsing — Avada Kedavra!!

Banking 17

Banking Crisis Merton Guidelines 17

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Yet there’s compelling evidence that bureaucracy creates a significant drag on productivity and organizational resilience and innovation. economy amounts to more than $3 trillion in lost economic output, or about 17% of GDP. Operating decisions are almost entirely decentralized. Here’s the arithmetic.

Cost 8

Cost Bureaucracy GDP Management 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2012

If you want to remain relevant and advance your career in today's global marketplace, you need to serve as an enabler of business growth and innovation. trillion — more than the GDP of most countries. One of the best ways to do this is to adopt an "immigrant mindset.". You may not think of yourself as an immigrant.

Career 15

Career GDP Crisis Long-term 15

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% Follow the Leading Health Care Innovation insight center on Twitter @HBRhealth. Leading Health Care Innovation. Leading Health Care Innovation: Editor’s Welcome.

Health Care 12

Health Care Supply Chain Cost Quality 12