The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 7, 2022

Concern propagated , however, that the very technologies that enabled us all to work from home would mean that we could, in theory, work from anywhere , which means we wouldn’t need to be tied to cities in order to work for companies based there. For instance, pre-Covid, Tokyo alone was estimated to have a GDP of around $1.6

GDP 143

GDP Technology Policies Engineering 143

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

This notion that corporate venturing allows firms to glimpse the future probably doesn’t apply to activity in, for instance, China, where startups are seldom a source of novel technology but can nonetheless achieve dramatic demand growth. Standing on shoulders. “Our study illustrates that point using China as a setting. .

Globalization 117

Globalization GDP Marketing Strategy Technology 117

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 13, 2023

A recent paper from Tsinghua University highlights this divide and argues that there needs to be significant movement in terms of technology transfer between rich and poor countries if global climate targets are to be met. of national GDP. The costs involved in this effort are also significant, and amount to up to 4.1%

GDP 120

GDP Technology Trends Globalization 120

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

These are likely to drive unsustainable growth in healthcare spending that is predicted to grow faster than GDP in most OECD countries. The report also highlights the growing importance of digital technology in society. Digital economy.

Trends 133

Trends GDP Report Energy 133

Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Unemployment is too high or GDP is too low. GUEST POST from Greg Satell When politicians and pundits talk about the economy, they usually do so in terms of numbers. Inflation should be at this level or at that. You get the feeling that somebody somewhere is turning knobs and flicking levers in order to […]

Crisis 115

Crisis GDP Productivity Products 115

HR Digest

JULY 5, 2021

Developments in digital technologies, inclusive of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, are estimated by some to create the potential for a tremendous reduction in the volume of work. Others see scope of digital technologies to transform the quality of work. EMBRACING AUTOMATION AND AI RIGHT NOW.

Human Capital 122

Human Capital How To Incentives Human Resources 122

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

“We’re likely to see a huge amount of disruption in the labor market in the coming years, with existing jobs lost to economic and technological factors, and new jobs created that will require new skills,” Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO of Coursera told me recently. ” Skills for the post-Covid world. Uneven spread.

Skills 129

Skills GDP Crisis Short-term 129

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2022

For instance, during 2020, GDP in advanced economies plummeted, with many businesses having to shut for prolonged periods, and nearly all having to rapidly adapt to the changing conditions. The success of the VCUK consortium reflects how innovation can be accelerated through multiple non-traditional strategies,” the researchers explain. “The

Company 127

Company Hofstede Supply Chain Agility 127

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

However, the extent to which hotel guests embrace AI technology has remained an elusive query, until now. A recent study conducted by the University of Houston sheds light on the degree of acceptance among hotel guests regarding AI technology. “And the most important factors were perceived ethics, followed by benefits.

Hotels 119

Hotels Influence Ethics GDP 119

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

While there have been undoubted ebbs and flows, the last century has seen growth in GDP like never before. A paper from the UC Santa Barbara argues that this growth is due to a combination of the technologies of the Industrial Revolutions and the various economic and political freedoms we have enjoyed as democracy has spread.

Globalization 106

Globalization GDP Long-term Social Capital 106

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2023

A few years ago a report from the Institute for Engineering and Technology (IET) found that the public is not really sold on the benefits of smart cities, due in large part to confusion about just what the term means and precisely what makes a city smart (or not).

Human Capital 114

Human Capital Tourism Metrics Transportation 114

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 29, 2020

Each year INSEAD produce a global innovation index, which chronicles the abilities of various countries around the world to support the creation of innovation. It looks at everything from the legal infrastructure, the ease of creating a business, the quality of academia and availability of finance.

Venture Funding 97

Venture Funding GDP Incentives Finance 97

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 12, 2020

New research from MIT sets out to understand precisely why the labor share of GDP has fallen from 67% in 1980 to just 59% today. The discontent from economists has mainly arisen due to the remarkable stability of labor’s share of GDP throughout the 20th century. “That’s our key point.” ” Superstar firms.

GDP 71

GDP Outsourcing Retail Finance 71

Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Winning in this environment requires more than new technology ; here are ten ways to become truly social in a world that is not just connected, but interconnected and interdependent: 1) Do away with one-way conversations. Because the company trusts them to devise their own ways to connect with customers in meaningful and innovative ways.

How To 110

How To Airlines Media Innovation 110

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 10, 2022

The analysis found that GDP would likely have fallen by around twice as much during 2020 if remote working was not the option it ultimately was. This perhaps underlines the results of a survey from the Swinburne University of Technology into the kind of working arrangement people are seeking after Covid.

Productivity 126

Productivity Products Survey GDP 126

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 30, 2020

This would allow them to explore how balance in the workplace contributes towards GDP. GDP is attributable to these declining barriers in the labor market,” the authors explain. Even social norms can limit the ability for people to successfully enter the workforce.

GDP 78

GDP Marketing Advertising Technology 78

Innovation Excellence

MAY 13, 2020

In 2011, technology pioneer Marc Andreessen declared that software is eating the world. Unlike back east, where businesses depended on stodgy banks for finance, on the west coast venture capitalists, many of whom were former engineers themselves, would decide which technology companies got funded. The Productivity Paradox (Redux).

Software 55

Software Venture Capitalist Real Estate Technology 55

Innovation Excellence

JUNE 15, 2020

trillion dollars or roughly 110% of GDP. The deficit in 2020 was expected to be roughly $1 trillion, or about four percent of GDP, but with the impact of the Coronavirus, we can expect it to be at least two to three times that now. The Debt Time Bomb. The US national debt today stands at about 23.5 The news isn’t all bad, of course.

GDP 58

GDP Crisis Supply Chain Budgeting 58

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 22, 2022

The researchers looked at employee technology data before, during, and then after the hurricane struck. “In the future, there will be a greater percentage of the workforce who is involved in some sort of office-style technology work activities,” they explain. Maintaining productivity.

GDP 60

GDP Analysis Products Productivity 60

Innovation Excellence

MAY 26, 2020

Klaus Schwab said that we must develop a comprehensive and globally shared view of how technology is affecting our lives and reshaping our economic, social, cultural, and human environments. There has never been a time of greater promise, or greater peril.

Industry 58

Industry Agility GDP Education 58

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. Hype run wild.

Venture Capitalist 45

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Incubator GDP 45

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 30, 2019

The transformation of Silicon Valley from farmland into the center of the technological universe has been attracting envious looks from around the world for a generation or more. There is also a supportive regulatory environment that has helped fintech innovators to emerge. Digital dominance.

Marketing 45

Marketing McKinsey Innovation GDP 45

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2023

With AI’s influence, their projections suggest a potential resurgence in global GDP growth, envisioning a substantial boost to the global economy by 2032. The authors predict that AI will emerge not merely as a technological marvel, but as a beacon of hope in addressing demographic and productivity challenges.

GDP 28

GDP Analysis Globalization Influence 28

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 competitiveness of the U.S.

Innovation 15

Innovation GDP Education Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

I was a panelist on a session on Reverse Innovation during the recently concluded World Economic Forum at Davos. The conventional wisdom is that innovations originate in rich countries and the resulting products are sold horizontally in other developed countries and then sent downhill to developing countries. Not really.

Innovation 15

Innovation Telecommunications Globalization GDP 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2014

As a percentage of GDP, it’s now back to mid-1990s levels: There’s a version of the chart above in the much - discussed paper that MIT economist David Autor presented last week at the Federal Reserve’s annual Jackson Hole meeting. job market troubles of the past decade than new technology had. tumbled, and stayed down. Well, sort of.

GDP 19

GDP Information Technology Company Christensen 19

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

Reading the headlines, you might think that the most urgent question about national success in innovation and growth is whether the U.S. Germany does a better job on innovation in areas as diverse as sustainable energy systems, molecular biotech, lasers, and experimental software engineering. in the most radical technologies.

Innovation 15

Innovation GDP Telecommunications Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2011

The first decade of the 21st century brought about an incredible amount of technological advances — Facebook, Twitter, Android, iPod/iTunes/iPhone/iPad, and many other innovations transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Armed with this perspective, where might management innovation go from here?

Innovation 16

Innovation Supply Chain Management Six Sigma 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining innovation in health care, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. US health care costs are currently 17% of GDP ($2.5 Provide financial security against the costs of ill-health.

Health Care 15

Health Care Innovation GDP Cost 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2012

Then it enables them to improvise and innovate while performing their otherwise rote tasks, encouraging them to relate to customers in individualized and often distinctive ways. The chain has created an incredibly compelling human interface for its stores where, arguably, every cashier is an innovator. The result?

Innovation 15

Innovation Hotels GDP Case Study 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

those who have the talent and drive to be inventive and enterprising) were happy at work, or at least felt that their ideas are being valued, they would contribute to innovation and growth in their employers' organization, rather than setting up their own company. Indeed, if entrepreneurial employees (i.e.,

Leadership 20

Leadership GDP Entrepreneur Incubator 20

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

And as innovation brings self-driving cars, electric vehicles, in-vehicle data connectivity, mechanisms for sharing rides and vehicles, and other technologies to more people, getting around cities will become easier, faster, and safer. million deaths in 2015 ), and air pollution (health problems like respiratory ailments).

Transportation 14

Transportation Technology GDP Policies 14

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). 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

GDP 15

GDP Supply Chain Globalization Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2014

No single number has become more central to society in the past 50 years than GDP — Gross Domestic Product. government released its revised estimate for GDP for the last three months of 2013. The limitations of GDP have long been recognized. Academics have also joined the post-GDP party. This past Friday, the U.S.

GDP 9

GDP Education Industry Information Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2013

These present drivers of its economy, however, are under threat from technology. I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology to help universities in the region develop capabilities in emerging areas like microelectronics, biotech, and nanotechnology. Education drives technology. publicly traded companies.

Education 10

Education Technology IPO GDP 10

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

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 14

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 14