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 119

Human Capital Tourism Metrics Transportation 119

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2014

It can improve its competitiveness by reducing costs in its traditional sectors, such as tourism, agriculture, and trade. Currently, the annual expenditures for research and development (R&D) amount to 0.67% of Greece’s GDP. to 3% of their GDP. And Tropical SA is focused on hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.

Planning 12

Planning GDP Tourism Innovation 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

Compared to most oil-rich countries in the Middle East, Iran has a diversified economy, its tourism sector is on the verge of a major windfall, and threats to its political stability are in decline. The country’s tourism sector attracted fewer than five million visitors in 2014 while neighboring Turkey attracted 39 million people.

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Thanks to Airbnb, more people will travel, bringing more tourism dollars to more people in the countries they travel to, creating more profits and distributing them more fairly. GDP by 2020. could harness technologies like 3D printing to build affordable houses faster and cleaner and make them accessible to most Americans.

Cost 8

Cost Globalization Innovation Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

It should have been a prime area for entrepreneurial activity: It had a solid technology infrastructure and a substantial population of 25-to-44-year-olds—many of whom were engineering or computer-science graduates—as well as a large local consumer market. But they also needed to show promise, with a healthy per capita GDP.

Case Study 8

Case Study Incubator Marketing Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2014

There is also a technology outsourcing industry. And then finally, in some parts of Ukraine, tourism has been becoming more important. Poland on the one side and Russia on the other are both in the low twenty-thousands in GDP per capita, and Ukraine is officially at $7,298. Why is the economy such a mess?

Politics 8

Politics Tourism Short-term Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2013

So far, Rwanda''s three big clusters are coffee, tea, and tourism, but Porter is convinced there are more to come. In the initial three areas of coffee, tea, and tourism, that effort has advanced quite far now. Rwanda is winning international awards and marketing globally, and tourism is booming. All of these need powering.

Porter 13

Porter Tourism Politics Long-term 13