Gdp - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

How Technology Adoption Affects Global Economies

the United States and India adopted cell phone technology in the 1980s. However, the difference in per capita income between those nations remains huge: in 2011, the United States had a per capita GDP of around $48,000, while India's was... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

07 Apr 2015
News

Warrior Spirit

player,” he says, citing Amazon and Alibaba; Apple and Samsung; Twitter and Weibo. “America has just 320 million people. Yes, GDP per capita is higher, but Asia is growing by leaps and bounds. If you localize and execute a proven US... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2008
News

You Only Thought You Were Republican

if it is not growing, on a sustained basis, faster than the economy as a whole. But when Reagan took office, the debt equaled 30 percent of our GDP versus 60 percent today. This despite Clinton/Gore leaving us with (in Bush’s words)... View Details

Keywords: Andrew Tobias; national debt; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Government

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

Swiss Re, which predicts that even if some mitigating actions are taken, global GDP will shrink by 14 percent by 2050 by 18 percent if no actions are taken. Okay, the sky may really be falling. However, research that my co-author, Bonita... View Details

Fast Answer

GDP: Contribution by sector/industry

How do I find industry contribution to GDP by country? Economist Intelligence Unit From the View Details

Portrait Project

Bismah Rahmat

question – the GDP of Burkina Faso or the science behind cosmic inflation – and unequivocally, he’d know the answer. He did mental math faster than I could punch numbers into a calculator. In my father’s final days, his brain could no... View Details

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U.S. economic data

H.15 - Interest rates for select U.S. government and Federal Reserve series, published every business day. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Data - U.S. national data and a variety of other data such as GDP and... View Details

02 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Explaining China's Crash

indicators in China’s economy have been slowing for some time. In January, the official data for GDP growth was 7.4 percent, the weakest in 24 years and the first time in a century that growth fell short of the official target, although... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services

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Historical and forecasted economic statistics

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22 Apr 2015
Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

past few years (yes there are some). It is true that Greece reformed laws and regulations to make its economy more open to foreign trade and as a result more competitive. Trade (defined as the sum of exports and imports) to GDP ratio... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

01 Mar 2014
News

Innovation: Crowdfunding College Costs

out of the recession, more and more people are asking themselves, do I really need more stuff? People are relieved to have this option." Finally, Cordero points out the stunning spike in college costs and the need to make saving easier: "No cost in American View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Gradsave; crowdfunding; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance

31 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Improving Fairness in Flight Delays

congested, relies on the use of the Ground Delay Program (GDP), introduced in 1981, and the Airspace Flow Program (AFP), introduced in 2007. When a GDP event is implemented, such as during the recent Hurricane Irene sweep up the East... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Entertainment & Recreation; Air Transportation

01 Mar 2014
News

Book Review: The Old West

Pinto says Western business leaders have shown "extraordinary complacency in the face of upheavals." The numbers don't look good for the West. The United States, Great Britain, and France have each seen their average GDP growth hover... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

30 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

evaluation criteria. The case also looks at the potential fund returns from the perspective of an investor. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/815097-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 115-042 Shanghai: GDP... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Profile

Mariama Keita

effectively. GDP is about output and adding value. If we could go beyond farming cocoa to process it, we could expand our economic base. To take the next steps, we need a better understanding of fiscal powers such as adjusting interest... View Details

11 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

U.S. Tops Business Competitiveness Index 2006

levels of company sophistication. The index explores a country's prosperity, measured by its level of gross domestic product per capita adjusted for purchasing power. "The focus is on sustainable prosperity and on identifying the specific areas that must be... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Mar 2012
Article

Rethinking School

Economists have found that the higher a country's academic test scores, the faster its GDP grows. That puts the United States' perennially mediocre test scores in a particularly ominous light. Progress is being made, says Childress, of... View Details

20 Aug 2016
News

The Business of Improving Health Care Delivery

practices to bear on how we run hospitals. In America, we spend 17 percent of the GDP on health care, for some of the worst outcomes in the developed world. We’re in dramatic need of novel, creative ideas to improve the care that we... View Details

22 Jan 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Why You Are Unhappy at Work

your CEO make more than the GDP of most industrialized nations? You may work less hard as a result, suggests research by Ethan Rouen. Bad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job's Fault A poorly designed job can work against the efforts of even... View Details