Between now and 2030, major imbalances in the supply and demand of labor threaten 25 of the world’s major economies. An estimated $10 trillion of GDP could be squandered because of worker shortages and surpluses. Here are BCG’s projections—country by country—along with proposed remedies.
In recent years, escalating operating costs and falling commodity prices have eroded the stellar returns mining companies enjoyed from 2002 through 2012. With no end in sight to these pressures, companies must now focus on productivity—in new areas and new ways—to achieve healthy shareholder returns.