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Changes in Global Trade Patterns – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1104 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1104 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Jeffry S.S. Credit: Wolfgang Weiser Credit: Wolfgang Weiser This blogpost is based on ‘The McKinsey Global Institute's January 2025 report, *Geopolitics and the Geometry of Global Trade: 2025 Update’. Link at the end. An excerpt from interview wit Robert Hormats is also included. Mr. Hormats is the former Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment. Preamble Geopolitical dynamics are reshaping global trade patterns. Analyzing 2024 data, the report highlights a continued trend of countries reconfiguring trade relationships along geopolitical lines. The trend had been coming for long though. I had noted that immediatel...

Global Talent Competitive Index – Part 4 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #649 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #649 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Introduction The eighth edition of Global Talent Competitiveness Index – GTCI – 2021 has been published. This year it has been co-produced by INSEAD, France, and Portulans Institute, a think-tank based in Washington, DC, and Geneva. GTCI measures talent along set parameters in various countries of the world, which more or less remain the same. In the 2021 report, 134 countries are included. The complete report has 328 pages and those interested may follow the link at the end to see the full report.  Analysis of Findings We shall analyze Pakistan alone and vis-à-v...

Global Talent Competitive Index – Part 2 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #647 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #647 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Introduction The eighth edition of Global Talent Competitiveness Index – GTCI – 2021 has been published. This year it has been co-produced by INSEAD, France, and Portulans Institute, a think-tank based in Washington, DC, and Geneva. GTCI measures talent along set parameters in various countries of the world, which more or less remain the same. In the 2021 report, 134 countries are included. The complete report has 328 pages and those interested may follow the link at the end to see the full report.  The Global Talent Competitiveness Index – GTCI – is computed as...

Effect of Technology and Globalization on Corporate Jobs Part II – Blog Post #411 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #411. Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. This article is inspired by the INSEAD article, the link of which appears at the end. Continued from Previous…… We look at the two major factors causing employment polarization: Automation and Globalization. Automation [Quote] MIT Professor of Economics David H. Autor notes that automation has been going on for centuries, but in the last few decades it has become cheaper than ever with the ubiquity of computers and internet. [Unquote] The critical factor is the ever-decreasing cost and ever-increasing efficiency of technology. The jobs for which skilled blue-col...

Effect of Technology and Globalization on Corporate Jobs Part I – Blog Post #410 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #410. Pharma Veterans welcomes sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. This article is inspired by the INSEAD article, the link of which appears at the end. Technology and Globalization have been around since ages. Several hundred years ago, people traveled to far off places to find new resources. Many travelers settled in new countries in the hope of making their lives better. This was the earliest form of globalization. Similarly, technology has been evolving at all times, and was motivated by the need for making jobs easier and faster to achieve greater productivity. Development of technology has gained much higher pace in the la...