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The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG Shared Value Initiative Social Progress Imperative AllWorld Network The Institute for Cancer... The... View Details
  • 07 Nov 2006
  • First Look

First Look: November 7, 2006

administrative, cultural, and corporate capital of the Ruhr, Germany's industrial heartland of smoke, coal, and steel. Art became a source of competitiveness. Through creative cooperative efforts, which we could call cluster activities... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Feb 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: JSW Steel and Cement and the Quest to Capture Carbon in Hard to Abate Sectors

to different players in this quest. From incumbents in traditional businesses revamping processes and technologies to account for emissions to startups creating new solutions to existing challenges such as agriculture, mobility and waste... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2009
  • News

The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle

start-up will be a phone call away, if you have the right idea,” write Senor and Singer. But the IDF experience is not the only reason for Israel’s business success. For one thing, Israel leads the OECD countries in the percentage of GDP earmarked for R&D, creating... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; National Security and International Affairs; Government
  • 25 Aug 2022
  • News

Comfort Zone

mind,” he says. First up: Bring the comfort of the lounge to the boarding hall. Tandem seating is a thing of the past, Fraser says. Among other things, he advises replacing the rows of chairs with what he calls soft seating: small couches that are comfortably spaced,... View Details
  • Summer 2014
  • Article

Taiwan's PC Industry, 1976–2010: The Evolution of Organizational Capabilities

By: Howard H. Yu and Willy C. Shih
The stellar growth of Taiwan's personal computer (PC) industry over the past three decades represents a paradox. Participating in the global production system, local firms in Taiwan grew in association with established firms in the West. Despite their technical... View Details
Keywords: Personal Computer; PC; PC Industry; Taiwan PC Industry; Taiwan PC Manufacturers; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Industry Clusters; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Information Technology; Technological Innovation; Mobile Technology; Information Technology Industry; Taiwan
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  • 2008
  • Working Paper

The Architecture of Platforms: A Unified View

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and C. Jason Woodard
The central role of "platform" products and services in mediating the activities of disaggregated "clusters" or "ecosystems" of firms has been widely recognized. But platforms and the systems in which they are embedded are very diverse. In particular, platforms may... View Details
Keywords: Digital Platforms; Industry Clusters; Infrastructure; Information Infrastructure; Digital Platforms
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  • 10 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 10

Convergence, and Economic Performance By: Delgado, Mercedes, Michael E. Porter, and Scott Stern Abstract—This paper evaluates the role of regional cluster composition in regional industry performance. On the one hand, diminishing returns... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2016
  • News

A Club for the Cosmos

In May, as Khaled Al-Hashmi (GMP 11, 2011) was introducing the UAE Space Agency at the Global Space and Satellite Forum in Abu Dhabi, another launch was taking place inside the confines of the larger conference. The Harvard Business School Aerospace Alumni Group, the... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
  • 22 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 22

and Migrating Clusters of Innovation Author:William R. Kerr Publication:Journal of Urban Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We investigate the speed at which clusters of invention for a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs

Jones notes. As technology industries scale up, they rely on innovation to create strategic advantage and wring out inefficiencies. But it's difficult to coax efficiencies and more productivity out of wind turbines, no matter how much... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Feb 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness

development. This concentration of expertise can be found in places like Silicon Valley, where clusters of experts and firms feed growth and spur innovation. Much of the damage to American competitiveness in the science and View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Manufacturing
  • 10 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Europe

enough of a part of the education system." The third issue, said Kuemmerle, is that "red tape is alive and well." Reconstructing For The New Economy Echoing his concern on this last point was panelist Klause Krone, CEO of Krone Management and View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
  • 26 Sep 2024
  • Blog Post

Syngenta Tomato Vision

fruit virus. Founded in 2000 from the merger of the agrichemical units of Novartis and AstraZeneca, Syngenta is a provider of a broad range of agricultural science and technology products focused on seeds and crop protection. They spend... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2004
  • News

The Future of Stem Cells

illnesses, positioning themselves in the mainstream,” predicts Debora Spar. “Venture capitalists will fund research into stem-cell science that runs in accordance with the wishes of society. Firms will cluster where the rules are... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 20 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 20

more likely to involve collaboration across locations, particularly with inventors from the firm's primary R&D site. Our results suggest that R&D dynamics in clusters are heavily influenced by multi-location firms with innovative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Nov 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

forthcoming Journal of Political Economy Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level Analysis By: Alfaro, Laura, Pol Antràs, Davin Chor, and Paola Conconi Abstract—In recent decades, advances in information and communication View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2018
  • News

Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers

sector has been dominated by big players. A few buyers like Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland dominate global commodity trades, while a cluster of conglomerates like Monsanto and DuPont control vital farm inputs like seeds and chemicals,... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

several articles published in the Global Competitiveness Report. Her research focuses on the relationship between clusters and the performance of firms, regions, and countries; the agglomeration patterns of innovative firms; and country... View Details
  • 19 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

research to help address. EPA senior attorney-advisor Jon Silberman says he attended with potential research questions related to the agency’s Next Generation Compliance initiative, which aims to take advantage of new tools and approaches, such as advanced emissions... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding