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- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
2017 Harvard Business Review The Real Reason Uber Is Giving Up in China By: Kirby, William C. Abstract—The article examines the role of the Chinese government in transport firm Uber's decision to sell its China operation to a rival... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Porter Directs New Institute at HBS
impact of Harvard's intellectual capital." Research at the ISC will span a wide array of topics, such as regional cluster development, the impact of the Internet on competitive positioning, antitrust policy, and strategies for... View Details
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
a mix of both. Wherever clubs fall on this spectrum, having a strategy that recognizes the global importance of stars is critical to long-lasting financial success. August 2013 Journal of Finance A Comparative-Advantage Approach to View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle
national security and a civilian tech sector that is the main engine of the economy. Another plus is Israel’s cluster of great universities, large companies, start-ups, and “connective tissue” such as top-notch engineering talent and... View Details
- Web
Terms of Service - Research Computing Services
statements in this agreement and that you agree to comply with applicable policies and laws governing the use of Harvard Business School’s technology resources and the protection of data privacy. Account Creation Requirements HBSGrid... View Details
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
benefiting their performance irrespective of whether these decisions negatively affect other profit centers. However, the firm implemented a third system that would potentially lead managers to benefit other profit centers. The firm established regional View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part One]
the authors came to believe, government had inflicted detrimental effects not only on industry but also on the Japanese economy as a whole. Their new book Can Japan Compete? is the result of years of research by Porter, the author of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 29 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel and Cement and the Quest to Capture Carbon in Hard to Abate Sectors
is that the sector should be treated as a priority to abate sector by the government given its contribution to total emission levels. However, they mentioned that, to achieve net zero, it would require them and the sector to revisit their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Group Therapy: The Role of Business Groups in Emerging Economies
priority of policymakers in emerging markets cannot be achieved rapidly nor by government decree. After all, it took the United States a century to achieve its present level of development. Finally, agencies and multinational companies... View Details
- 12 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs
In the 1920s, on pitch black nights in rural eastern Montana, the farmhouse owned by the parents of brothers Marcellus and Joe Jacobs stood out for one reason: it had light, although located far from power lines and gasoline supplies. It was a beacon in the dark that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
From Colombia to the District of Columbia: Making an Impact with Paulina Llano (MBA 2022)
Chamber of Commerce. Throughout this time, she focused on launching the digital economy cluster to facilitate collaboration between private companies, governments, and universities to make the region more competitive. Working at the... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
An Rx for Small Business Recovery
cluster concept pioneered by Michael Porter, the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor (Renewal Leave) at HBS, Mills argues that organizing a region’s small and large businesses around specialized industries—such as biotech in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 31 May 2017
- News
Father Agribusiness
Agribusiness, he explains, “..[i]s not just agriculture and business, it’s people from the medical school and government and the school for public health all working together.” For Goldberg, observing those connections in the context of... View Details
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
PublicationsClusters and Competitiveness: Porter's Contribution Authors:Christian H.M. Ketels Publication:Chap. 10 in Competition and Competitive Advantage: The Ideas of Michael Porter, edited by Robert Huggins and Hiro Izushi, 173-192. Oxford University Press, 2011... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
start, locate, or invest in a city. As HBS professor Michael Porter has explained in The Competitive Advantage of Nations, political units—whether nations or cities - are in competition with each other and can control their destiny using the analytical tools of... View Details
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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
- 2017
- Article
High-Skilled Migration and Agglomeration
By: Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr, Çağlar Özden and Christopher Parsons
This paper reviews recent research regarding high-skilled migration. We adopt a data-driven perspective, bringing together and describing several ongoing research streams that range from the construction of global migration databases, to the legal codification of... View Details
Keywords: Migration; Talent; Diaspora; Agglomeration; Diasporas; Industry Clusters; Talent and Talent Management; Immigration
Kerr, Sari Pekkala, William R. Kerr, Çağlar Özden, and Christopher Parsons. "High-Skilled Migration and Agglomeration." Annual Review of Economics 9 (2017): 201–234.
- 2010
- Report
Vietnam Competitiveness Report 2010
By: Christian H.M. Ketels, Nguyen Dinh Cung, Nguyen Thi Tue Anh and Do Hong Hanh
The 2010 Vietnam Competitiveness Report contains a broad assessment of Vietnam's current competitiveness, an analysis of the key challenges and opportunities ahead, and a proposal for an economic strategy to enable Vietnam to reach a higher level of sustainable growth.... View Details
Keywords: Economic Growth; Trade; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Labor; Industry Clusters; Performance Capacity; Performance Productivity; Competitive Strategy
Ketels, Christian H.M., Nguyen Dinh Cung, Nguyen Thi Tue Anh, and Do Hong Hanh. "Vietnam Competitiveness Report 2010." Report Series, Central Institute for Economic Management, Hanoi/Singapore, December 2010.
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
that the mayor’s beach house was there on exactly the same basis.” At that point it was time to return to MIT, but Mawilmada believes the government eventually granted an upgrade to the settlement. That experience was a turning point.... View Details
- 13 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 13
software and IT service firms will likely have an inward focus over the next five years and will, therefore, only slowly emerge onto the global market. Working PapersThe Role of Organizational Scope and Governance in Strengthening... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne