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  • Mar 2012
  • Harvard Business Review

Does America Really Need Manufacturing?

By: Gary P. Pisano and Willy C. Shih
Manufacturing matters to a nation’s economic prosperity, not because it is an important source of jobs (it currently represents only about 10% of US employment) but because manufacturing competence is often an integral part of innovation. By Professors Gary P. Pisano and Willy C. Shih.
  • Mar 2012
  • Harvard Business Review

The Looming Challenge to U.S. Competitiveness

By: Michael E. Porter and Jan W. Rivkin
Professors Michael E. Porter and Jan W. Rivkin frame the HBS project on U.S. competitiveness by defining "competitiveness," assessing the state of U.S. competitiveness, and pinpointing dynamics that threaten America's competitiveness.
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  • Feb 2012
  • Case

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul: Building on a Diversified Base (Abridged)

By: William W. George
Starting in 2003, the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan region lagged the rest of the U.S. in job creation. Alarmed business and civic leaders coalesced around the Itasca Project, which set in motion a series of actions by groups of CEOs and politicians aimed at reversing these trends by creating jobs in all sectors of the economy.
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  • Jan 2012
  • Survey

Prosperity at Risk

By: Michael E. Porter and Jan W. Rivkin
As part of the U.S. Competitiveness Project, Harvard Business School asked its alumni to complete an in-depth survey on U.S. competitiveness.
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  • Nov 2011
  • Case

The Big 3 Roar Back

By: William W. George
By 2008, Detroit's "Big 3"—Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and Chrysler—were teetering, and two required federal government assistance to stay afloat. Within three years, remarkably, the Big 3 had turned around by improving competitiveness in quality, design, and cost, as well as through strong, decisive leadership on multiple fronts and improved union relations.
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  • Nov 2011
  • Case

Envision Charlotte: Building an Energy Cluster (Abridged)

By: William W. George
In 2006, Jim Rogers, CEO of Duke Energy, began to lay the groundwork to establish Charlotte as the "new energy hub of America." The Envision Charlotte initiative builds on the Charlotte region's economic development "energy capital USA" initiative.
  • Jul 2009
  • Harvard Business Review

Restoring American Competitiveness

Re: Gary P. Pisano and Willy Shih
For decades, U.S. companies have been outsourcing manufacturing in the belief that it held no competitive advantage. That has been a disaster.

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What Is U.S. Competitiveness?
The United States is competitive to the extent that firms operating in the U.S. can compete successfully in the global economy while supporting high and rising living standards for Americans.
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Research Tracks

 
What Is U.S. Competitiveness?
The United States is competitive to the extent that firms operating in the U.S. can compete successfully in the global economy while supporting high and rising living standards for Americans.
Find Out More