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  • Jul 2012
  • Working Paper

Clusters, Convergence, and Economic Performance

By: Mercedes Delgado, Michael E. Porter and Scott Stern
This paper evaluates the role of regional cluster composition in the economic performance of industries, clusters and regions.
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  • Mar 2012
  • Harvard Business Review

Special Report: Restoring U.S. Competitiveness

Some of the world’s most original thinkers explain the competitiveness challenge America faces and point the way forward.
  • Mar 2012
  • Harvard Business Review

Choosing the United States

By: Michael E. Porter and Jan W. Rivkin
Over the last four decades companies have dispersed more and more of their activities across the globe. Data and analysis from Michael E. Porter and Jan W. Rivkin suggest that the U.S. is losing out on location decisions at an alarming rate, even for high value adding activities such as R&D that it should be able to attract.
  • 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 2010
  • Journal of Economic Geography

Clusters and Entrepreneurship

By: Mercedes Delgado, Michael E. Porter, and Scott Stern
Industries located in regions with strong clusters (i.e. a large presence of other related industries) experience higher growth in new business formation and start-up employment.
  • Aug 2003
  • Article

The Economic Performance of Regions

By: Michael E. Porter
The performance of regional economies varies markedly in terms of wage, wage growth, employment growth, and patenting rate.
  • Oct 2001
  • Report

Clusters of Innovation: Regional Foundations of U.S. Competitiveness

By: Michael E. Porter
The real work of raising productivity and innovative capacity usually occurs not in our nation's capital, but in the cities and regions where firms are based and competition actually takes place.
  • May 1990
  • Book

The Competitive Advantage of Nations

By: Michael E. Porter
In the modern competitive marketplace, nations have their own competitive advantages. These are investigated and discussed in-depth.

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.
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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