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Jan 2014
Case

Rail Transportation in the United States

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Guilford (MBA 2013)

In the 20th century, automobiles and airlines pushed rail into the background as an often-troubled and neglected mode.

Sep 2013
Case

IBM and the Reinvention of High School (A): Proving the P-TECH Concept

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone

This case explores the motivation behind P-TECH (a growing skills gap), how it was developed along with the challenges, and the attention generated by the unique school design.

Sep 2013
Case

IBM and the Reinvention of High School (B): Replicating & Scaling P-TECH and Partners

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone

This case explores the challenges and complications of replicating P-TECH.

Feb 2013
Survey

Competitiveness at a Crossroads

By: Michael E. Porter, Jan W. Rivkin, and Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Second in the series of U.S. Competitiveness surveys, Harvard Business School gleaned responses from nearly 7,000 alumni and more than 1,000 members of the general public.

Nov 2012
The Economist

What Washington Must Do Now: An Eight-Point Plan to Restore American Competitiveness

By: Michael E. Porter and Jan Rivkin

Policy steps for the president and Congress to follow in order to make American companies more competitive and their employees more prosperous.

Oct 2012
Fortune

What Business Should Do to Restore U.S. Competitiveness

By: Michael E. Porter and Jan W. Rivkin

Business leaders should not simply accept the business environment as a given, set by government. They can—and should—enhance the commons in ways that boost their own long-run profits.

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

Enriching the Ecosystem

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Innovation, the classic basis for U.S. success in world markets, rests on foundational institutions, such as research centers, incubators for entrepreneurs, and skills training vehicles, that provide fertile soil in which to seed, grow, and renew enterprises, writes Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter.

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.