Competency and Skills - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

you decide to put together this collection of articles? Porter: In retrospect, my work divides into three major areas. The first has to do with how firms compete in industries and gain competitive advantage.... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

12 Apr 2011
News

Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS

Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS Selected from more than 90 worldwide entries, 12 winning regional teams will travel back to campus on April 25 to compete in the the 2nd annual Alumni New Venture... View Details

Keywords: Multiple alumni

summer 1999
Article

The Enduring Skills of Change Leaders

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Change; Leadership; Competency and Skills

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September 2024
Article

Gender Gaps: Back and Here to Stay? Evidence from Skilled Ugandan Workers During COVID-19

By: Livia Alfonsi, Mary Namubiru and Sara Spaziani

We investigate gender disparities in the effect of COVID-19 on the labor market outcomes of skilled Ugandan workers. Leveraging a high-frequency panel dataset, we find that the lockdowns imposed in Uganda reduced employment by 69% for women and by 45% for men,... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Wage Gap; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Employment; Wages; Uganda

01 Sep 2016
News

Clay Christensen on Competing Against Luck

Innovator’s Dilemma and make “disruption” a universal buzzword. Christensen’s latest book, Competing Against Luck, drops this month and is an outgrowth of the second puzzle... View Details

10 Jan 2020
News

Competing in the Age of AI

Article

Competing through Manufacturing and the New Manufacturing Paradigm: Is Manufacturing Strategy Passe?

By: K. B. Clark

Keywords: Competition; Strategy; Production

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Feb 06 2017
Testimonial

Applying Hard-Won Skills in a New Domain

05 Jan 2023
News

6 Business Skills Every Engineer Needs

05 Dec 2013
Op-Ed

Encourage Breakthrough Health Care by Competing on Products Rather Than Patents

they should open target data and compete on solutions—compounds and molecules addressing the targets. I agree. If we're going to get the breakthrough products we want at a... View Details

Keywords: by Richard G. Hamermesh; Biotechnology; Health

16 Mar 2017
News

Competing with the Chinese Factory of 2017

September 2010 (Revised November 2011)
Case

Salud Digna: Successfully Competing with For-Profit Organizations

By: Allen S. Grossman and Regina Garcia-Cuellar

Hugo Moreno, CEO of Salud Digna, was considering his growth options for the next three years. Would becoming a for-profit with access to greater capital be the best strategy or would this cause the organization to lose its social mission? Salud Digna provided... View Details

Keywords: For-Profit Firms; Health Testing and Trials; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Nonprofit Organizations; Health Industry; Mexico

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09 Feb 2018
News

Colleges and businesses team up to fill demand for skilled workers

What about the race between education and technology in the Global South? Comparing skill premiums in colonial Africa and Asia

Historical research on the race between education and technology has focused on the West but barely touched upon ‘the rest’. A new occupational wage database for 50 African and... View Details

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Book

Competing on Internet Time: Lessons from Netscape and Its Battle with Microsoft

By: M. A. Cusumano and D. B. Yoffie

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Competitive Strategy

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01 Jun 2008
News

Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work

Nearly half of HBS’s 82 clubs and associations sponsor social enterprise programs that put alumni management and leadership skills to work on behalf of local communities View Details

Keywords: alumni clubs; Centennial; Educational Services