U.S. Competitiveness - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Mar 2012
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Harvard Alumni Urged to Help the U.S. Compete

01 Dec 2009
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Losing Our Competitive Edge

"We design them here, but the labor is cheaper in Hell." © Drew Dernavich/Condé Nast Publications/Cartoonbank.com Today, many people are looking to high-technology sectors — like alternative energy — to be the growth engine that revives the View Details

Keywords: Gary P. Pisano; Manufacturing

05 Oct 2017
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This is how gerrymandering affects US competitiveness

07 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Competition of Countries

economy. Hopefully, I can finish by the late fall of next year. After that, I have in mind another project on U.S. economic management since the New Deal—through the exchange-rate collapse of Nixon, the demise of View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

16 Nov 2010
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Tesco's Foray Into U.S. Market Hits Snag

15 Feb 2012
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Welcome to the American Competitiveness Insight Center

October 2018 (Revised April 2019)
Teaching Note

Kids & Company: Entering the U.S.

By: Boris Groysberg and Matthew G. Preble

Teaching Note for HBS No. 418-011. View Details

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17 Dec 2015
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The U.S. Economy Is Doing Only Half Its Job

June 1999 (Revised April 2003)
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Zucamor S.A.: Global Competition in Argentina

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Describes the evolution of Zucamor and its business strategy, particularly after the opening of the Argentine economy in 1992 and 1993. Traces the action that led to its association with U.S. paper giant Union Camp. Poses some of the critical challenges faced by the... View Details

Keywords: Business Strategy; Global Strategy; Value; Problems and Challenges; Business or Company Management; Goods and Commodities; Alliances; Pulp and Paper Industry; Argentina; United States

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15 Sep 2016
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Harvard study show US losing competitive edge

20 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

done to fix it—in the following interview, first published in Harvard magazine's Can America Compete? report. “That great American job machine started sputtering around 2000” Porter and Rivkin lead the School's U.S. View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

21 Dec 2016
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U.S. manufacturing job openings at 2007 levels

11 Jun 2015
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U.S. Losing the Race to Raise Work Force Skills

15 Sep 2016
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Why the U.S. economy lags: It's the politics, stupid

11 May 2020
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Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness

February 2002 (Revised September 2002)
Case

Competition in Japanese Financial Markets, 2002

By: Tarun Khanna and Louis P. DiLorenzo, Jr

In early 2002, Japan, the world's largest economy, had been mired in a decade-long recession. A range of stimulus packages had failed to work their magic. The "Big Bang" financial deregulation reforms announced in 1998 had not quite produced the economic boom that the... View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Competition; Investment Banking; Financial Markets; Globalization; Financial Crisis; Commercial Banking; Banking Industry; Japan

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June 2014 (Revised January 2017)
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Focus Financial Partners and the U.S. RIA Industry in 2014

By: Luis Viceira and Emily A. Chien

In the Spring of 2014, Rudy Adolf, CEO and founder of Focus Financial, and the two other co-founders of the firm are considering alternative growth strategies to solidify Focus Financial's position as a leading aggregator of independent wealth management firms in the... View Details

Keywords: Financial Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Model; Financial Services Industry

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