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- 09 Jul 2013
- News
Competitiveness expert slams Obama tax plan
- June 2005 (Revised September 2008)
- Class Lecture
Strategy: Building and Sustaining Competitive Advantage
By: Bharat N. Anand, Stephen P. Bradley, Pankaj Ghemawat, Tarun Khanna, Cynthia A. Montgomery, Michael E. Porter, Jan W. Rivkin, Michael G. Rukstad, John R. Wells and David B. Yoffie
It's great to have a blockbuster quarter or a revolutionary product or service, but true business excellence demands sustainability. Maintaining your competitive advantage requires a strategy that makes your business unique and carries you forward as the world around... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage
- March 2021
- Technical Note
Competitive Strategy in International Construction
By: John D. Macomber and Emrah Ergelen
Construction of buildings and infrastructure is one of the largest industries in the world in terms of volume. It is also one of the most physically risky, financially uncertain, and politically impacted. The industry is highly fragmented since there are few economies... View Details
Keywords: Construction; Infrastructure; Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Strategic Planning; Global Range; Construction Industry
Macomber, John D., and Emrah Ergelen. "Competitive Strategy in International Construction." Harvard Business School Technical Note 221-074, March 2021.
- February 1996
- Case
Indianopolis: Implementing Competition in City Services
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Roger Atherton
Mayor Stephen Goldsmith of Indianapolis introduces competition to provide city services and implementation of new bidding procedures and work practices in the Department of Transportation. Exhibits show how work methods changed and work control procedures control work... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Business Strategy; Welfare; Transportation; Change; Cost Management; Service Industry
Bruns, William J., Jr., and Roger Atherton. "Indianopolis: Implementing Competition in City Services." Harvard Business School Case 196-099, February 1996.
- 19 Jun 2001
- Other Presentation
Competition and Antitrust: Canadian Competition Policy: Preparing for the Future
Presentation delivered at the Richard Ivey School of Business, Toronto, Canada View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Competition and Antitrust: Canadian Competition Policy: Preparing for the Future." University of Western Ontario, Richard Ivey School of Business, Toronto, Canada, June 19, 2001.
- 13 Feb 2018
- News
Harvard’s Porter on American Competitive Advantage
- 1982
- Book
Cases in Competitive Strategy
By: M. E. Porter
Keywords: Competitive Strategy
Porter, M. E. Cases in Competitive Strategy. NY: Free Press, 1982.
- Article
Industrial Ecology and Competitiveness
By: Daniel Esty and Michael E. Porter
In the emerging field of industrial ecology one of the unsettled questions is the degree to which design for the environment, closing energy and materials loops, and other industrial ecology concepts apply at the firm level. In this article we examine this issue with a... View Details
Keywords: Competition
Esty, Daniel, and Michael E. Porter. "Industrial Ecology and Competitiveness." Journal of Industrial Ecology 2, no. 1 (January 1998): 35–43.
- 11 May 2011
- Other Presentation
The New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's books and articles, in particular, Competitive Strategy (The Free Press, 1980); Competitive Advantage (The Free Press, 1985); "What is Strategy?" (Harvard Business Review, Nov/Dec 1996); and On... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "The New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value." Marketing 50 Spring Summit, Boston, MA, May 11, 2011.
- Web
FAQ - U.S. Competitiveness
FAQ About the Project What is the U.S. Competitiveness Project? The U.S. Competitiveness Project is a research-led effort to understand and enhance the competitiveness of the... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
How Partisanship Is Destroying America’s Competitiveness
- 2012
- Working Paper
The Determinants of National Competitiveness
By: Mercedes Delgado, Christian Ketels, Michael E. Porter and Scott Stern
We define foundational competitiveness as the expected level of output per working-age individual that is supported by the overall quality of a country as a place to do business. The focus on output per potential worker, a broader measure of national productivity than... View Details
Delgado, Mercedes, Christian Ketels, Michael E. Porter, and Scott Stern. "The Determinants of National Competitiveness." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 18249, July 2012.
- Fast Answer
Medical devices: Competitive products
What are the substitute and/or competitative medical products? You may begin with the following approaches: Check market research reports. You may begin with: BCC Research Frost & Sullivan Medical devices databases by... View Details
- April 1986 (Revised March 1987)
- Case
U.S. Competitiveness in Manufacturing
By: Norman A. Berg
Berg, Norman A. "U.S. Competitiveness in Manufacturing." Harvard Business School Case 386-133, April 1986. (Revised March 1987.)
- September 2009 (Revised August 2013)
- Case
Colombia: Organizing for Competitiveness
By: Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo and Michael E. Porter
The case is designed to explore the process of building competitiveness, particularly in an unstable environment, with a focus on organizing for competitiveness. View Details
Ramirez-Vallejo, Jorge, and Michael E. Porter. "Colombia: Organizing for Competitiveness." Harvard Business School Case 710-417, September 2009. (Revised August 2013.)
- spring 1995
- Article
Competitive Response and Equilibria
By: R. Lal and V. Padmanabhan
Keywords: Competition
Lal, R., and V. Padmanabhan. "Competitive Response and Equilibria." Marketing Science (spring 1995).
- Article
Competition for Scarce Resources
By: Peter Eso, Volker Nocke and Lucy White
We model a downstream industry where firms compete to buy capacity in an upstream market that allocates capacity efficiently. Although downstream firms have symmetric production technologies, we show that industry structure is symmetric only if capacity is sufficiently... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Natural Environment; Technology; Production; Business Cycles; Forecasting and Prediction; Cost; Demand and Consumers; Industry Structures; Performance Capacity
Eso, Peter, Volker Nocke, and Lucy White. "Competition for Scarce Resources." RAND Journal of Economics 41, no. 3 (Fall 2010): 524–548.
- 15 Feb 2012
- Other Presentation
The New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's books and articles, in particular, Competitive Strategy (The Free Press, 1980); Competitive Advantage (The Free Press, 1985); "What is Strategy?" (Harvard Business Review, Nov/Dec 1996); and On... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "The New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value." Owner/President Management Program Session, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, February 15, 2012.
- Article
Neurodiversity as a Competitive Advantage
By: Robert D. Austin and Gary P. Pisano
Many people with neurological conditions such as autism spectrum disorder and dyslexia have extraordinary skills, including those in pattern recognition, memory, and mathematics. Yet they often struggle to fit the profiles sought by employers. A growing number of... View Details
Austin, Robert D., and Gary P. Pisano. "Neurodiversity as a Competitive Advantage." Harvard Business Review 95, no. 3 (May–June 2017): 96–103.