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03 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping

endorsing McLean's business strategy, port officials believed that they were protecting the future of their business. If that meant fewer workers, so be it. They reasoned that it was better to have fewer workers in a prosperous enterprise... View Details

Keywords: by Anthony J. Mayo & Nitin Nohria; Manufacturing; Transportation; Aerospace

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Our Values | About

be done? I recognize the grief and pain of so many at the School. I feel it myself. I also firmly believe that by educating leaders who make a difference in the world, and by learning and working together across our differences, we can contribute to peace and View Details

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Video - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

given... 13 Feb 2014 Presentation Shared Value in Extractives (Video) Shared Value in Extractives (Video) by Michael E. Porter Michael Porter presentation at the Next-Gen CSR and Shared Value Forum in Calgary, Alberta Jan 2014 Presentation Creating Shared Value: The... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Bridging the Gap

digging deep into planning, strategy, and available resources. It’s work that doesn’t come naturally, but the future of Chattanooga—and other US cities—depends on it. The realization that better cross-sector collaboration would be key to generating shared View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

prosperity growth (Baldwin, 2003; Dollar/Kraay, 2002; Frankel/Romer, 1999; Sachs/ Warner 1995), or highlighted the role of trade as a means to tap into foreign knowledge and raise productivity (Coe/Helpman, 1995; Alcala/Ciccone, 2004).... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

07 May 2014
What Do You Think?

How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

diagnoses. Others advocated tax and non-tax solutions. The case against hasty change was made by Dave: "Market based capitalism is the greatest driving force of prosperity in the world today, but if we forget this and marginalize it... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jun 2023
News

Bridging the ESG Data Gap

opportunity and responsibility to tackle the most pressing issues of our time,” she states. “Our company empowers venture investors and founders to do just that.” NURTURING BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS An Engine of Innovation From Big Pharma to Startup Cultivating View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Oct 1997
News

W. Hall Wendel, Jr.

Island. No lawyers or investment bankers," Wendel smiles. By leveraging its strengths in engineering and marketing, cutting costs to the bone, and using its improved cash flow to streamline manufacturing and develop new and diversified products, Polaris View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner; mountain; adventure; climbing

09 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

6 Lessons from Donald Trump's Winning Marketing Manual

good old days really existed and they voted to bring them back. Pursue forgotten consumers. Most financial firms chase the same high net worth prospects, ignoring or at best taking for granted millions of modestly prosperous people. Trump... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch

04 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival

world seems suddenly uncertain. There are new questions about where we are going as a people, as business leaders, and as good citizens. Leaders have to be able to manage in stable, prosperous times and also in very uncertain, dangerous... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Portrait Project

Nagi Otgonshar

productive, sustainable, and prosperous path. I want to rebuild Mongolia, so that no mother will ever have to trudge through the snow again, sacrificing every day to ensure a better future for her children. View Details

21 Jun 2022
HBS Case

Free Isn’t Always Better: How Slack Holds Its Own Against Microsoft Teams

Set Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities Is A/B Testing Effective? Evidence from 35,000 Startups Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives Schumpeterian Competition and Diseconomies of Scope:... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Information Technology; Technology

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A Chronicle of the China Trade. The Papers of Augustine Heard & Co., 1840-1877

personal perspectives of the life and trajectory of a nineteenth—century firm—a firm that prospered at the height of the China trade and met its decline with the advent of new technologies and the emergence of the Chinese as mainstream... View Details

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

United States could help by knocking Manuel Noriega out of power, but despite the most fortuitous conditions possible—the presence of the canal on Panamanian soil—the United States was not able to promote prosperity or democracy in our... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

08 May 2023
Research & Ideas

How Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Crushed Crowdfunding for Minority Entrepreneurs

immigration is high.” You Might Also Like: How Racial Bias Taints Customer Service: Evidence from 6,000 Hotels Being Your Own Boss Can Pay Off, but Not Always with Big Pay Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

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Competitiveness of States & Regions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Development in Inner Cities Economic Development in Rural Areas Cluster Studies International Cluster Competitiveness Profiles Competitiveness of State... Competitiveness of States & Regions Prosperity levels vary dramatically within... View Details

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ICIC - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) is a nonprofit research and strategy organization and the leading authority on U.S. inner city economies and the businesses that thrive there. Creating Urban Opportunity ICIC's mission is to drive economic View Details

25 May 2011
HBS Case

QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off

group of retailers is challenging this notion of an industry built on the backs of crummy jobs, very prosperous companies that include Costco, Mercadona, Trader Joe's, and QuikTrip. What do they know that their competitors don't? In a new... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

28 Jun 2022
Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

29 May 2023
News

Nurturing Breakthrough Ideas

alumni and friends affirms its mission—to serve as an educational springboard that fosters peer collaboration beyond the boundaries of a particular Harvard school, enabling innovators to create meaningful impact across industries, sectors, and continents. An Engine of... View Details

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