Economy - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 1997
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A Conversation with John Doerr (MBA '76)

new technology-driven economy in which the education and talent of the workforce and networks of collaboration between universities, businesses, and support communities (like venture capital) will determine our nation's competitiveness.... View Details

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Towards a New Approach for Upgrading Europe's Competitiveness

By: Christian Ketels and Michael E. Porter

The traumatic experience of the European sovereign debt crisis, followed by the outcome of the British referendum on leaving the European Union, has sent shockwaves through Europe. For the first time since the signing of the Treaties of Rome six decades ago, the very... View Details

Keywords: Competitiveness; Economy; Policy; Problems and Challenges; Europe; European Union

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22 Aug 2014
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The Conversation We Should Be Having About Corporate Taxes

14 Oct 2014
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The Unanticipated Risks of Maximizing Shareholder Value

28 Mar 2020
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The House passes $2 trillion package to help Americans

16 Jan 2020
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How Global Leaders Should Think About Solving Our Biggest Problems

12 Jun 2019
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Experts Look Beyond the Incumbents: Why Smaller Players are Winning

06 Sep 2018
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Should US Companies Still Care About the Paris Climate Change Agreement?

December 2013 (Revised May 2015)
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Land Acquisition in India: Public Purpose and Private Property (C)

By: Laura Alfaro, Lakshmi Iyer and Rachna Tahilyani

Keywords: India; Special Economic Zones; Land Markets; Land Politics; Industrial Development; Land Reform; Developing Markets; Developing Countries; Industrialization; Industrial Property; Economic Growth; Developing Countries and Economies; Economics; Economy; Macroeconomics; Social Issues; India; Asia; South Asia

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December 1999 (Revised June 2000)
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Smithfield Foods, Inc.

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and David Lane

Smithfield has become the number-one pork producer and processor in the world--given all the changes in the global agribusiness industry. How does the company develop its future strategy? A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Economy; Globalized Economies and Regions; Agribusiness; Globalization; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

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01 Mar 2017
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Ask the Expert: Capital Architect

Brunell spent five years helping Vietnam transition to a market economy, instituting government transparency measures and a national competitiveness index. (© Whitehotpix/ZUMAPRESS.com) David Brunell (MBA 1962) is a master at making markets. For 25 years, he has... View Details