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  • February 2003 (Revised February 2008)
  • Case

Singapore Inc.

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Emily Thompson
In early 2003, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong is assessing Singapore's development strategy--tax cutting combined with an industrial policy focused on six "clusters," including biomedical sciences. After 36 years of stupendous growth, Singapore has slowed down and faces... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Economic Growth; Growth and Development Strategy; Industry Clusters; Business and Government Relations; Competition; China; Singapore
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  • 20 Sep 2022
  • Research & Ideas

How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms

and Florida) or “blue” and liberal (California, New York, and Massachusetts), and boardrooms in various states reflect the same geographic pattern. The researchers observed more clustering of Democrats on executive teams in blue states... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • Research Summary

Overview

By: Feng Zhu
Professor Zhu’s research focuses on the design of platform business models and its impact on platform performance. Platforms have become central to our economy. A platform is a product or service that enables two or more customer groups to interact. For example,... View Details
  • 25 Mar 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The Secret Life of Supply Chains

have the inputs, including the workforce,” says Mills. The findings also argue for policies that encourage clustering of supplier companies and buyers to magnify innovation, and creating more access to capital for suppliers. “When we talk... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing; Service
  • Research Summary

Managing the Advantages and Tradeoffs of Collaborative Structures

By: Ethan S. Bernstein

To solve complex problems, organizations must both collect facts and use them to solve problems. In one study, my coauthors and I show that increased connectivity—measured as network... View Details

Keywords: Networks; Human Behavior; Performance; Virtual Work; Hybrid Work; Office Space; Workplace Design; Communication; Social and Collaborative Networks; Behavior; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Leadership; Management
  • 20 Oct 2010
  • Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

Dierx, Viktoria Kovacs, Nuno Sousa (2007), Steps towards a deeper economic integration: the Internal Market in the 21st century, Economic Papers. 271. European Commission, Brussels: January 2007. Ketels, Christian (2010), Cluster Policy:... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
  • 12 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

actions with social or future benefits. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53178 A Historical Approach to Clustering in Emerging Economies By: Giacomin, Valeria Abstract—Clusters are defined as... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 24 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 24, 2008

http://89.96.193.118/book/9780750685528/loch-christoph-h/handbook-new-product.html Industrial Specialization and Regional Clusters in the Ten New EU Member States Authors: Orjan Solvell, Christian H.M. Ketels, and Goran Lindqvist... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Nov 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors

cave—if you have a collection of caves within reach of each other—know other members of other caves, and it's this combination of a tight, local clustering with an occasional weak, distant tie to other clusters, that is the essence of a... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant; Publishing
  • 2019
  • Chapter

Spatial Agglomeration and Superstar Firms: Firm-level Patterns from Europe and U.S.

By: Laura Alfaro, Maggie X. Chen and Harald Fadinger
We characterize the agglomeration patterns of industries and plants in Europe, distinguishing Eurozone countries and the United States. Using a micro-level index, we quantify the degree of geographic concentration in industrial activities and explore how firm... View Details
Keywords: Agglomeration; Patterns; Industry Clusters; Europe; United States
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  • 10 Dec 2013
  • First Look

First Look: December 10

Geographic Clusters By: Alcácer, Juan, and Minyuan Zhao Abstract—This paper takes a close look at the reasons, procedures, and results of cluster identification methods. Despite being a popular research... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Sep 2015
  • Keynote Speech

Revitalizing Inner Cities: The Strategic Agenda (Video)

By: Michael E. Porter
Video of Keynote presentation at the Inner City Economic Summit, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, Detroit, MI View Details
Keywords: Economic Development; Urban Development; Economics; Industry Clusters; United States
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  • April 2004
  • Background Note

Emergence of "Silicon Wadi", The

By: Paul A. Gompers and Sara Bergson
Provides background information on the high-tech industry in Israel. View Details
Keywords: Applications and Software; Industry Clusters; Information Technology Industry; Israel
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  • 23 Jul 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark

the downsides of the cluster phenomenon. After the French tire maker Michelin introduced radial tire technology—which in effect doubled a tire's useful life—Akron tire companies quickly began to lose their edge. The Akron firms faltered... View Details
Keywords: by Donald Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto
  • 01 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 1

structure shapes performance in problem-solving tasks. Problem solving, we argue, involves both search for information and search for solutions. Our results show that the effect of network clustering is opposite for these two important... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 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
Keywords: Microeconomics; Industry Clusters; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Colombia
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  • 28 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 28

Christian Abstract—This paper reviews implications of recent research on competitiveness and clusters for regions and regional policy. A new framing of competitiveness clarifies the role of regions. Its empirical findings align well with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 30

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=13-052.pdf Clusters and the New Growth Path for Europe By: Ketels, Christian, and Sergiy Protsiv Abstract—This paper outlines elements of a conceptual framework that clarifies the role... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 31 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

of Manufacturing Clusters By: Buciuni, Giulio, and Gary P. Pisano Abstract—Over the past two decades, the greater prevalence of global supply chains has had contrasting effects on Western manufacturing clusters. While some of them... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 2007
  • Working Paper

What Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration Patterns

By: Glenn Ellison, Edward Glaeser and William R. Kerr
Many industries are geographically concentrated. Many mechanisms that could account for such agglomeration have been proposed. We note that these theories make different predictions about which pairs of industries should be coagglomerated. We discuss the measurement of... View Details
Keywords: Geographic Location; Labor; Industry Clusters; Transportation; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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