Publications

2018
Working Paper

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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14 Sep 2017
News

Political failure through a business lens

08 Feb 2018
Op-Ed

What’s Missing From the Debate About Trump’s Tax Plan

EtiAmmos The tax policy we choose as a society reveals our collective values. That is why battles over it are so fierce—and justified. When we debate tax policy, we are debating what kind of society we want and what role we want the government to play in it. If tax... View Details

Keywords: by Matthew Weinzierl

February 1997 (Revised August 1997)
Case

Mexico (D): Stabilization and Retrenchment

By: Huw Pill

Describes the response of the Mexican authorities and the international community to the Mexican Peso crisis of 1994 and the banking, financial, and macroeconomic crisis that followed it. View Details

Keywords: Globalized Economies and Regions; Financial Crisis; Macroeconomics; Mexico

2020
Working Paper

Food Security and Human Mobility During the COVID-19 Lockdown

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Wesley W. Koo, Xina Li, Nishant Kishore, Satchit Balsari and Tarun Khanna

During the COVID-19 crisis, millions of migrants around the world face food insecurity. This could force migrants to travel during the pandemic, exposing them to health risks and accelerating the spread of the virus. Anecdotal evidence demonstrates the importance of... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Migrants; Food Security; Mobility; Health Pandemics; Food; Distribution; Policy; Global Range

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15 Sep 2016
News

US Competitiveness Report Sees ‘A Nation Divided’

it is imperative to provide an unbiased, nonpartisan, data-driven analysis of what truly ails the US economy and to offer realistic steps to restore US competitiveness. The new report is based on findings... View Details

19 Jul 2019
News

The Day India’s Banks Died

19 Sep 2018
News

When an Owner’s New Company Puts the Old One in Trump’s Cross Hairs

15 Aug 2018
News

Elizabeth Warren has a plan to save capitalism

25 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business

platforms, but new industries are also springing up around them; witness the multibillion-dollar ringtone business. To record the impact of software platforms on the economy and look to their future impact,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services

27 Feb 2020
News

Why Cryptocurrencies Should Be Evaluated As Fiat Money

June 2005 (Revised February 2006)
Case

TCL Multimedia

By: Tarun Khanna, Felix Oberholzer-Gee and David Lane

TCL considers the underlying logic behind the globalization of one of China's most prominent companies. TCL, and similarly prominent companies in China, are in the forefront of China's emergence as one of the world's preeminent economic powers. Allows a discussion of... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Success; Business Strategy; Developing Countries and Economies; China

12 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 12, 2006

markets allow the backward linkages between foreign and domestic firms to turn into FDI spillovers. Our calibration exercises indicate that a) holding the extent of foreign presence constant, financially well-developed View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Sep 2016
News

LeBron James Helps Young Entrepreneurs In 'Cleveland Hustles'

January 2013 (Revised September 2013)
Case

Royal DSM: Fighting Hidden Hunger

By: Rebecca Henderson, Noah Fisher and Mary Shelman

In 2007 Royal DSM, a leading life science and materials company, entered a partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP) to combat hidden hunger around the world by providing micronutrient solutions. The case investigates the unexpectedly large impact the partnership... View Details

Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Human Needs; Partners and Partnerships; Global Range; Nutrition; Science-Based Business; Non-Governmental Organizations; Service Industry; Health Industry