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11 May 2020
News

Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness

15 May 2009
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Competitiveness for the Third Millennium: Implications for Croatia

Competitiveness presentation delivered at the CEO Agenda Forum in Zagreb, Croatia. View Details

Keywords: Economics; Croatia

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Judging | New Venture Competition

capital firms in the US. Also included are some of the most successful Harvard Business School (HBS) entrepreneurs from top companies. Criteria Judging criteria is focused on Customer Value Proposition which includes size of market, View Details

6 Oct 2009
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Competitiveness for the Third Millennium: Implications for Mexico

Competitiveness presentation delivered at the CEO Agenda Forum in Monterrey, Mexico. View Details

Keywords: Economics; Mexico

22 Jul 2010
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The Competitive Advantage of Nations: Implications for Rwanda

The Competitive Advantage of Nations: Implications for Rwanda View Details

Keywords: Economics; Rwanda

22 Sep 2016
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The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

“My work is about making competitive businesses out of ‘lost causes,’” wrote Emiliano Duch (MBA 1991) in a Class Notes post announcing his 2013 career move, from private development consultant to lead financial and private-sector... View Details

25 Jan 2007
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Winning Competitive Strategies in Today's Shifting Global Marketplace

The following portion of this presentation draws on Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press, May 2006. Earlier publications about health care include the... View Details

Keywords: Health; Netherlands

February 27, 1997
Article

The Inner City's Competitive Advantage

By: M. E. Porter and Tapan Munroe

Keywords: City; Competition

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Strategy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

business. Yet until the 1980s, terms like strategic positioning and competitive advantage were absent from the corporate lexicon. Even today, many leaders and managers fail to grasp the fundamental concepts that shape View Details

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Eligibility | New Venture Competition

team and a significant equity holder, if equity has been distributed. Acceptable Business Ventures The objective of the Student New Venture Competition is to provide a meaningful learning experience for students who are interested in... View Details

June 1998 (Revised February 1999)
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Building a Logic of Competition

Consists of 30 multiple-choice, true-false, and fill-in-the-blank questions. The first group of questions raises ideas about global competition, demographic change, mass customization, and technological innovation. The second group of questions suggests patterns of... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Globalized Markets and Industries; Economics

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December 2005 (Revised March 2007)
Case

Leerink Swann & Co.: Creating Competitive Advantage

By: Boris Groysberg and Andrew N. McLean

In the spring of 2005, CEO Jeff Leerink has called a meeting of the executive committee to formulate Leerink Swann's growth strategy over the next five years so that it accomplishes three goals: expand into a new business, reinforce the firm's legacy businesses, and... View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Human Resources; Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Alignment; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Expansion

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19 Oct 2012
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Building a Competitive Mexico: The Role of Business

This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness," in The Global Competitiveness Report... View Details

Keywords: Economics; Mexico

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Judging | New Venture Competition

political) are favorable. Market need, size of opportunity, competitive landscape, and potential risks are identified and manageable. Resources The funding plan is sensible in terms of capital required to launch and operate. Funding... View Details

14 Nov 2006
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Competitiveness and Economic Development: Where Does Texas Stand?

This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in articular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Clusters and the New Competitive Agenda for Companies and Governments" in On Competition (Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; United States

2001
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Clusters of Innovation: Regional Foundations of U.S. Competitiveness

Competitiveness has tended to be seen primarily from a federal perspective, and national policies and circumstances surely affect the prosperity of our economy. However, the Clusters of Innovation Initiative was undertaken with the realization that the real work of... View Details

Keywords: Clusters; Economics; Industry Clusters; Economy; Growth and Development; United States

Oct 2001
Report

Clusters of Innovation: Regional Foundations of U.S. Competitiveness

The real work of raising productivity and innovative capacity usually occurs not in our nation's capital, but in the cities and regions where firms are based and competition actually takes place. View Details

Research Summary

The Competitive Advantage of Nations and Regions