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William R. Kerr | About
The book reveals how immigration has transformed U.S. innovation, reshaped the economy through the rise of talent clusters and superstar firms, and influenced society at large in positive and adverse ways. The book argues that America,... View Details
- 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
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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
- 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
- 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
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Emily Thompson. "Singapore Inc." Harvard Business School Case 703-040, February 2003. (Revised February 2008.)
- 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
- Research Summary
Managing the Advantages and Tradeoffs of Collaborative Structures
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
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
At Consoleya, a coworking space in Cairo’s former French Consulate, multiple levels of meeting rooms and workspaces operate at capacity, from a ground-floor café to a rooftop deck. The scene—coders bent over laptops, concepts scrawled on whiteboards, View Details
- Blog
What Black Executives Really Want
given the opportunity to perform at your fullest potential, what would that look like? What are some fixes?" What they wanted can be clustered into 3 broad buckets–to feel (1) safe, (2) seen, and (3) supported. My HBS colleague, Amy C.... View Details
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By: Debora L. Spar
I'll have a girl, please
American Public Media [Marketplace], 12 September 2006
DR. DEBORAH SPAR: "The ability to choose gender is really only the first... View Details
- 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
- Fast Answer
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Tools
Harvard, and other resources of interest to the GIS community. The Center also hosts training workshops and online video tutorials. U.S. Cluster Mapping: Allows you to explore regions by analyzing View Details
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Improving the Local & Regional Business Environment - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
institutions, infrastructure, and regulatory framework. More about economic development and competitiveness The diamond Model Strong clusters, strong communities Building a strong local cluster improves company productivity and growth... View Details
- 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
- 07 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 7, 2006
administrative, cultural, and corporate capital of the Ruhr, Germany's industrial heartland of smoke, coal, and steel. Art became a source of competitiveness. Through creative cooperative efforts, which we could call cluster activities... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Aug 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Spatial Agglomeration and Superstar Firms: Firm-level Patterns from Europe and US
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
Convergence, and Economic Performance By: Delgado, Mercedes, Michael E. Porter, and Scott Stern Abstract—This paper evaluates the role of regional cluster composition in regional industry performance. On the one hand, diminishing returns... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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HBSGrid Terms of Service - Research Computing Services
Requirements When working on the HBSGrid, users must understand that the cluster is a shared resource. If over-requesting resources (CPU cores and RAM) or allowing sessions to sit idle over long periods of time, these unused resources are... View Details
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The MOC Affiliate Network Impact - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Initiatives 137 Competitiveness Institutes 819 Cluster Initiatives 925 National & Regional Competitiveness Initiatives Knowledge Development 462 Cases 993 Research Projects 157 Cross-Affiliate Collaborations The MOC Affiliate network... View Details
- Aug 2003
- Article
The Economic Performance of Regions
This paper examines the basic facts about the regional economic performance, the composition of regional economies, and the role of clusters in the U.S. economy over period of 1990 to 2000. The performance of regional economies varies... View Details