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Strategies for Cross-National Regions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Development in Inner Cities Economic Development in Rural Areas Cluster Studies International Cluster Competitiveness Profiles Strategies for Cross-Nat... Strategies for Cross-National Regions Traditional... View Details
- 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
Alfaro, Laura, Maggie X. Chen, and Harald Fadinger. "Spatial Agglomeration and Superstar Firms: Firm-level Patterns from Europe and U.S." In ECB Forum on Central Banking, 17-19 June 2019, Sintra, Portugal: 20 years of European Economic and Monetary Union: Conference Proceedings. Frankfurt: European Central Bank, 2019.
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
The Next Big Thing
prominence to the role of dynamic clusters as a key to regional and national economic success. He defines clusters as geographic concentrations of interconnected companies and institutions in a particular... View Details
- 20 Aug 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Spatial Agglomeration and Superstar Firms: Firm-level Patterns from Europe and US
- 16 Sep 2015
- Keynote Speech
Revitalizing Inner Cities: The Strategic Agenda (Video)
Video of Keynote presentation at the Inner City Economic Summit, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, Detroit, MI View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Revitalizing Inner Cities: The Strategic Agenda (Video)." Inner City Economic Summit, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, Detroit, MI, September 16, 2015.
- 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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Statistical Resources - Research Computing Services
An introduction to Quasi-MLE Poisson An introduction to censored, truncated or selected data An introduction to survival analysis An introduction to count data models An introduction to GMM An introduction to Hausman-Taylor model An introduction to kernel regression... View Details
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Videos - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Health Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG Shared Value Initiative Social Progress Imperative AllWorld Network VBHCD Initiative VBHCD... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Case Study: Welcome Aboard
changed for them when the world went remote. They’ve since hired six employees who are clustered in Boston but working remotely. As the team expands, the founders wonder whether they should build a remote-first company or plan for an... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 28 May 2013
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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
- 12 Sep 2017
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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
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
off his own consulting firm, Competitiveness.com, in 1993 to work exclusively on cluster competitiveness reinforcement projects. Consultant and Networker One of his firm’s first challenges was helping the 500-year-old leather industry in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
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News Coverage - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Health Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG Shared Value Initiative Social Progress Imperative AllWorld Network VBHCD Initiative VBHCD... View Details
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U.S. Competitiveness Project - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG Shared Value Initiative Social Progress Imperative AllWorld Network U.S. Competitiveness Project U.S.... View Details
- 04 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities
also benefited, the researchers write. Have tech clusters peaked? Even with the changes, the five biggest US metro areas since 1980 “have remained mostly prosperous and often hold leading positions in important sectors,” such as... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Shared Value Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG Shared Value Initiative Social Progress Imperative AllWorld Network Shared Value Initiative Shared... View Details
Business of Emerging Markets
of the palm oil cluster in Malaysia and Indonesia and its global implications for corporations, governments, and individual actors, especially in emerging economies. I’ve also reframed key ideas and theoretical contributions underlying my... View Details
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MOC Network - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG Shared Value Initiative Social Progress Imperative AllWorld Network MOC Network The MOC Affiliate... View Details
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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
several articles published in the Global Competitiveness Report. Her research focuses on the relationship between clusters and the performance of firms, regions, and countries; the agglomeration patterns of innovative firms; and country... View Details
- 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
Ellison, Glenn, Edward Glaeser, and William R. Kerr. "What Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration Patterns." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-064, July 2007. (NBER WP 13068; published in American Economic Review.)