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- 1 Aug 2002
- Other Presentation
Australian Competitiveness
Competitiveness presentation at the IIR Leading Minds conference in Sydney, Australia. View Details
- August 2002 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Italy: A New Commitment to Growth
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Rebecca Evans
Examines Italy's efforts to comply with the Maastricht Treaty and become integrated with Europe in the European Union. By 2002, Italy has achieved macroeconomic stability, but slow growth threatens the country's future competitiveness. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi... View Details
- July 2002 (Revised September 2002)
- Case
Competition in Japanese Financial Markets, 2002 (Abridged)
By: Tarun Khanna
In early 2002, Japan, the world's largest economy, had been mired in a decade-long recession. A range of stimulus packages had failed to work their magic. The "Big Bang" financial deregulation reforms announced in 1998 had not quite produced the economic boom that the... View Details
- 2002
- Chapter
Ranking National Environmental Regulation and Performance: A Leading Indicator of Future Competitiveness?
By: Daniel Esty and Michael E. Porter
This chapter from The Global Competitiveness Report analyzes the differences among countries in environmental performance and the link between environmental outcomes and national environmental policy choices. The chapter reveals the findings from an exploration... View Details
- 18 Apr 2002
- Other Presentation
Basque Competitiveness
Regional competitiveness presentation in Bilbao, Basque Country. View Details
- 17 Apr 2002
- Other Presentation
Portuguese Competitiveness
Presentation on the new challenges for Portuguese competitiveness, Lisbon, Portugal. View Details
- April 2002 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
News Corporation
By: Bharat N. Anand and Kate Attea
In 2001, News Corp. is the smallest of the major media and entertainment conglomerates, but it has the broadest global presence. In an effort to establish a major distribution presence in the United States, News Corp. had looked to acquire DirecTV, the largest U.S.... View Details
- 3 Apr 2002
- Other Presentation
Regional Foundations of Competitiveness Issues for Wales
Presentation on the Future Competitiveness of Wales: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Technological Change (Video Link). View Details
- March 2002 (Revised January 2010)
- Case
BP and the Consolidation of the Oil Industry, 1998-2002
By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and David J Hanson
Examines the economics of the oil and gas industry with a focus on 1998 through 2001. Discusses the rationale behind using a growth in scale as a means to increase profitability and to gain competitive advantage. Also examines the classic strategic implications of... View Details
- February 2002 (Revised September 2002)
- Case
Competition in Japanese Financial Markets, 2002
By: Tarun Khanna and Louis P. DiLorenzo, Jr
In early 2002, Japan, the world's largest economy, had been mired in a decade-long recession. A range of stimulus packages had failed to work their magic. The "Big Bang" financial deregulation reforms announced in 1998 had not quite produced the economic boom that the... View Details
- January 2002 (Revised March 2011)
- Case
Finland and Nokia: Creating the World's Most Competitive Economy
By: Michael E. Porter and Orjan Solvell
Finland, with a special language and culture, has developed as a country in between the west (the Nordic region and Europe) and the east (especially its neighbor Russia). In the 1980s, a process started of moving out of an investment-driven economy into an... View Details
- 2001
- Chapter
The International Competitiveness of the UK: Is It Eroding or Rather Changing Form?
By: G. Jones, J. Dunning and L. Nachum
- November 2001 (Revised April 2002)
- Case
Taking Charge at Dogus Holding (A)
By: Rakesh Khurana, Gina Carioggia and Simon Johnson
Describes 37-year-old Ferit Sahenk's challenges in taking over his father's traditionally managed $14 billion Turkish conglomerate in a period of economic instability. Leading the large holding company into the 21st century will require the establishment of a more... View Details
- November 2001
- Background Note
Global Approaches to Anti-Corruption
By: Joseph Hinsey, Guhan Subramanian and Michelle Kalka
In the 1970s, a series of unpleasant revelations about corporate conduct, culminating in the public disclosure about unsavory business practices abroad by more than 400 U.S. corporations, jarred popular perceptions concerning business ethics. Congress responded by... View Details
- 7 Nov 2001
- Other Presentation
Building a Competitive Argentina: Towards a National Agenda
Presentation delivered at the competitive advantage seminar in Buenos Aires, Argentina. View Details
- 2001
- Other Unpublished Work
Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Wichita
This study contains a conceptual framework for assessing the competitiveness of regional economies, an analysis of the Wichita region overall, as well as detailed assessments of two representative clusters—aerospace vehicles and defense and plastics. The report... View Details
- 2001
- Other Unpublished Work
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
- 25 Sep 2001
- Other Presentation
The Baltic Rim Regional Agenda
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press,
1990), "The Microeconomic Foundations of Economic Development," in The Global Competitiveness Report 1998,... View Details
- 3 Aug 2001
- Other Presentation
New Zealand Competitiveness: The Next Agenda
Competitiveness presentation at the "Catching the Knowledge Wave Conference," Auckland, New Zealand. View Details
- 2 Aug 2001
- Other Presentation
The Competitive Advantage of Singapore: Transition to the Innovation Stage
Competitiveness presentation at the new economy conference in Singapore. View Details