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December 2014
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Clusters, Convergence, and Economic Performance

By: Mercedes Delgado, Michael E. Porter and Scott Stern

This paper evaluates the role of regional cluster composition in regional industry performance. On the one hand, diminishing returns to specialization in a location can result in a convergence effect: the growth rate of an industry within a region may be declining in... View Details

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

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16 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?

The coronavirus pandemic has not only disrupted lives and businesses, it has illuminated underlying fragilities in the global value chain (GVC) that drives economies around the world. The smartphone you use many times daily is a product... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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K–12 Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

help them catch up? We answer this question using two orthogonal sources of v... Pratham 2.0: Sustaining Innovation By: Brian Trelstad, Samantha Webster and Malini Sen March 2023 (Revised June 2023) | Faculty Research Pratham is a... View Details

22 Feb 2022
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New Urban Order

visible places where people can see cars charging out in the wild.” Green Construction Many American cities have ambitious green-building goals, and some states—notably Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, and California—have programs to support View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

13 Mar 2018
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Manufacturing a Renaissance in the Deep South

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Understanding Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Kazakhstan - Global Activities 2020

leadership, it had transformed itself into the country’s most popular online platform, dominating the e-commerce , payments, and fintech sectors at the same time that Kazakhstan’s economy was seeing rapid growth. How would Lomtadze and... View Details

01 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 1

review analysis for predicting restaurant inspection results. Publisher's link: http://people.hbs.edu/mluca/hygiene.pdf August 2013 MIT Sloan Management Review Using Open Innovation to Identify the Best Ideas By: King, Andrew, and Karim... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution

"Radial Age" advertising campaign in 1968. 2 The August 1968 Consumer Reports awarded its top two spots to radials and documented the new technology's longer life, increased safety, handling and economy relative to even... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation

18 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization

developing economies and globalization at large. “The cluster concept is often used to consider local factors,” Giacomin says, “but there’s a growing awareness that many clusters are also driven by external forces, such as foreign direct... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness

06 Dec 2017
What Do You Think?

Is It Time To Break Up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, or Google?

a company for doing the best job they can and succeed?” Others argued that market definition is changing in ways that render United States anti-trust policy outdated in an increasingly global economy. As Craig Parietti & Partners put it, “We are now a global View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology; Web Services

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Electricity - Business & Environment

for alternatives to fossil fuels, especially renewables. Innovation Innovations are needed to generate vast amounts of carbon-free electricity and to use electricity much more efficiently. There is massive... View Details

10 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 10

paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-008.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsThe Shaw Group Inc.: Entrepreneurial Innovation Lynda M. Applegate and Edward WatsonHarvard Business School Case 810-135 The case describes the founding and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

framework can serve as the cornerstone of both effective management and sound governance. Key Learnings · A sophisticated governance system is necessary in a complex capitalistic economy to ensure that capital funds the best ideas. The... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

18 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 18

enterprise in the new state of the Republic of Turkey from the 1920s. After World War II it diversified rapidly, forming part of a cluster of business groups that dominated the Turkish economy alongside state-owned firms. This study shows... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 May 2024
Blog Post

Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria

high standards and criteria on climate, health, and equity. As an example, offsetting the emissions of an economy flight from San Francisco, CA to Boston, MA would cost $13.50 To meet those goals, CNaught curated a project portfolio with... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Economics , January 2022) with Jason Mao, Antoinette Schoar, and Nan R. Zhang. Mitchell B. Weiss : Winner of the 2022 Apgar Award for Innovation in Teaching. 2021 Jeffrey J. Bussgang : Received the Robert F. Greenhill Award in 2021 for... View Details

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Global Business Course | HBS Online

the world, develop innovative strategies and technologies, and more vibrant partnerships toward collective action to solve some of today’s complex global challenges. David Luna U.S. Diplomat and National Security Official What You Earn... View Details

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

a low-carbon economy, and this new global economy requires innovative and high-growth companies. For context, there is a $22T market opportunity solely within the three investment sectors—renewable energy,... View Details

28 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld

(up to 40%), India will require significant continued development to cater for its growing economy and population over the coming decades. Therefore, this site visit offered tremendous insight on one of India’s most significant, yet... View Details

31 May 2017
What Do You Think?

Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?

Developments in the Postwar Period,” in A. B. Smith (ed.), Competitive Distribution in a Free High Level Economy and Its Implications for the University (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1958), pp. 1-25 at pp. 17-18. Reader's... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

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