Publications

2008
Book

The Venturesome Economy: How Innovation Sustains Prosperity in a More Connected World

By: Amar Bhide

Keywords: Innovation; Globalization

2012
Other Unpublished Work

Prosperity at Risk: Findings of Harvard Business School's Survey on U.S. Competitiveness

By: Michael E. Porter and Jan W. Rivkin

Keywords: Trade; International Relations; Competition; United States

2015
Report

The Challenge of Shared Prosperity: Findings of Harvard Business School's 2015 Survey on U.S. Competitiveness

By: Jan Rivkin, Karen G. Mills and Michael E. Porter

In the 2015 survey on U.S. competitiveness, HBS alumni weigh in on the current state and future trajectory of U.S. competitiveness as well as the structural strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. business environment. In addition, alumni delve deeper into two aspects of... View Details

Keywords: Competitiveness; U.S. Competitiveness; Shared Prosperity; Wealth; Competition; United States

Jan 2014
Keynote Speech

Creating Shared Value: The Path to Economic and Social Prosperity for Birmingham

By: Michael E. Porter

Keywords: Creating Shared Value; Alabama

2015
Book

The Conservative Heart: How to Build a Fairer, Happier, and More Prosperous America

By: Arthur C. Brooks

28 Jan 2014
Other Presentation

Creating Shared Value: The Path to Economic and Social Prosperity for Birmingham

By: Michael E. Porter

The ideas drawn from "Creating Shared Value" (Harvard Business Review, Jan 2011) and "Competing by Saving Lives" (FSG, 2012). View Details

Keywords: Society; United States

22 May 2020
Podcast

53. Reflections on The Prosperity Paradox, with Euvin Naidoo and Efosa Ojomo

This week on The Disruptive Voice, we're delighted to introduce you to Euvin Naidoo and Efosa Ojomo, who join us for a conversation about innovation, prosperity, and development in Africa. Originally from KwaDukuza, South Africa, Euvin is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard... View Details

26 Feb 2011
News

Gov. Christie's Illinois trip, N.J.'s prosperity are discussed at GOP governors convention

2014
Working Paper

Bio-Piracy or Prospering Together? Fuzzy Set and Qualitative Analysis of Herbal Patenting by Firms

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Tarun Khanna

Since the 1990s, several Western firms have filed patents based on medicinal herbs from emerging markets, evoking protests from local stakeholders against 'bio-piracy'. We explore conditions under which firms and local stakeholders share rents from such patents. Our... View Details

Keywords: Rents From New Technology; Local Stakeholders; Herbal Patents; QCA; Fuzzy Set Analysis; Qualitative Case Studies; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Patents; Emerging Markets; Health Care and Treatment; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry

23 Jan 2019
News

Worm Capital Q&A With Clayton Christensen On Innovation -- And His New Book "The Prosperity Paradox"

2022
Government Testimony

Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and Panama: A New Alliance for Promoting Democracy and Prosperity in the Americas

By: Laura Alfaro

2021
Article

Cluster Presence and Economic Performance: A New Look Based on European Data

By: Christian H.M. Ketels and Sergiy Protsiv

This paper takes a fresh empirical look at how cluster presence matters for economic performance. It analyses a new data set developed for the European Cluster Observatory to assess the impact of clusters on industry-level wages and regional prosperity. It is found... View Details

Keywords: Cluster; Economic Geography; Prosperity; Economic Performance; Wages; Economy; Europe

07 Jan 2015
News

The Type of Innovation That Builds Nations

Keywords: innovation; developing nations; government policy; economic growth; prosperity; entrepreneurship; Health, Social Assistance; Finance

June 14, 2017
Article

Local Leaders Have a Better Chance of Fixing the Economy than Washington Does: Here's Why and How Shared Prosperity Will Return to America City by City, not from Washington.

By: Jan Rivkin

05 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?

Eiichi Shibusawa continues to gain influence in Japan—even though he died almost a century ago. Japan’s government announced earlier this year that the 19th century business leader would be the face on 10,000 yen ($90) bank notes—the highest value denomination in... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Rei Morimoto; Financial Services; Retail

2020
Book

Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire

By: Rebecca Henderson

Free market capitalism is one of humanity’s greatest inventions and the greatest source of prosperity the world has ever seen. But this success has been costly. Capitalism is on the verge of destroying the planet and destabilizing society as wealth rushes to the top.... View Details

Keywords: Capitalism; Economic Systems; Ethics; Society; Environmental Sustainability