Competition - Publications - Faculty & Research

2019
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More Amazon Effects: Online Competition and Pricing Behaviors

I study how online competition, with its shrinking margins, algorithmic pricing technologies, and the transparency of the web, can change the pricing behavior of large retailers in the U.S. and affect aggregate inflation dynamics. In particular, I show that in the past... View Details

Keywords: Amazon; Online Prices; Inflation; Uniform Pricing; Price Stickiness; Monetary Economics; Economics; Macroeconomics; Inflation and Deflation; System Shocks; United States

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23 Apr 2019
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AlmaPact Final Pitch New Venture Competition 2019 Business Track

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The Diamond Model - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Competitiveness & Economic Development CED Competitiveness & Economic Development Frameworks & Key Concepts Research & Applications Frameworks & Key Concepts Frameworks & Key Concepts Drivers of... View Details

January 2017
Teaching Note

European Integration: Meeting the Competitiveness Challenge

By: Michael E. Porter and Christian Ketels

Teaching Note for HBS No. 714-405. View Details

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10 Oct 2003
Other Presentation

Regional Competitiveness in the Berkshire Region

By: Michael E. Porter

Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development

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February 2012 (Revised March 2012)
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Drivers of Productivity and Global Competitiveness

By: Diego Comin

Keywords: Trade; Performance Productivity; Global Range

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April 1987 (Revised April 1994)
Background Note

Auctions and Competitive Bidding: An Introduction

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June 1999 (Revised April 2003)
Case

Zucamor S.A.: Global Competition in Argentina

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Describes the evolution of Zucamor and its business strategy, particularly after the opening of the Argentine economy in 1992 and 1993. Traces the action that led to its association with U.S. paper giant Union Camp. Poses some of the critical challenges faced by the... View Details

Keywords: Business Strategy; Global Strategy; Value; Problems and Challenges; Business or Company Management; Goods and Commodities; Alliances; Pulp and Paper Industry; Argentina; United States

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01 May 2020
Podcast

Handicapping the global competition for talent

Post-Covid recovery will hinge on how well countries leverage talent. This lends new relevance to international business school INSEAD’s 2020 global ranking of that capacity. Released in January, the school’s seventh annual Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI)... View Details

25 Jan 2010
News

Sheikh Mohammed attends forum on competitiveness

02 Apr 2013
News

Competitive Cash-for-Weight-Loss Plans Work Best: Study

21 Jan 2013
News

American Competitiveness Crucial to U.S. Economy

06 Sep 2022
HBS Conference

Boston Conference on Markets and Competition

11 Sep 2019
HBS Conference

Boston Conference on Markets and Competition

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Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

stakeholders to agree on a single overarching goal: improving health outcomes for patients while controlling the costs to deliver that care. Competition has failed in health care for the simple reason that it is based upon entirely wrong... View Details

14 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Rewriting the Rules of Service Competition

"strategic service vision" companies must adopt. Leading a breakthrough service—one that alters the basis of competition in entire industries—is different. Those that have done it understand things that their competitors’... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett, W. Earl Sasser & Leonard A. Schlesinger; Retail