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- 01 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?
competitive challenges to Amazon in ways unimagined before the pandemic. While Amazon’s sales increased during the early months of the COVID-19 scare, by mid-April its share of online spending had fallen from 42 percent (imagine that for... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Porter's Paradox
during the past decade. "Absolutely," Porter replied. "It's a very interesting paradox. In a global economy where it's easy to move goods and information around the world, these things become givens available to any enterprise. As a... View Details
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
patients and lack of innovation. 3. The key to addressing these problems is moving to value-based, positive-sum competition. Unlike zero-sum competition where there is a winner and a corresponding loser,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Diagnosing DC’s Dysfunction
Washington isn’t broken. It’s thriving. The real problem is that our political system benefits the major political parties and their industry allies—not the people it was designed to serve. That’s according to “Why Competition in the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Redefining Health Care
PORTER: Health care's zero-sum competition model adds costs and results in severe quality problems. University professor Michael Porter never planned to write a book on health-care reform. In fact, he expected brickbats in response to a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Cracks in the Foundation
I couldn't help but feel a sense of gloom as I read the results of the recent HBS alumni survey on US competitiveness. It revealed that alumni overwhelmingly believe the United States is losing its competitive edge, particularly when... View Details
- 07 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase
America small-business owners moved quickly when COVID-19 started shuttering shops in March. Fine dining restaurants shifted to takeout. Book shops introduced curbside pickup. Gyms offered classes online. Business owners, it seemed, just... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
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HBS June 2–3, 2004 Spring 2004 Reunions/MBA Classes of 1929, 1934, 1939, 1944, 1949, 1954, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999 HBS June 3–6, 2004 HBS Global Leadership Forums “From the Commanding Heights to the Market: The Changing Face of Business” Shanghai, China June 15–17, 2004... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
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Together and Moving Apart: Convergence and Competition in the Global Economy” London, England June 21–24, 2005 For more information on these events, visit the links above or call the Alumni Relations office... View Details
- 17 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance
further erosion in competitive performance, which makes it even more attractive for other companies to move their supply base overseas. The process looks like a natural reaction to market forces, but, in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Kenneth Feinberg, Special Master
“vindictive” but to settle on compensation for top executives at bailed-out companies that would be competitive without promoting excessive risk-taking. (Feinberg’s definition of “excessive”: “I know it when I see it.”) He noted that 85... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: On the Fly
always been intriguing to me,” says Carty, which explains his five decades in the field—starting at Air Canada, moving on to American Airlines (where he served as chairman and CEO), and including board stints with Porter Airlines, Virgin... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Playing to Win
Seldom, if ever, has global competition been so glamorous, or so passionately beheld. At soccer's World Cup in France this summer, hundreds of thousands of spectators and a cumulative TV audience of 37 billion cheered and wept as 32... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 30 Mar 2015
- News
Raising the bar to provide quality education
goal. In this interview she talks about the value and challenges of providing opportunities for all students. “I had a wonderful career at Goldman Sachs, so when I was 40 I was able to say that I’d had enough. I had enough [money] to move... View Details
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 29 Oct 2014
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Transforming America's Schools: How Business Leaders Can Help
The time has come for Americas business leaders to reconsider how they work with educators to support public schools. Trends are converging to create fresh opportunities, greater need, and a unique moment for business involvement. In this session, Jan Rivkin will... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Short Takes
study included both state-owned enterprises and joint ventures and found that the latter group was consistently more innovative and market-oriented, and had a more competitive corporate culture. "One hope," the authors write, "is that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Steel Tax
more cheaply than the United States, Spar said, “The industry has been seeking and receiving protection for almost thirty years. Parts of the industry have already restructured and become quite competitive in certain niches.” However, she... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Path to Economic Revival
article, “Restoring American Competitiveness,” which lays out their views in detail. Despite their dire analysis, Pisano and Shih remain cautiously optimistic that the United States can regain its competitive footing. When it comes to... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Uncovering The Secrets of Mittelstand Success
companies prevalent in German-speaking countries—has long captured the attention of global business practitioners and scholars. Why are these firms so competitive globally, particularly in emerging markets, and how have they managed to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
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5, 2003 HBS Global Leadership Forumns “From the Commanding Heights to the Market: The Changing Face of Business” Shanghai, China June 17–20, 2003 “The Private Sector and the Public Interest” Washington, DC March 9–12, 2004 “Coming Together and View Details