U.S. Competitiveness - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Aug 2012
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06 Sep 2012
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Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

performance trends forward—perhaps three to five years. The USA must deal with these issues now if we're going to maintain our competitive advantage. Thus, for example, the U.S. has a huge current account... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Jung Koo Kang , Krishna G. Palepu , Charles C.Y. Wang and David Lane This case examines factors contributing to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in March 2023, an event as unpredicted as it was quick. SVB funded nearly half of all View Details

18 Jun 2015
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Three Bright Lights in American Infrastructure

23 Mar 2015
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Business Icons Porter and Rivkin on Inequality: ‘It Undermines The American Dream’

22 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 22

PublicationsCompeting through Business Models Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart Publication:In Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy, edited by Giovanni Battista Dagnino. Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming An... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising

before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Task Force on Competition Policy and Antitrust Laws, Edelman wrote that the deal could have an anticompetitive effect on Internet... View Details

Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman; Advertising; Publishing

16 Nov 2014
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GOP leaders set sights on tax reform but fret over newly combative Obama

09 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools

School's U.S. Competitiveness Project. Rivkin is the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration. “Study after study has shown that a country's long-term prosperity depends on the quality of its... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

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The Growing Problem of Patent Trolling

By: Lauren Cohen, Umit Gurun and Scott Duke Kominers

The last decade has seen a sharp rise in patent litigation in the U.S., with 2015 having one of the highest patent lawsuit counts on record. In theory, this could be a consequence of growth in the commercialization of technology and innovation—patent lawsuits increase... View Details

Keywords: Patent Aggregators; Patent Litigation; Patent Pools; Patent Trolls; Patents; Lawsuits and Litigation; United States

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14 Oct 2014
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The Unanticipated Risks of Maximizing Shareholder Value

28 Apr 2015
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What Travel Could Be Like in the Future

Rosabeth M. Kanter

Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct... View Details

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28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28

Pierce, Jason A. Snyder, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Competition among firms can have many positive outcomes, including decreased prices and improved quality. Yet competition can have a darker side when... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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18 Oct 2011
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Historical Trajectories and Corporate Competences in Wind Energy

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Loubna Bouamane; Energy; Utilities

12 Nov 2014
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How to fix the broken market for middle-class jobs

03 Mar 2010
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To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?

both measures, the U.S. ranks low relative to other countries, particularly those in the Middle East. In responses to this month's column, Kamal Gupta believes one explanation is that "societies range from 'deal based' to... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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