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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
popular culture than they do now, and how will they use their power? Will we see bigger bets on likely blockbusters, more intense competition in areas such as streaming and esports, and more industry consolidation? Drawing on dozens of... View Details
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care
We believe that competition is the root of the problem with U.S. health care performance. But this does not mean we advocate a state-controlled system or a single-payer system; those approaches would only make matters worse. On the... View Details
- 09 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices
The widespread use of pricing algorithms is reshaping the nature of competition in online markets and potentially driving up the prices of retail goods, according to recent research. These automated, price-adjusting software programs may... View Details
- 20 Jul 2020
- Op-Ed
It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees
self-insured increased competition and choice. This union could be created by using a presidential executive order to designate the Public Option as a “qualified health plan” for purposes of Internal Revenue Code section 36B(c)(3)(A). It... View Details
- 19 Feb 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Amazoned: Is Any Industry Safe?
Made-up Holiday The company is throwing itself a party where all its Prime customers get the gifts. How Independent Bookstores Have Thrived in Spite of Amazon.com Independent bookstores managed to survive and even thrive in spite of View Details
- 02 Oct 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?
leadership needed to meet it. Eric Reis, a successful entrepreneur, has pointed out that winning competitors in the future will be those that "fast-adapt," practicing continuous deployment of ideas to find the ones that offer at least fleeting View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
As Harvard Business School professor Laura Phillips Sawyer sifted through historical documents to trace the history of competition policy in the United States, an interesting figure emerged: Edna Gleason,... View Details
- 28 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Manufacturing Matters
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. Roger Thompson: When it comes... View Details
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Can Obamacare Be Saved?
On August 15th, Aetna announced that it would reduce by 80 percent its participation in the Obama administration’s public exchanges for health insurance policies in 2017, citing significant financial losses. The move came just a few weeks... View Details
- 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
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
The U.S. health care industry is unique in that despite the presence of significant competition, which usually drives increased value through decreased costs and improved quality, the nature of the competition in health care has been... View Details
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
immigrants might increase labor market competition for native-born workers, lowering their wages and their employment prospects. Cultural. Immigration is associated with the influx of people with different traditions, races, religions,... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 08 Mar 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Can the Proposed American Health Care Act Improve on 'Obamacare'?
that some consumers, particularly younger and healthier ones, may see their level of choice and therefore competitive pricing improve under the AHCA, while older, sicker, and lower income consumers may find their options reduced. Finally,... View Details
- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
years that have caused deep manufacturing job losses in the United States: the appearance of robots/automation, and increasing import competition from China. “The appearance of robots caused a sizable reduction in the local population,... View Details
- 24 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
Charting the US-China Trade War: What Does 'Made in Vietnam' Mean?
sending their products to Americans from Vietnam. Chinese-owned firms that rerouted their goods through Vietnam gained competitive advantage. Why should the US care about Vietnam’s economy? At a time when tensions between the US and China... View Details
- 08 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]
government in the past: trying to resuscitate ailing industries and nurture new ones. This approach did not actually work. What the government ought to do, instead, is address the systematic weaknesses in the competitive environment in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Path Forward
Nearly 500 alumni and other business and policy leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., in June for the latest in the School’s series of regional US Competitiveness Project events. A panel discussion led by... View Details
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger
care system into a consumer-driven model. What, in a nutshell, are the advantages to your proposal? And the risks? Herzlinger: The pros of consumer-driven health care: Unlike today's cookie-cutter insurance policies, under consumer-driven health care enrollees can... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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U.S. Healthcare Strategy - Course Catalog
of key stakeholders Apply strategic frameworks to analyze business opportunities and competitive dynamics in healthcare markets Examine the impact of healthcare policies and regulations on firms as well as... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Porter Directs New Institute at HBS
the institute will work closely with other academic institutions and nonprofit organizations. Some of the ISC's major projects include Baltic Rim Competitiveness, the Innovation Index, the Global Competitiveness Report, Environmental... View Details