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11 Sep 2012
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Top 1,000 Companies Wield Power Reserved for Nations

01 Mar 2008
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“A National System of Income Supplementation”

neighborhoods. It also called for “a national system of income supplementation,” whose goal was not so much to increase “welfare,” but to economically stabilize impoverished communities in order to encourage... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

May 2021 (Revised November 2024)
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Colombia: An Economic Premium to Peace?

By: Richard Vietor

Colombia, once the fastest growing country in Latin America, continues to struggle with productivity. Both labor productivity and total factor productivity have been low for the past decade, despite economic growth of 4.7% annually. Many factors contribute, which... View Details

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26 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes

portfolio—like in nature and somewhat footloose and fancy-free. Q: What are some of the causes of the decline that are specific to India? A: Due to large-scale economic liberalization since 1991, India has had a nice long run of reforms... View Details

Keywords: by Zeenat Potia

October 2013
Case

Japan: Abe's Three Arrows?

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

After the Koizumi government ended in 2006, Japan continued to struggle with slow growth, deflation and, in 2011, a tsunami and nuclear disaster. Following a series of several more unsuccessful prime ministers, Shinzo Abe again became the prime minister in 2012 and... View Details

Keywords: Economic Development; Quantitative Easing; Stagnation; National Strategy; Development Economics; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Strategy; Japan

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2025
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Small Business Innovation Applied to National Needs

By: Kyle Myers, Lauren Lanahan and Evan E. Johnson

Small businesses have long supplied a disproportionate share of major innovations in the United States. We review a centerpiece policy on this topic: the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. We trace its legislative history and summarize program... View Details

Keywords: Small Business; Innovation and Invention; Government Legislation; Entrepreneurial Finance; Business and Government Relations

01 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation

Political polarization has seeped so deeply into US society that it shapes who Americans befriend, date, and marry, where they live, raise their families, and retire—and how they run their businesses. A recent paper illustrates how the partisan divide permeates... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

18 Jun 2004
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Chinese Competitiveness: Where Does The Nation Stand?

Competitiveness presentation delivered in Beijing, China. View Details

Keywords: Economics; China

2018
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Markets, Morals, Politics: Jealousy of Trade and the History of Political Thought

By: Béla Kapossy, Isaac Nakhimovsky, Sophus A. Reinert and Richard Whatmore

When Istvan Hont died in 2013, the world lost a giant of intellectual history. A leader of the Cambridge School of Political Thought, Hont argued passionately for a global-historical approach to political ideas. To better understand the development of liberalism, he... View Details

Keywords: Morals; Politics; Istvan Hont; Jealousy Of Trade; Enlightenment; Economic Nationalism; Markets; Moral Sensibility; Government and Politics; Trade; History

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15 Sep 2016
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US Competitiveness Report Sees ‘A Nation Divided’

Porter and Rivkin. “The weak economic recovery we now see is due to long-term structural issues, which are further compounded by political paralysis.” The report draws attention to the choices facing the View Details

01 Mar 2008
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India's Chidambaram Says Nation Is "Poor Rich"

overcome them, as Chidambaram outlined in his talk, “Poor Rich Countries: The Challenges of Development.” Having gained its independence from Great Britain in 1947, India is a “young nation but an old civilization,” Chidambaram said, with... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

14 Nov 2006
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Competitiveness and Economic Development: Where Does Texas Stand?

This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in articular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Clusters and the New Competitive Agenda for Companies and Governments" in On Competition (Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; United States

October 2020
Article

Why Time Poverty Matters for Individuals, Organisations, and Nations

By: Laura Giurge, Ashley V. Whillans and Colin West

Over the last two decades, global wealth has risen. Yet, material affluence has not translated into time affluence. Instead, most people today report feeling persistently “time poor”—like they have too many things to do and not enough time to do them. This is critical... View Details

Keywords: Time Poverty; Health; Well-being; Human Needs; Global Range

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2016
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Problems Unsolved and a Nation Divided: The State of U.S. Competitiveness 2016

By: Michael E. Porter, Jan Rivkin, Mihir Desai and Manjari Raman

In this report, the authors synthesize their views on U.S. competitiveness and unveil the findings of the 2016 HBS surveys on U.S. competitiveness. Specifically, the report documents the faltering performance of the U.S. economy and the erosion of America’s business... View Details

Keywords: U.S. Competitiveness; Competitive Strategy; Macroeconomics; Government and Politics; United States

21 Mar 2013
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Building a Competitive Nigeria: The Role of the National Competitiveness Council of Nigeria

This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness," in The Global Competitiveness Report (World Economic... View Details

Keywords: Economics; Nigeria

30 Oct 2008
News

Why America Needs an Economic Strategy

2002
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Ranking National Environmental Regulation and Performance: A Leading Indicator of Future Competitiveness?

By: Daniel Esty and Michael E. Porter

This chapter from The Global Competitiveness Report analyzes the differences among countries in environmental performance and the link between environmental outcomes and national environmental policy choices. The chapter reveals the findings from an exploration... View Details

Keywords: Society; Strategy

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National Competitiveness - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

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

22 Oct 2004
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Norwegian Competitiveness: Where Does the Nation Stand?

Competitiveness presentation delivered at the Oslo Business Summit, Norway. View Details

Keywords: Economics; Norway