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U.S. Competitiveness Paths Forward
Professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin of Harvard Business School address the audience of the U.S. Competitiveness Project.
- June 1999 (Revised June 2000)
- Case
Robert Mondavi: Competitive Strategy
By: Michael E. Porter and Gregory C Bond
Describes the competitive situation facing Robert Mondavi, the leading premium California winery. Mondavi has been an industry innovator and has recently taken steps to become more international. Mondavi has to cope with growing domestic competition as well as market... View Details
Keywords: Global Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Industry Structures; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Food and Beverage Industry; California; Australia; Chile
Porter, Michael E., and Gregory C Bond. "Robert Mondavi: Competitive Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 799-125, June 1999. (Revised June 2000.)
- 21 Sep 2012
- News
Sharpening America’s Competitive Edge
- Research Summary
Competitive Strategy
Anita M. McGahan and Michael E. Porter and are completing a series of statistical papers on the sources of company and industry profitability. Based on a large new database on the profitability of U.S. business segments between 1981 and 1994, their research examines... View Details
- July – August 2009
- Article
Restoring American Competitiveness
By: Gary P. Pisano and Willy C. Shih
For decades, U.S. companies have been outsourcing manufacturing in the belief that it held no competitive advantage. That's been a disaster, maintain Harvard professors Pisano and Shih, because today's low-value manufacturing operations hold the seeds of tomorrow's... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Value; Production; Innovation and Invention; Product Development; Government and Politics; Social Issues; Management Practices and Processes; Investment; Research and Development; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Competency and Skills; Service Industry; United States
Pisano, Gary P., and Willy C. Shih. "Restoring American Competitiveness." Harvard Business Review 87, nos. 7-8 (July–August 2009). (Winner of McKinsey Award. First Place For the best articles published each year in the Harvard Business Review presented by McKinsey & Company.)
- February 2001 (Revised February 2002)
- Background Note
Competitor Analysis: Anticipating Competitive Actions
Before taking competitive action, managers must anticipate the actions of their competitors. This can only be accomplished by performing thorough competitor analysis. View Details
Coughlan, Peter J., Kaiho Patrick Lee, and Deborah Freier. "Competitor Analysis: Anticipating Competitive Actions." Harvard Business School Background Note 701-120, February 2001. (Revised February 2002.)
- May 1990
- Book
The Competitive Advantage of Nations
In the modern competitive marketplace, nations have their own competitive advantages. These are investigated and discussed in-depth. View Details
- August 1991
- Article
Healthy Competition
Keywords: Competition
Herzlinger, Regina E. "Healthy Competition." The Atlantic (August 1991).
- Web
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 National View Details
- 2009
- Working Paper
Does Competition Favor Delegation?
By: Christian Alejandro Ruzzier
This paper studies the consequences of product-market competition on firms' decisions to delegate more or fewer decision-making responsibilities to managers. By simultaneously addressing the choice of both competitive actions and organizational design, the paper makes... View Details
Ruzzier, Christian Alejandro. "Does Competition Favor Delegation?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-009, July 2009.
- January 1976
- Background Note
Competitive Analysis
Star, Steven H. "Competitive Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 576-158, January 1976.
- 10 Nov 2008
- News
American Competitiveness
- April 2010 (Revised May 2013)
- Case
Mexico: Crisis and Competitiveness
By: Aldo Musacchio, Richard H.K. Vietor and Regina Garcia-Cuellar
In 2010, the bicentennial anniversary of Mexico's revolution against Spain, President Felipe Calderon hoped he could orchestrate several crucial reforms that Mexico needed. Mexico had not grown much over the course of the last decade, losing competitiveness to China... View Details
Keywords: Economic Growth; Trade; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Mexico
Musacchio, Aldo, Richard H.K. Vietor, and Regina Garcia-Cuellar. "Mexico: Crisis and Competitiveness." Harvard Business School Case 710-058, April 2010. (Revised May 2013.)
- October 1997
- Article
Does Competition Kill Corruption?
By: Christopher Bliss and Rafael Di Tella
Corrupt agents (officials or gangsters) exact money from firms. Corruption affects the number of firms in a free-entry equilibrium. The degree of deep competition in the economy increases with lower overhead costs relative to profits and with a tendency toward similar... View Details
Bliss, Christopher, and Rafael Di Tella. "Does Competition Kill Corruption?" Journal of Political Economy 105, no. 5 (October 1997): 1001–1023.
- 10 May 2015
- Conference Presentation
Building a Competitive Jerusalem
By: Michael E. Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels
Jerusalem 2020 is a five-year growth plan for Jerusalem's economic development based on Professor Michael E. Porter's theory of competitive advantage. The plan was presented to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the goal of significant investment by the... View Details
Porter, Michael E., and Christian H.M. Ketels. "Building a Competitive Jerusalem." Paper presented at the Jerusalem 2020, Jerusalem, Israel, May 10, 2015.
- Research Summary
Organizations with Dual Competitive Advantage
A close examination of several leading US service firms illustrates an unusual competitive phenomenon in that these firms are both cost and service leaders in their industries. My research documents this phenomenon, critically analyzing it in light of strategic and... View Details
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Drivers of Competitiveness - 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
- 13 Mar 2009
- News
Staying Competitive
- January 2022
- Article
Pushed into a Crowd: Repositioning Costs, Resources, and Competition in the RTE Cereal Industry
By: Young Hou and Dennis Yao
This paper exploits a natural experiment involving self-regulation in the ready-to-eat (RTE) breakfast cereal industry to evaluate the performance impact of product repositioning. It then examines how a product's brand equity value declines with repositioning distance... View Details
Keywords: Positioning; Resources; Brand Equity; Competitive Dynamics; Non-market Strategy; Regulation; Repositioning; Product Positioning; Performance Evaluation; Brands and Branding; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products Industry
Hou, Young, and Dennis Yao. "Pushed into a Crowd: Repositioning Costs, Resources, and Competition in the RTE Cereal Industry." Strategic Management Journal 43, no. 1 (January 2022): 3–29.