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- 1995
- Article
Competitiveness and the New Industrial Policy
By: Rafael Di Tella, Alberto Ades and Mark Carney
- 2017
- Chapter
The Swedish Competitiveness Scorecard 2017
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
The Swedish Competitiveness Scorecard assesses Sweden's current competitiveness across a broad range of indicators, applying an impact logic from competitiveness fundamentals to productivity and prosperity outcomes. On these indicators Sweden is compared to a peer... View Details
Ketels, Christian H.M. "The Swedish Competitiveness Scorecard 2017." Chap. 2 in Swedish Economic Forum Report 2017: Svensk konkurrenskraft, edited by Johan Eklund and Per Thulin, 18–46. Sweden: Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, 2017, Swedish ed.
- March 2012
- Article
Macroeconomic Policy and U.S. Competitiveness
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Matthew Weinzierl
The United States is on a glide path to fiscal disaster, with experts projecting that the federal government will take in far less money than it spends-indefinitely. Our current fiscal policy is eroding competitiveness in several ways, and business conditions in the... View Details
Keywords: Macroeconomics; Government and Politics; Financial Crisis; Policy; Competition; Public Administration Industry; United States
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Matthew Weinzierl. "Macroeconomic Policy and U.S. Competitiveness." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012).
- February 2021
- Article
Rethinking the Role of the EU in European Competitiveness
By: Christian H.M. Ketels and Michael E. Porter
The aim of this conceptual paper is to delineate the scope and give directives towards higher levels of competitiveness and prosperity for EU members. The EU integration history and challenges are retraced and the EU’s current competitiveness context is presented. In a... View Details
Keywords: Competitiveness; Public Policy; Competitive Advantage; Government Administration; European Union
Ketels, Christian H.M., and Michael E. Porter. "Rethinking the Role of the EU in European Competitiveness." Competitiveness Review 31, no. 2 (February 2021): 189–207.
- Research Summary
Environmental Policy and Competitiveness
Michael E. Porter has been exploring (with Claas van der Linde of St. Gallen University, Switzerland) the relationship between environmental regulation, industry competition, and international competitiveness. He finds that many forms of environmental pollution... View Details
- February 1994 (Revised July 2005)
- Case
Competitive Information Policy at Pratt & Whitney
By: Lynn S. Paine
Officials at United Technologies Corp. (UTC) must decide on an ethics policy to govern competitive intelligence gathering. The flow of competitor information into the Pratt & Whitney division has declined sharply since adoption of UTC's code of ethics. A rewritten... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Corporate Governance; Ethics; Competition; Information Management; Business or Company Management; Law
Paine, Lynn S. "Competitive Information Policy at Pratt & Whitney." Harvard Business School Case 394-154, February 1994. (Revised July 2005.)
- August 1995 (Revised March 1998)
- Background Note
Competition Policy in the European Union in 1995
Describes the history of the competition policy in the European Union, and focuses on the evolution of pan-European and member-state statutes. The tension between policy and enforcement at various levels draws attention to issues of market definition, especially in... View Details
McGahan, Anita M., and Geoffrey Verter. "Competition Policy in the European Union in 1995." Harvard Business School Background Note 796-038, August 1995. (Revised March 1998.)
- 1994
- Chapter
Competition Policy and Privatization: An Organizational Perspective
By: James Langenfeld and Dennis Yao
Competition (antitrust) policies in Central and Eastern Europe need to address both short-term problems associated with the transition to a market economy as well as the development of institutions suitable for a mature market economy. In this paper we employ an... View Details
Langenfeld, James, and Dennis Yao. "Competition Policy and Privatization: An Organizational Perspective." Chap. 10 in Government and Markets: Establishing a Democratic Order and a Market Economy In Former Socialist Countries. 32, by Hendrikus Blommestein and Bernard Steunenberg, 195–218. International Studies in Economics and Econometrics. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994.
- 11 May 2020
- Op-Ed
Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness
surprising to us. It is unclear whether this reveals a lack of knowledge or actual uneasiness about the policies themselves. American competitiveness at risk Either way, the stakes get higher in times of... View Details
Keywords: by William R. Kerr
- 2015
- Working Paper
Competitiveness and Clusters: Implications for a New European Growth Strategy
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
This paper develops policy recommendations on the use of cluster-based economic policies and the adoption of a new concept of competitiveness in the context of the new growth path that WWWforEurope aims to outline.
A first section discusses and derives an... View Details
A first section discusses and derives an... View Details
Keywords: Competitiveness; Clusters; Economic Policy; European Union; Competition; Industry Clusters; Policy; Economic Growth; European Union
Ketels, Christian H.M. "Competitiveness and Clusters: Implications for a New European Growth Strategy." WWW for Europe Working Paper Series, No. 84, February 2015.
- February 1992 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
Competitive Information Policy at United Technologies
By: Lynn S. Paine
Paine, Lynn S. "Competitive Information Policy at United Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 392-091, February 1992. (Revised May 1993.)
- 1998
- Chapter
Competitive Policy Shocks and Strategic Management
By: P. Ghemawat, R. E. Kennedy and Tarun Khanna
- August 1995 (Revised March 1998)
- Background Note
Competition Policy in Japan in 1995
McGahan, Anita M., and Geoffrey Verter. "Competition Policy in Japan in 1995." Harvard Business School Background Note 796-039, August 1995. (Revised March 1998.)
- 1996
- Article
Competitive Advantage, Agglomeration Economies, and Regional Policy
Porter, Michael E. "Competitive Advantage, Agglomeration Economies, and Regional Policy." International Regional Science Review 19, nos. 1-2 (1996).
- December 1994
- Teaching Note
Competitive Information Policy at United Technologies TN
By: Lynn S. Paine
- 2006
- Chapter
Competitiveness in Developing Economies: The Role of Clusters and Cross-Cutting Policies
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
Competitiveness is high up on the policy agenda for countries around the world and at all stages of development. But while there is little disagreement that countries need to "upgrade their competitiveness"—even more so as the level of globalization is increasing—there... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Framework; Globalization; Policy; Growth and Development; Industry Clusters; Competitive Strategy
Ketels, Christian H.M. "Competitiveness in Developing Economies: The Role of Clusters and Cross-Cutting Policies." In Nurturing the Sources of Growth in Tanzania -- Workshop Proceedings. Dar-es-Salam: Tanzania Ministry of Planning, Economy, and Empowerment, 2006.
- 2018
- Working Paper
UK Competitiveness after Brexit
On June 23rd, 2016 52% of UK voters opted to put their country on the path to leave the European Union by March 29, 2019. This result was a surprise to many, and went against the advice of the vast majority of economic experts and business leaders. Two years later, and... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "UK Competitiveness after Brexit." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-029, September 2018. (Revised January 2019.)
- April 2016 (Revised January 2017)
- Case
Orkestra – Basque Institute of Competitiveness
By: Michael E. Porter, Christian Ketels and Jesus M. Valdaliso
Porter, Michael E., Christian Ketels, and Jesus M. Valdaliso. "Orkestra – Basque Institute of Competitiveness." Harvard Business School Case 716-456, April 2016. (Revised January 2017.)
- May 1995 (Revised April 2005)
- Teaching Note
Competitive Information Policy at Pratt & Whitney TN
By: Lynn S. Paine and Charles A Nichols, III
Teaching Note for (9-394-154). View Details
- May 2003
- Other Presentation
Asia Competitiveness Institute Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
2003This 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 2002, (World... View Details
Ketels, Christian H.M. "Asia Competitiveness Institute Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy." Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Bangkok, Thailand, May 2003.