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| George Serafeim | Jan W. Rivkin | William Kerr
June 20, 2019, Audio, "Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber talks about Businessweek Best B-Schools rankings. Scott Sperling, Co-President at Thomas Lee Partners, explains why companies are taking longer to go public. Sal Khan, Founder of Khan Academy, talks about launching a partnership with NWEA. John Connaughton, Co-Managing Partner at Bain Capital, discusses opportunities in private equity investing. Jan Rivkin, Senior Associate Dean at…
| Michael Porter | Jan W. Rivkin
US competitiveness is at its worst in generations. Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin, September 15, 2016, Video, "A worker assembles a box spring at the McRoskey Mattress facility in San Francisco. Harvard study show US losing competitive edge. The United States is falling short on a number of critical measures of competitiveness, with small businesses bearing the most pain due to the shortfalls, a new study by Harvard Business School finds. The end…
| Michael Porter | Mihir A. Desai | Jan W. Rivkin
Problems Unsolved and a Nation Divided. Michael Porter, Jan Rivkin, and Mihir Desai, September 2016, Paper, "America retains and enjoys many strengths. However, various economic indicators show that the U.S. economy has failed to deliver strong growth and shared prosperity for nearly two decades. These structural issues pre-date the Great Recession and are compounded by political paralysis. This report calls for a national economic strategy for…
| Jan W. Rivkin | Joseph Fuller
Growth & Shared Prosperity. Karen Mills, Joseph Fuller, and Jan Rivkin, September 23, 2015, Paper. “In June 2015, nearly 75 experienced leaders from across business, government, labor, academia, and media gathered at Harvard Business School to discuss a topic of increasing concern in America: How can our nation continue to remain competitive while also providing a path to prosperity for more citizens? This report highlights the group’s…
| Michael Porter | Jan W. Rivkin
The Challenge of Shared Prosperity. Jan Rivkin, Karen Mills, Michael E. Porter, Michael I. Norton, Mitchell Weiss, September 2015, Paper. "In the 2015 survey on U.S. competitiveness, HBS alumni weigh in on the current state and future trajectory of U.S. competitiveness as well as the structural strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. business environment. In addition, alumni delve deeper into two aspects of competitiveness: the health of…
| Michael Porter | Jan W. Rivkin
An Economy Doing Half Its Job: Harvard Business School's 2013-2014 Survey on U.S. Competitiveness. Michael E. Porter, Jan W. Rivkin, September 2014, Paper. "In 2013–14, Harvard Business School (HBS) conducted its third alumni survey on U.S. competitiveness. Our report on the findings focuses on a troubling divergence in the American economy: large and midsize firms have rallied strongly from the Great Recession, and highly skilled individuals…
| Michael Porter | Jan W. Rivkin
What Washington Must Do Now: An Eight-Point Plan to Restore American Competitiveness. Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin, November 21, 2012, Paper. “The competitiveness of the United States began eroding seriously in the 1990s, the root cause of the disappointing economic and job growth and declining living standards that we see today. America’s success in restoring competitiveness will define the opportunities and economic mobility of American…
| Michael Porter | Jan W. Rivkin
The Looming Challenge to U.S. Competitiveness. Micahel Porter, Jan Rivkin, March 1, 2012, Paper. "The American economy is clearly struggling to recover from a recession of unusual depth and duration, as we are reminded nearly every day. But the United States also faces a less visible but more fundamental challenge: a series of underlying structural changes that could permanently impair America’s ability to maintain, much less raise, the living…
| Michael Porter | Jan W. Rivkin
Choosing the United States. Michael Porter, Jan Rivkin, March 1, 2012, Opinion. "A location decision is, in many respects, a referendum on a nation’s competitiveness. When a company decides, say, to build a factory with good jobs in China or Poland rather than in the United States, it is effectively voting on the question of which country can best enable its success in the global marketplace. Those votes matter: Each location decision translates…