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What the U.S. Should Be Doing to Protect Intellectual Property
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Competitiveness: Self-Help for a Worsening Problem
Government policy and regulation Magazine ArticleA country’s competitiveness, like a company’s, is not primarily a matter of sales: it is a matter of incomes, and incomes earned, not borrowed. To be competitive means to raise incomes as rapidly as competitors do and to make the investments necessary to keep up competitively in the future. From this perspective, U.S. competitiveness is […] -
The Same Old Principles in the New Manufacturing
National competitiveness Magazine ArticleDynamic Manufacturing: Creating the Learning Organization, Robert H. Hayes, Steven C. Wheelwright, and Kim B. Clark (New York: Free Press, 1988) 429 pages, $24.95. American Business: A Two-Minute Warning, C. Jackson Grayson, Jr. and Carla O’Dell (New York: Free Press, 1988) 368 pages, $24.95. In the fall of 1911, Frederick Winslow Taylor rushed into print […] -
The New Economy’s Troubling Trade Gap
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Why the U.S. Trade Deficit Can Be a Sign of a Healthy Economy
National competitiveness Digital ArticlePlus: bonus historical trivia about Richard Nixon and the gold standard. -
Greece and Its Misguided Champions
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleFreshwater economists take notice: Greece is as saltwater as it gets. -
Entrepreneurs Take On Manufacturing
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Leading Job Growth in the Digital Economy
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A Quick Review of 250 Years of Economic Theory About Tariffs
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Electric Utility Deregulation Sparks Controversy
Global Business Magazine ArticleIn recent years, major industries in the United States have been deregulated--for example, telecommunications, airlines, and banking--and now the winds... -
Partnering for Competitiveness: The Role of Japanese Business
Global Business Magazine ArticleSony's chairman addresses the present deterioration of U.S.-Japan relations and offers his view of how the two countries can patch up their differences... -
How to Make Finance Work
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleThe U.S. financial sector has boomed, but that hasn’t always been good news for the rest of the economy. -
Health and the Welfare of U.S. Business
Labor Magazine ArticleWhatever happens in Washington, managers must stop scapegoating health care costs and start managing health care suppliers. -
If Trump Abandons the TPP, China Will Be the Biggest Winner
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleChina is starting to position itself as the reliable superpower. -
Which Economies Showed the Most Digital Progress in 2020?
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One Big Reason There's So Little Competition Among U.S. Banks
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What You Won't Hear About Trade and Manufacturing on the Campaign Trail
Global Business Digital ArticleTo fix a problem, you need to understand it. -
Green Rules to Drive Innovation
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleIncoherent U.S. energy and climate policies have cast a pall over the entire economy and are putting U.S. companies at a serious global disadvantage.... -
If Greece Embraces Uncertainty, Innovation Will Follow
Business and society Digital ArticleThe link between culture and competitiveness. -
Our Approach to Economic Growth Isn't Working
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleTechnology matters more than monetary policy.
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Institutions for Collaboration, Overview
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Provides an overview of the wide variety of organizations other than firms, government ministries and regulatory agencies, and universities that may have... -
Grupo Beta San Miguel (A)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details The World Trade Organization and NAFTA are reviewing the sweetener system and governmental sugar programs and their impact on world trade. What position... -
Australia: Commodities, Competitiveness, Climate and China
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details For the past few decades, Australia has dealt with the benefits and costs of repeated mining booms-inflation, a housing bubble, a current account deficit,... -
Asociacion Colombiana de Industrias Plasticas (Acoplasticos)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Acoplasticos was established in 1961 as a lobbying group for Colombia's major plastics manufacturing companies. In the early 1980s, the organization shifted... -
Xiaomi: At a Crossroads
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Investors had lost confidence in Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi. It was once one of the world's most valuable private technology companies, valued... -
Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique (CSEM)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Le Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique S.A. (CSEM)--the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology--was a major nonprofit research... -
Currency Wars
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In February 2013, the G-20 finance ministers met in Moscow, Russia to discuss the rising anxieties over a potential international currency war. It was... -
THE FUTURE OF THE GLOBAL BEER INDUSTRY: WHAT IS BREWING BEYOND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC?
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The global beer industry took an unprecedented hit during the COVID-19 pandemic. Around the world, governments implemented restrictive coronavirus containment... -
Trader Joe's: At a crossroads?
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details When Covid-19 hit the US in 2020, the grocery retail industry underwent a greatly accelerated digital transformation as consumers' habits changed drastically... -
Zantac (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case IN1271. The cases describe the development, worldwide launch, and subsequent marketing of a new pharmaceutical product which, although... -
Economic Gains from Trade: Theories of Strategic Trade
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The theory of competitive advantage is one of the most widely accepted economic principles among economists. The theory, as well as substantial historical... -
Wang's Fortune Tea from China: Competing for a New Arena of the Beverage Market (A)
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Wang's Fortune Tea, marketed as Wanglaoji in mainland China and considered to be the founder of Chinese herbal tea, grew from a strong regional brand... -
Kennedy and the Balance of Payments
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In 1960, the United States was facing a balance of payments problem. Gold reserves were being drained, American products were losing competitiveness,... -
Economic Liberalization and Industry Dynamics
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Programs of economic liberalization often lead to dramatic changes in industry structure. This note presents excerpts from several research papers that... -
Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance
Strategy & Execution Book27.00View Details Manufacturing's central role in global innovation... Companies compete on the decisions they make. For years--even decades--in response to intensifying... -
East of Africa (and West of China): Chinese Business in Africa
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Trade between China and Africa was estimated to have quadrupled between 2000 and 2008, with China becoming Africa's third-largest trading partner and... -
1-800 Buy Ireland
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details After decades of poor economic performance, the Irish government adopted major changes in economic policy in 1987. By the end of the 1990s, Ireland's... -
National Innovation Systems and Comparative Industry Evolution
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Discusses U.S. and Japanese innovation systems. Illustrates these with comparative studies of computer and pharmaceutical industries. Probes effects of... -
Malaga: In Search of Its Identity as a Smart City
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The case examines Málaga's evolution and its positioning as a smart city. It describes various strategic plans followed by the city, its strengths and...
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What the U.S. Should Be Doing to Protect Intellectual Property
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleInnovation deserves protection. -
Competitiveness: Self-Help for a Worsening Problem
Government policy and regulation Magazine ArticleA country’s competitiveness, like a company’s, is not primarily a matter of sales: it is a matter of incomes, and incomes earned, not borrowed. To be competitive means to raise incomes as rapidly as competitors do and to make the investments necessary to keep up competitively in the future. From this perspective, U.S. competitiveness is […] -
The Same Old Principles in the New Manufacturing
National competitiveness Magazine ArticleDynamic Manufacturing: Creating the Learning Organization, Robert H. Hayes, Steven C. Wheelwright, and Kim B. Clark (New York: Free Press, 1988) 429 pages, $24.95. American Business: A Two-Minute Warning, C. Jackson Grayson, Jr. and Carla O’Dell (New York: Free Press, 1988) 368 pages, $24.95. In the fall of 1911, Frederick Winslow Taylor rushed into print […] -
The New Economy’s Troubling Trade Gap
International business Magazine ArticleInformation industries are sexy, but they make lousy exporters. -
Institutions for Collaboration, Overview
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Provides an overview of the wide variety of organizations other than firms, government ministries and regulatory agencies, and universities that may have... -
Grupo Beta San Miguel (A)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details The World Trade Organization and NAFTA are reviewing the sweetener system and governmental sugar programs and their impact on world trade. What position... -
Why the U.S. Trade Deficit Can Be a Sign of a Healthy Economy
National competitiveness Digital ArticlePlus: bonus historical trivia about Richard Nixon and the gold standard. -
Greece and Its Misguided Champions
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleFreshwater economists take notice: Greece is as saltwater as it gets. -
Australia: Commodities, Competitiveness, Climate and China
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details For the past few decades, Australia has dealt with the benefits and costs of repeated mining booms-inflation, a housing bubble, a current account deficit,... -
Entrepreneurs Take On Manufacturing
Global Business Digital ArticleHardware startups are easier to launch than ever.