Tag: U.S. Competitiveness Project

  • Nation & World

    Business leaders see U.S. unprepared for economic downturn

    New research from HBS faculty on the state of U.S. competitiveness finds that the business community may hold the key to dismantling a dysfunctional political system that threatens the nation’s economic outlook.

    10 minutes
    Illustration of stock market and Capitol.
  • Nation & World

    Bad bridges to nowhere

    Harvard Business School brings together top leaders in academia, government, and business to consider and address the nation’s transportation and infrastructure shortcomings, which have led to a lag in global competitiveness.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Toward a more competitive U.S.

    At an event at Harvard Business School (HBS) that was three parts analysis and one part rally, participants tried to chart a new path forward for the sluggish U.S. economy — a move that may require a new definition of “competitiveness.”

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Getting down to business

    Advancing America’s economic competitiveness should be a top priority for elected leaders, Harvard Business School professors Michael E. Porter and Jan W. Rivkin told a group of new members of Congress attending a weeklong Harvard Kennedy School crash course on the policy issues they’ll face in Washington.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Jobs wanted

    Parts of the U.S. economy have been recovering for more than a year, but American jobs haven’t yet returned along with renewed profits. Harvard experts offer insights into what large-scale unemployment means for the nation, and what policymakers and others can do to fix a balky system.

    12 minutes