Michael E. Porter Jan W. RivkinMihir A. DesaiWith Manjari Raman
SEPTEMBER 2016
The State of U.S. Competitiveness 2016
 
Including ndings from Harvard Business School's 2016 surveys on U.S. competitiveness
PROBLEMS UNSOLVED AND A NATION DIVIDED
 
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
 2
THE U.S. ECONOMY IN AN ERA OF POLITICAL PARALYSIS
 6
FALTERING U.S. ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
 9
AN ERODING U.S. BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
 20
THE PRESSING NEED FOR A NATIONAL ECONOMIC STRATEGY
30
AN ECONOMIC STRATEGY FOR WASHINGTON
34
ACHIEVING TAX REFORM
 41
A FAILING POLITICAL SYSTEM
 49
APPENDIX: METHODOLOGY AND RESPONDENT PROFILES
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HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL SURVEY ON U.S. COMPETITIVENESS1
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