He has published research about strategy, competitiveness and income inequality in the United States Jan W. Rivkin was born circa 1966.
[4] He has published research about strategy, competitiveness and income inequality in the United States.
[4] In 2012, with his colleague Michael Porter, Rivkin suggested that American competitiveness could be restored if companies decided to avoid offshoring to save on hidden costs like "lower foreign worker productivity, quality problems, and loss of intellectual property"; invest in teaching employable skills to high school and college students to produce suitable workers; foster innovation by funding relevant university research; offer in-person or online training to their employees; and avoid lobbying for unfair tax breaks which distort the market.
[5] In 2015, Rivkin and Porter suggested that the 1% should foster shared prosperity by focusing not on philanthropy and political donations, but finding business-oriented ways to improve the commons (infrastructure, schools and universities, employment skills) at the local level.
[6] With his colleagues Joseph B. Fuller and Karen Mills, Rivkin argued that shared prosperity would entail the collective impact of leaders in "government, business, education, nonprofits, labor, philanthropy" and other sectors.