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A full list of presentations and other resources on national competitiveness topics from the past several years is available, see the
resource list on national competitiveness.

Presentations on other topics are archived below.
 

Publications, Speeches and Presentations: Archive
 

Type

Date

Description

Comment

 

 

Presentation slides

   February 27, 2004

The Competitive Advantage of Regions (pdf)
Michael E. Porter
Presented to The Columbus Partnership
at the John F. Kennedy School of Government
Cambridge, MA

 

 

 

Article

January 2004

European Clusters (pdf)
Christian Ketels
in Structural Change in Europe 3 – Innovative City and Business Regions, Hagbarth Publications

 

 

 

Presentation slides

January 24, 2004

Indian Competitiveness: Where Does the Nation Stand?
Mumbai, India
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Webcast

January 22, 2004

The World in 2014: Rethinking the Corporation 
Davos, Switzerland

 

 

 

Presentation slides

December 9, 2003

South Carolina Competitiveness Initiative (pdf)
Columbia, South Carolina
Monitor Group and Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Presentation slides

November 18, 2003

The U.S. Homebuilding Industry and the Competitive Position of Large Builders (pdf)
Centex Investor Conference
New York, NY
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Presentation slides

November 18, 2003

Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness -
A New Agenda for International Aid Institutions
(pdf)
Workshop with the UNDP Leadership Team
New York, NY
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Presentation slides

November 13, 2003

Russian Competitiveness: Where Do We Stand? (pdf)
U.S. - Russian Investment Symposium
Boston, MA
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Presentation slides

November 7, 2003

Clusters and Regional Competitiveness: Recent Learnings (pdf)
International Conference on Technology Clusters
Montreal, Quebec
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Presentation slides

November 4, 2003

Competitiveness and Company Strategy: Issues for Brazil (pdf)
ExpoManagement
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Presentation slides

October 9, 2003

Irish Competitiveness: Entering a New Economic Era (pdf)
IMI Top Management Briefing
Dublin, Ireland
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Presentation slides

September 28, 2003

Competitiveness and Economic Development of Gulf and Middle Eastern Countries (pdf)
Middle East Petrotech 2003
Bahrain
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Book

September 2003

The Cluster Initiative Greenbook
Örjan Sölvell, Göran Lindqvist, Christian Ketels

full text available online with free registration

 

 

Presentation slides

September 19, 2003

The Economic Performance of Regions - Measuring the Role of Clusters (pdf)
Annual Meeting of the Competitiveness Institute
Gothenburg, Sweden
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Presentation slides

September 15, 2003

Initiative for a Competitive Milwaukee:
The Time for Action

Milwaukee, WI
Michael E. Porter

includes other materials from the ICM launch event

 

 

Journal article

August 2003

The Economic Performance of Regions  
Michael E. Porter
Regional Studies Volume 37, Numbers 6-7 / August-October 2003

 

 

 

Presentation slides

July 23, 2003

The Millennium Challenge Account: Strategic Issues (pdf)
MCA Workshop
Washington, D.C.
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Speech transcript & Presentation slides

June 20, 2003

Regional Competitiveness: Towards an Agenda for London
Transcript
(pdf)   Slides (pdf)  
Michael E. Porter

oneLondon event at the London Stock Exchange

 

 

Presentation slides

June 9, 2003

The Competitive Advantage of South Africa (pdf)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Presentation slides & Preliminary regional profiles 

May 19, 2003

Massachusetts Regional Competitiveness Councils
Boston, MA 
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Presentation slides

May 13, 2003

The Competitive Advantage of Regions (pdf)
At the Indiana Leadership Summit
Indianapolis, Indiana
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Presentation slides

May 9, 2003

Cluster  Based Economic Development (pdf)
EDA Annual Conference
Washington D.C. 
Christian Ketels

 

 

 

Presentation slides

May 8, 2003

The Competitive Advantage of Greece: Moving to the Next Level (pdf)
Athens, Greece
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Presentation slides

May 7, 2003

Building a Competitive U.A.E. Economy: The New Learning (pdf)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Presentation slides

May 6, 2003

Malaysia's Competitiveness: Moving to the Next Stage (pdf)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Presentation slides

May 4, 2003

Thailand's Competitiveness: Creating the Foundations for Higher Productivity (pdf)
Bangkok, Thailand
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Presentation slides

 May 4, 2003

Thailand's Competitiveness:  Key Issues in Five Clusters (pdf)
Bangkok, Thailand
Christian Ketels

 

 

 

Article

May 2003

UK Competitiveness: moving to the next stage (pdf)
Department of Trade and Industry (UK) Economics Paper
Michael E. Porter and Christian Ketels

 

 

 

Presentation slides

February 14, 2003

New Jersey Life Science Super-Cluster Initiative 
Princeton, New Jersey
Monitor Company and Michael E. Porter

prepared for Prosperity New Jersey

 

 

Presentation slides

February 2003

Swedish Clusters (pdf) 
by Goran Lindqvist, Anders Malmberg, Orjan Solvell
CIND, Uppsala University
in cooperation with Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Journal article

December 2002

The Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy
Michael E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer
Harvard Business Review, December 2002

 

 

 

Presentation slides

December 4, 2002

Can Japan Compete? - New Findings from the Global Competitiveness Report 2002 (pdf)
Opening event for the HBS Japan Research Office
Tokyo, Japan
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Presentation slides

November 22, 2002

The Boston Life-Science Cluster (pdf)
National Council for Harvard Medicine
Christian Ketels

 

 

 

Presentation slides

November 22, 2002

Competitiveness and the Role of Regions (pdf)
Center for Houston's Future
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Article

November 2002

"Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Prosperity:  Findings from the Microeconomic Competitiveness Index" (pdf)
Michael E. Porter
in the Global Competitiveness Report 2002-2003

 

 

 

Article

October 2002

Competition and Antitrust Policies Should Be Updated
Michael E. Porter
LEGAmedia

 

 

 

Webcast

September 23, 2002

Michael Porter on cluster theory  
Emiliano Duch interviews Michael Porter for The Competitiveness Institute's 2002 Global Conference

requires free RealPlayer

 

 

Presentation slides

August 2002

Australian Competitiveness (pdf)
IIR Leading Minds Conference
Sydney
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Journal article

July 2002

"What Do We Know About Variance in Accounting Profitability?" 
Anita M. McGahan and Michael E. Porter
Management Science, Volume 486, Number 7, July 2002

 

 

 

Presentation paper

June 3, 2002

Cross National Regions and Competitiveness:
BCCA and the Baltic Rim Agenda

Baltic Chambers of Commerce Association
Rostock, Germany
Christian Ketels

 

 

 

Presentation slides

April 2002

Regional Foundations of Competitiveness: Issues for Wales (pdf)
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Presentation slides

April 2002

Basque Competitiveness (pdf)
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Presentation slides

April 2002

Portuguese Competitiveness (pdf)
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Report

April 2002

Tomorrow's Markets: Global Trends and Their Implications for Business 
United Nations Environment Program
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
World Resources Institute

preface by
Michael E. Porter

 

 

Presentation slides

February 2002

Regional Foundations of Competitiveness: Implications for the Nation's Governors (pdf)
National Governors Association, Mid-Winter Meeting
Washington, DC
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Report

February 2002

Economic profiles of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia 
Prepared for the National Governors Association's Initiative “State Leadership in the Global Economy”

 

 

 

Speech summary

December 2001

Innovation Lecture (pdf)
The Hague, Netherlands
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Presentation slides

August 2001

How Government Matters:  Influences on Prosperity, Competition, and Company Strategy (pdf)
Academy of Management, All-Academy Session
Washington, DC
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Presentation slides

May 2001

Inner City Renewal (pdf)
HBS Global Alumni Conference
Cleveland, OH
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Journal article

March 2001

“Strategy and the Internet”  
Michael E. Porter
Harvard Business Review

 

 

 

Presentation Slides

March 2000

Strategic Issues for Biotechnology Companies (pdf)
Bio 2000 Economic Forum
Michael E. Porter

 

 

 

Book

September 2000

Can Japan Compete?
M. Porter, H. Takeuchi, and M. Sakakibara
Tokyo: Diamond, 2000;
Basingstoke, England: Macmillan, 2000;
New York: Basic Books and Perseus Publishing, 2