Clusters, Innovation, and Competitiveness: New Findings and Implications for Policy Professor Michael E. Porter Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness Harvard Business School Stockholm, Sweden 22 January 2008 This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter’s articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), “The Microeconomic Foundations of Economic Development,” (with C Ketels, M Delgado) in The Global Competitiveness Report 2006, (World
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Introduction (say what are you going to write in this answer. You may mention the main sections you are going to have in your answer [such as 'theoretical discussions', 'critical discussions'] - “The contribution by Porter (1990) on the competitive advantage of nations has led to an extensive discussion among academics and practitioners on the sources of international competitiveness (Grant, 1991; Gray, 1991). However, in order to understand why so much emphasis is placed on the diamond framework
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Creating Shared Value. (Michael E. Porter & Mark R. Kramer) * What is your reaction to this article? Critically evaluate its content based on your personal and professional experiences and any additional research you might like to do. The article starts with a description of the cynicism surrounding capitalism and management, and also some of the reasons for such cynicism. My life’s first attitude towards capitalism and management was also marked by distrust and skepticism
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Operational effectiveness measures competency and how well a company outperforms its rivals, but a large part of strategy implements evolution and differentiating amongst competitors. As Michael E. Porter states, “A company can outperform rivals only if it can establish a difference that it can preserve” (Porter 2010, p. 3). In addition, a great deal of strategic positioning is to know the market and deliver the needs of demands. For example, Southwest provides a first come first serve seating and allows
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Cole Porter ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form Content * Cole Porter-"So in Love" Answer these questions about the lyrics below. SO IN LOVE Strange, dear, but true, dear, When I’m close to you dear, The stars fill the sky, So in love with you am I. Even without you My arms fold about you. You know, darling, why, So in love with you am I. In love with the night mysterious The night when you first were there, In love with my joy delirious
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Porter’s Five Forces Analysis of the Fast Food Industry Complete a Porter's Five Forces Analysis of the fast food industry and for each of the 4 generic strategies, identify one restaurant that you believe is employing that generic strategy. According to Hoover's Fast Food and Quickservice Restaurant Report, Fast food restaurants make up one of the largest food industry segments with more than 200,000 restaurants in the US. Fast food franchises are known for their low cost and high-speed products
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The FICCI-KPMG Indian Media and Entertainment Industry Report 2013 published a record 16% growth over the previous The report also states that the games industry in India will grow at a 22% CAGR to cross Rs. 4000 crore ($776m) by 2017. That means the video games industry in India will almost triple itself in 5 years.year, to Rs.1500 crore (Rs. 15 billion / $277 million). Sweet numbers. The console segment will overall grow at a rate of 19% CAGR, to reach Rs. 1900 crore ($351m) by 2017. The report
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บทสรุปยอ ยุทธวิธีการแขงขัน (Competitive Strategy) โดย Michael E. Porter เรียบเรียงภาษาไทย โดย ดร. สมคิด จาตุศรีพิทักษ และคณะ บทที่ 1 กลยุทธทางธรุกิจ กลยุทธ (Strategy) ในทางเศรษฐกิจ หมายถึง วิถีทางหรือแนวทางที่ถกกําหนด ุ ขึ้นเพื่อการระดมและจัดสรรการใชทรัพยากรของประเทศในอันที่จะชวยใหบรรลุถึงซึ่งเปา หมายทางเศรษฐกิจ ในทางธุรกิจปจจุบัน หมายถึง กระบวนการในการกําหนดเปาหมายที่แนชัดของ ธุรกิจทั้งในระยะสั้นและระยะยาว การสรางหรือพัฒนาวิถีทางในทางปฏิบัติ ตลอดจน ึ การระดมแลจัดสรรทรัพยากรขององคการธุรกิจ
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Abstract Ethics and social responsibility occupy an important place in our personal value system. Customer confidence in how business operates has been severely shaken by recent corporate scandals and collapses, such as Enron and bank failures. Hence it is important for companies to consider incorporating ethics and social responsibility into their strategic planning. This applies whether a company is involved with customers one-on-one, such as a Taco Bell or Dell, Inc., or their involvement
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Porter Airlines Critique Assignment 1. A comfortable and safe passenger jet is the basement of excellent customer service. If Porter raises the bar of customer service, Bombardier will have to react (i.e. modify or upgrade aircrafts) to meet Porter’s demand. But airline industry is highly competitive and has relatively low margin, while the cost to improve customer service can be rather high. Even if Bombardier can react fast enough to meet the ever-changing demand from airlines, how does it
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