The Competitive Advantage of Regions

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,” in The Global Competitiveness Report 2001, (World Economic Forum, 2001), “Clusters and the New Competitive Agenda for Companies and Governments” in On Competition (Harvard Business School Press, 1998), the Clusters of Innovation Initiative, a joint effort of the Council on Competitiveness, Monitor Group, and Professor Porter. Additional content is drawn from the work of the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, www.icic.org. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the permission of Michael E. Porter.