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Interview 11 Mar 2014 The Looming Challenges of US Competitiveness: Implications for Philadelphia |
The third installment of the Fox School's Innovation Leadership Speaker Series featured Professor Michael E. Porter, William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School. Dr. Porter addressed the factors driving innovation and competitiveness in a given region. He shared his research into the role of regional clusters in job creation, innovation, and entrepreneurship. He also provided tools to help practitioners and policymakers create successful regional strategies, assessing the competitiveness of the Philadelphia region and offer implications for the future. Dr. Mercedes Delgado, Assistant Professor of Strategic Management within the Fox School of Business, is a co-researcher on Dr. Porter’s work on innovation clusters and competitiveness. He is a team member of a research project funded by the U.S. Economic Development Administration on Mapping Regional Innovation Clusters.
Keywords: competitiveness; economic analysis; Economics; Philadelphia;
Porter, Michael E. "The Looming Challenges of US Competitiveness: Implications for Philadelphia." Innovation Leadership Speaker Series, Temple University, Fox School of Business, Philadelphia, PA, United States, March 11, 2014.
