Monitor works with national and regional governments to help them grow their economies. We conduct rigorous economic and cluster analyses that allow governments to understand their true competitiveness and develop actionable strategies for improvement. Our work is based on the theory of cluster competitiveness initially outlined in Professor Michael Porter's The Competitive Advantage of Nations.
We also work with a number of governmental security agencies around the world to enhance their capabilities in such areas as data interpretation and crisis preparedness.
Recent work includes assisting the Government of Libya on strategies for improving its national economic growth and competitiveness.
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A six month strategy development effort involving dozens of private and public sector organizations in the Berkshires.
The report reviews the current status of the Shanghai/Pudong Life Sciences Cluster and identifies those areas where it has potential to develop a sustainable competitive advantage, including the specific actions that should be taken to realize the vision.
The South Carolina Competitiveness Initiative is a two-year project that began with an assessment of the competitiveness.
The Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness studies competition and its implications for company strategy.
Count a man fortunate to be associated with a big idea. Peter Schwartz is linked with two.
The real work of raising productivity and innovative capacity occurs in the cities and regions where firms are based.
The report on the regional economy of Research Triangle, NC examines composition and performance.
Michael Porter presents a brilliant new paradigm which may well supplant the 200-year-old concept of "comparative advantage."