MOC Course Content:   (from Professor Porter's HBS-MOC-course page: http://www.isc.hbs.edu/moc.htm) 

 

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Read Michael Porter's most recent article: The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy and listen to the (video) interview: video interview

 

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E. Phelps on reasons of differences in innovative power of nations: http://www.gmfus.org/publications/article.cfm?id=307

 

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The next regular MOC course starts January 2010. Prep-work will be done in the MBA and MLux classes that I teach in the Fall 2009 term.

 

Course material - syllabus, individual course material access password, HBS log-in information, textbook, cases, project  guidelines, additional information material - will be distributed in class.

 

 

See press information:Microeconomics of Competitiveness course at Monaco Business School.mht 

 

For additional information see MOC-link on the sidebar. 

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 Course Description

 

The Microeconomics of Competitiveness is a distinctive course platform developed at Harvard by Professor Michael Porter and a team of colleagues that is designed to be taught in collaboration with universities around the world. It is designed to be taught to graduate students in business, economics, development, government, and related disciplines.

 

 

 

Thanks to an initiative by IUM President, Dr. Maxime Crener, IUM is one of 90 affiliate universities in the MOC network that received the permission to teach the course in 2008.

 

 

 

This course on competitiveness and economic development addresses the subject from a bottom-up, microeconomic perspective missing in most traditional development courses. The course is not only an educational vehicle but also a tool to enable a university to influence and support economic development in its country and region. In addition to training future leaders of business and government in competitiveness concepts, the course can be adapted for executive programs. It can become a focal point for projects and initiatives that engage the university in economic policy and business development with government and the private sector. The ultimate vision of the course is to make a meaningful impact on the economic competitiveness and prosperity of the countries in which it is taught.

 

 

 

The course is taught at each university by a local instructor (Professor Dr. Böbel in Monaco). Given the complex nature of the subject and the importance of peer interaction and discussion, a capable faculty member in each university is indispensable versus delivering the course online or via distance learning. To support local instructors, the Harvard team has developed an unprecedented amount of course content and assistance to instructors via seminars, video content, teaching support, and technology.

 

 

 

Course Focus. This course explores the determinants of national and regional competitiveness building from the perspective of firms, clusters, subnational units, nations, and groups of neighboring countries. It focuses on the sources of national or regional productivity, which are rooted in the strategies and operating practices of locally based firms, the vitality of clusters, and the quality of the business environment in which competition takes place.

 

 

 

This course examines – based on 18 Harvard Business School cases - both advanced and developing economies and addresses competitiveness at multiple levels – nations, subnational units such as states or provinces, particular clusters, and neighboring countries. The course is concerned not only with government policy but also with the roles that firms, industry associations, universities, and other institutions play in competitiveness. In modern competition, each of these institutions has an important and evolving role in economic development. Moreover, the process of creating and sustaining an economic strategy for a nation or region is a daunting challenge. The course explores not only theory and policy but also the organizational structures, institutional structures, and change processes required for sustained improvements in competitiveness.

 

 

 

The Microeconomics of Competitiveness course not only builds a cadre of young people trained in the new competitiveness thinking but also can serve as a platform for other efforts by universities to contribute to regional and national economic development. The course can be adapted to produce executive programs for government officials and private sector leaders. It opens the potential for field projects in which students and faculty work and build relationships with business and government.

 

 

Many MOC faculty have become important leaders in national policymaking and competitiveness initiatives. Participating universities become part of a network of affiliated schools, and can collaborate on local and regional competitiveness projects. Quite a few schools have created formal competitiveness centers or institutes growing out of their participation in the course. The multiplier effects of the course have been evident over the past number of years.