How Countries Compete: Strategy, Structure, and Government in the Global Economy
Professor Richard Vietor, Harvard Business School
January 29, 2009 - Professor Richard Vietor met with a full room of Boston International members to discuss how globalization and international trade have led countries to redefine themselves. He took us on a global tour — focusing on China, India, Japan, Singapore, the US, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa — to show how these countries compete today and will likely compete in the future.
His presentation highlighted the key issues from his recent book How Countries Compete (Harvard Business Press, 2007).
A provocative account and a rich resource, How Countries Compete offers potent insights into how the business environment has evolved in crucial nations—and what its trajectory might look like in the future. -Booklist
We were honored to have Professor Vietor stay around for the cocktail reception that followed the presentation, giving members a chance to meet him and answering their questions about his globalization research.
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Presentation & Book
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You can also purchase Professor Vietor’s book using the following link:
How Countries Compete: Strategy, Structure, and Government in the Global Economy
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About Our Speaker
Richard Vietor is the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management at Harvard Business School, where he teaches courses on the regulation of business and the international political economy. He received a B.A. in economics from Union College (1967), an M.A. in history from Hofstra University (1971), and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Pittsburgh (1975). He was appointed Professor in 1984.
He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship and Harvard’s Newcomen Fellowship. He serves on the editorial board of the Business History Review, the advisory board of IPADE, in Mexico, and the Infrastructure Committee of the Competitiveness Policy Council. He was President of the Business History Conference for 1993-1994. He has also been a consultant to the Hudson Institute and the Energy Research and Development Administration, and is currently consultant to several corporations, such as IBM, General Electric and Anglo American and the Government of Malaysia.
Professor Vietor’s research on business and government policy has been published in numerous journals and books. He has contributed chapters to America versus Japan (1986), Wall Street and Regulation (1981), Future Competition in Telecommunications (1989), and Government, Industries and Markets (1990). His books include Environmental Politics and the Coal Coalition (1980), Energy Policy in America (1984), Telecommunications in Transition (1986), Strategic Management in the Regulated Environment (1989), Contrived Competition (1994), Business Management and the natural Environment (1996), and Globalization and Growth: Case Studies in National Economic Strategies (2004). His most recent major publication is How Countries Compete (2007).
Click here to visit Professor Vietor’s web page at HBS.