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Dr. Amit Kapoor is Professor of Strategy and Industrial Economics at Management Development Institute; Honorary Chairman at Institute for Competitiveness studying firms, clusters and economies; Director for the Competitiveness Institute, Sloan Affiliate; and member of the Collective. He is an affiliate faculty for the Microeconomics of Competitiveness course of Institute of Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School. He offers the course at Management Development Institute, Gurgaon. Prior to his appointment with MDI, Gurgaon he was with IIM, Lucknow and has also been the Chief Economist with Datamonitor PLC. He is a Ph.D. in Industrial Economics and Business Strategy and an accomplished academician and has received the ESSID Scholarship and MIT DCA Scholarship. Amit has been a faculty and consultant in the domain of strategy, innovation and competitiveness. He is a Ruth Greene Memorial Award winner for writing the best case of the year, by North American Case Research Association (NACRA). He has been invited by Kennedy School of Government & Harvard Law School, Harvard University; World Economic Forum at its India Economic Summit and Asia Summit to present his views on various issues and themes like strategy, outsourcing and economic development. In all he has been a speaker at over 50 industry forums, international conferences and events across the globe. He has been a resource for journalists and expert committees. He has made contemporary contribution towards thought on dynamics of evolution of firms and impact of regulation on the performance of firms. His research interest lies in the fields of Enhancing Competitiveness, Competitive Advantage and Leveraging Technology for Success. He is the author of India City Competitiveness Report and India State Competitiveness Report. In addition he has written numerous cases, memos, reports, articles in academic journals and popular media publications like Images Retail, Outlook Business, Realty Plus, Economic Times, Business Standard, Hindu Business Line etc. He has worked with organizations like Intel, PepsiCo, Airtel during his consulting assignments.
The business environment has become an ever-shifting cascade of changing consumer perceptions, technology and visions, rearranging the hierarchies in all industries. There is no set probability for success, even less for the ‘right’ product and …
IFC is involved in several national and international events accentuating competitiveness, innovation and strategy:
Competitiveness Session with Christian Ketels, New Delhi, September 2009
Asia Competitiveness Session, Finland, October, 2009
State Competitiveness Seminars with Business World across various cities, …
The programs offered are on Strategy, Innovation and Competitiveness:
Strategy and Competition: Helps business leaders cope with challenges emanating from the dynamics of fast morphing environment. Course focuses on understanding long term success of business organizations …
IFC in association with the Business World Magazine formulated a special report on the City Competitiveness on October 5, 2009. The report delves to rank the various cities across India based on the Diamond Porter …
Dr. Kapoor was invited by Star News for a special commentary of the performance of the different ministeries in the Indian central government on October 01, 2009. The study of competitiveness was taken a step …
Institute for Competitiveness partcipated in the first Urban Habitat Summit in New Delhi, India on September 26, 2009. The summit supported the ideologies of IFC and was a discussion forum to assess the problems …
Dr. Kapoor was a panelist at the Education Summit organised by the CII at New Delhi, India on September 26, 2009. Some of the emminent academicians and authorities were present to discuss solutions for …
Dr. Kapoor was invited to be a part of the Value Chains and Competitiveness, Expert Group Meeting organised by UNIDO in Vienna, Austria from September 23 – 25, 2009. As a part of the meet, …
Dr. Kapoor was invited to be the key note speaker on Competitiveness and Quality at the Lean Six Sigma Summit organised by the CII at New Delhi, India on September 10, 2009.
Competitiveness canot be the prerogative of the companies and firms alone. an all encompassing concept, education must also fall within the purview of competitiveness to ensure quality education and extensive impartment. Dr. Kapoor was invited …
