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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.
Affordable Housing and Basic Services for the Urban Poor: Key Challenges and Possible Solutions. Addressing Urban Poverty in India, Oxfam, New Delhi, India, July 30, 2009.
Sustainability & Urban Planning: A Competitiveness Perspective. Convention on
City Development: Sustainability & Legal Interface, Confederation of Indian Industry, New Delhi, India, July 24, 2009.
How to Retain Strategic Competitiveness – Checks and Balances. International Conference on Strategic Management in Economic Downturn – Challenges and Opportunities, Confederation of Indian Industry, New Delhi, India, July 14, 2009.
Dr. Kapoor was a part of a special session on the budget of 2009 discussion the strengths and pitfalls of the upcoming budget at the Budget Presentation on Star News on July 6, 2009.
Dr. Kapoor was an honourary speaker at the the World Economic Forum on East Asia on June 18 – 19, 2009. Economies such as India are standing on the threshhold of opportunity. The young age …
The article published on the Harvard Business School’s blog on June 2, 2009 talks of double digit growth rates for India and the potential to arise as an economic power have dominated the forecasts of …
The Banking Boom: Slowdown Showdown article published in Money Life on April 23, 2009 brings forth the misconception of an MBA degree, how the institutes have forgotten the real essence and purpose of an MBA …
One of most apparent relations exist between education and employment. However, what is not apparent is the training and effort involved in making use of low qualities of education to create skilled emlyment opportunites. …
The article published on the blog of Harvard Business School on April 6, 2009 discusses the comparative advantage versus competitive advantage and the current status of the country. The understanding of what is real …
Prior to the release of the budget later in the year, Dr. Kapoor was invited to speak at the The Budget Debate on Star News on February 28, 2009 to critically analyse the expectations …
