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The Competitive Advantage Of The Inner City: Does Race Matter?, Philip S. Hart
The Competitive Advantage Of The Inner City: Does Race Matter?, Philip S. Hart
William Monroe Trotter Institute Publications
Following up on his important work on the competitive advantage of nations, economist Michael Porter has turned his attention to the competitive advantage of the inner city. In his work on the competitiveness of nations—a five-year study often leading trading nations—Porter found that no nation was competitive in everything. He noted that competitive success tends to concentrate in particular industries and groups of interconnected industries, or clusters.
By turning his attention on the inner city, Porter has helped to reinforce the emerging sense that it is important to concentrate on the assets of such locations rather than on their liabilities. …