Maine Competitiveness Assessment
Porter Development Initiative (PDI) partnered with the Maine Jobs Council (MJC) to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of Maine’s economic competitiveness. Commissioned by MJC, the Maine Competitiveness Assessment was designed to measure the state’s competitive position in attracting and retaining jobs, investment, and talent. The project benchmarked Maine against other U.S. states in key dimensions such […]
New York Economic Strategy and Planning
We worked with Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his administration on the economic strategy for the future of New York City. We traced the economic development of New York City from its founding in the 17th century through 2012. We mapped the decisions made by New York City officials, past and present, highlighting the economic development […]
The New Carolina Initiative
Our work focused on analyzing past and current regional economic performance to formulate a new regional strategy in light of fierce competition from China and India as low-cost manufacturing locations. We also examined the main cluster initiatives and exposed their main advantages to maintain the cluster vision as a priority for the New Carolina Initiative […]
