Cluster Development (17 cluster initiatives) and Shared Value Program for Bogotá
We started this journey with the Bogota Chamber of Commerce in 2012 to support its effort to create shared prosperity in the region. Our first step was the redefinition of corporate objectives, in which the concept of shared value was incorporated as part of organizational purpose. We supported the new reorganization process aligned with the […]
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 […]
Culiacán Regional Council of Competitiveness
We provided advice on cluster initiatives, how to increase regional competitiveness, and how to create a regional value proposition to the Regional Council for Economic Development of Sinaloa, in Culiacán, Mexico.
Institutional Design for the Coffee Industry of El Salvador
Our work was to design a new institutional structure for El Salvador’s coffee industry. We included a diagnosis of the sector’s competitiveness and provided sustainable solutions from an institutional point of view in matters of planning, information systems, inter-institutional coordination, provision of agricultural extension services, research, and marketing in the coffee sector.We developed a proposal […]
Cluster Development Initiative for the Petrochemical Industry of Cartagena
As an initial step, we worked with the Cartagena Chamber of Commerce to assess the viability of creating a Petrochemical and Plastics Cluster for the Cartagena and Bolívar Region. The positive result of this initial diagnosis became the first step to establishing a model for developing the Cluster institutions, strategy, and agenda involving the private […]
