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Porter Diamond The Porter Diamond, properly referred to as the Porter Diamond Theory of National Advantage, is a model that is designed to help understand the competitive advantage nations or groups possess due to certain factors available to them, and to explain how governments can act as catalysts to improve a country's position in a globally competitive economic environment. The model was created by Michael Porter, a recognized authority on corporate strategy and economic competition, and founder of The Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at the Harvard Business School. It is a proactive economic theory, rather than one that simply quantifies comparative advantages that a country or region may have.

Breaking it Down: Most traditional theories of global economics mention elements, or factors, that a country or region inherently possesses, such as land, location, natural resources... Read More