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Why Collaborate to Compete?
Under this challenging moto, Invest in Northern Ireland invites the cluster community to reflect on questions like
- Why a competitive region is important for competitive business?
- How collaboration is successfully contributing to business growth in economies around the world?
- Why collaboration is increasingly critical for business success?
- How can other stakeholders help collaboration to happen in a cost-efficient way?
addressed by the world renowned expert Christian Ketels who will speak on competitiveness, innovation and clusters.Dr. Christian Ketels is a member of the Harvard Business School faculty at Professor Michael E. Porter’s Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness. holding a PhD (Econ) from the London School of Economics and further degrees from the Kiel Institute for World Economics and Cologne University. He is President of the Competitiveness Institute (TCI), a global network of professionals in the field of competitiveness, clusters, and innovation, Honorary Professor at the European Business School Oestrich-Winckel, and Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm School of Economics.
Following the introductionary speech, the participants will have the opportunity to hear related success stories and learn more about the new Northern Irish Collaborative Growth Programme offering 100% funding towards facilitation support for SME industry-led groups collaborating on innovative projects.
For more information, programme and registration details please access the event page.