Mid-Maine Global Forum – How Countries Compete (July 23)

The Role Of Government In National Development Strategies During The Global Economic Crisis

Dear Friend of the Mid-Maine Global Forum,

Please join us for dinner as we culminate another year of bringing high-caliber speakers on global topics to central Maine. We are honored to have as our speaker the distinguished Richard Vietor, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and Senior Associate for the Asian Initiative. Dr. Vietor teaches courses on the international political economy and is highly regarded as a speaker on the global economic crisis. He will discuss how countries compete, especially the U.S., China, Japan, and India.

As seating is limited, please write to rsvp@midmaineglobalforum.org or call 859-4624 before 4:30 on July 17, to let us know who will be in your party, your choice of dinner entrees, and who you would like to sit with — tables seat 8. Please mail a check made payable to Mid-Maine Global Forum by July 18 to:

We look forward to seeing you for an evening that should be both celebratory and enlightening!

Biography

Professor Vietor is the author of numerous books and papers. He received a B.A. in economics from Union College (1967), an M.A. in history from Hofstra University (1971), and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Pittsburgh (1975).

His most recently published books include:

• How Countries Compete: Strategy, Structure, and Government in the Global Economy. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2007.
• Environmental Protection and the Social Responsibility of Firms. Washington, D.C.: Resources for the Future Press, 2005. Edited with Bruce L. Hay, and Robert Stavins.
• Vietor, R. H.K., and R. E. Kennedy. Globalization and Growth: Cases in National Economic Strategies. Fort Worth: Dryden Press, 2000.

For more information on Richard Vietor, please see:

• Richard Vietor's page at the Harvard Business School
• "Handicapping the Best Countries for Business"
• "How Countries Compete"