Productivity, Future of World Economy and Innovation 26 – 28 June 2013 (Wednesday) at Dewan Jumaah UTM KL
Professor Vietor is the Paul Whiton Cherington Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and Senior Associate Dean for the Asian Initiative. He teaches courses on the international political economy. Professor Vietor is a renowned figure in the field of international political economy and government’s role in global competition. He has written in numerous journals, books and case studies related to business and government policy and environmental management, he is also a consultant to several international corporations and countries like Malaysia. Professor Vietor’s research on business and government policy has been published in numerous journals and books. He has also been a consultant to the Hudson Institute and the Energy Research and Development Administration, and is currently consultant to several corporations, including: IBM, Honeywell, General Electric, New England Telephone, AT&T, and Southern Bell. Professor Vietor currently sits on the international panel of UTM International Business School (IBS).
Diego Comin is an Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School since 2007. He received his B.A. in Economics in 1995 from the University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain and his PhD in Economics from Harvard University in 2000. Between 2000 and 2007, Comin has been Assistant Professor of Economics at New York University. He is also Research Fellow at the Center for Economic policy Research and Faculty Research Fellow in the National Bureau of Economic Research’s Economic Fluctuations and Growth Program. Comin has also been fellow for the INET and Gates foundations and consultant for the World Bank, IMF, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Citibank, and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) of the government of Japan.Case study on Malaysia, Turkey and China will be discussed.