#7 Microeconomics of Competitiveness, MOC
In 2002, the Microeconomics of Competitiveness (MOC) course was created by Professor Michael Porter and colleagues at the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness.
The course was designed for students at Harvard as well as a platform for educational institutions and locally trained professors who teach the course around the world. The MOC course explores the determinants of competitiveness and successful economic development viewed from a bottom-up, microeconomic perspective.
The Microeconomics of Competitiveness (MOC) is a learning platform that contributes to economic development of regions and countries. Future business and government leaders are taught the concept of competitiveness. Universities, in collaboration with government and the private sector become a focal point of leading economic policy and business development. The course aims to make an impact on economic competitiveness and prosperity of countries where the course is taught.
While in 2008, 84 universities taught MOC, by 2019 at the global level in total 536 lecturers in 126 universities taught the course and 101 research institutes on competitiveness were established in the frame of the initiative.
A highlight of the MOC Network is the private MOC affiliate website with extensive course content, resources for instructors, and other related materials for students, which became a platform for distribution worldwide.
With use of the MOC Network lecturers can expand the frame of their knowledge in teaching, case study development, research and work together to become regional leaders in competitiveness.
The MOC academic Network has Europe, Latin America and Asia branches.
