Dear Colleagues,   I am writing to you today to share the details for Porter Prize 2013. Porter Prize recognizes the strategic acumen of corporates in India and is named after the renowned philosopher, thinker, Harvard faculty member and Father of modern strategic field Professor Michael E. Porter. He is a leading authority on Competitive Strategy, Competitiveness and Economic Development of Nations, States and Regions, and the application of competitive principles to social problems such as healthcare, the environment, and corporate responsibility.   Similar to last year (Porter Prize 2012)  we shall continue the journey to identify and celebrate the best.  Last year twenty-eight exceptional companies were shortlisted for the Porter Prize and eventually we had seven winners across six categories.   Porter Prize as you know would be given under the following categories – ·      Industry Architectural Shift ·      Creating Distinctive Value ·      Leveraging Unique Activities ·      Exploiting Tradeoffs ·      Creating Shared Value (in association with FSG) ·      Value Based Healthcare   We invite your organization to make an application for the Porter Prize 2013. The award has a robust three-stage process of making an application, strategy audit and jury evaluation. This year we are being extensively supported by Roland Berger during the strategy audit process that would make the process even more robust and a learning experience.   You could make an application for the Porter Prize before closing of applications in eight weeks at http://www.porterprize.in/apply.    We look forward to receiving your applications for the most coveted awards in strategy that recognize the strategic acumen of corporates in India and are supported by Canon, Mint, Alstom, Governance Now, exchange4media, The Sunday Guardian etc.   It would be a pleasure for us if you wish to support the Porter Prize initiative. To know more about the Porter Prize you could log on to http://www.porterprize.in, look at support options and thebrochure.    You could follow us on various social media channels i.e, twitter @arthsastra or Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/kautiliya.   In case of any queries about the process you could write to me or my colleague Neera Vohra atneera.vohra@competitiveness.in or call at +91 98104 73213.     We look forward to working with you during the Porter Prize 2013.   Regards   Amit -- Dr. Amit Kapoor Honorary Chairman of Institute for Competitiveness, India & The Prosperity Institute of India   U – 24 / 8, DLF Phase – 3, Gurgaon – 122 002, Haryana, India. e: amit@amitkapoor.com |f: +91 124 4376676 | t: +91 124 4068076 | m: +91 98104 02639 | skype: amitkapoor | magicJack: +1 480 684 3340 | url: www.competitiveness.in    Institute for Competitiveness, India is the Indian knot in the global network of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School. Institute for Competitiveness, India is an international initiative centred in India, dedicated to enlarging and purposeful disseminating of the body of research and knowledge on competition and strategy, as pioneered over the last 25 years by Professor Michael Porter of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School. Institute for Competitiveness, India conducts and supports indigenous research, offers academic and executive courses, and provides advisory services to the Corporate and the Governments. The institute studies competition and its implications for company strategy; the competitiveness of nations, regions & cities and thus generate guidelines for businesses and those in governance; and suggests and provides solutions for socio-economic problems.