Date: January 28, 2010 Time: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Venue: J6-044 Speakers: - Edgar Blanco - Director, CTL Emerging Markets Research Initiative, MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics
- Ronald E. Berenbeim - Principal Researcher, Business Ethics,The Conference Board
Chair: - Jose Guilherme Reis, PRMTR
Program Info: Better integration into global production networks can accelerate industry and trade competitiveness of developing countries. It is more and more likely that multinationals' location decision depends as much on availability for necessary public goods and sophistication of local partner firms as on sheer location advantages and natural resources. What are the policy and institutional reforms that maximize the role of global buyers to the benefit of LDCs? What are the key industry-specific issues? What kinds of local and global collaborations are being used to overcome bottlenecks related to coordination, infrastructure and innovation? This learning event will feature two in-depth case studies on Unilever operations in South Asia and Latin America. Speakers' Bio: - Dr. Edgar Blanco is a Research Director at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics. His current research focus is the design of energy and carbon efficient supply chains. He also leads supply chain research initiatives on emerging markets and humanitarian operations and is the Executive Director of the MIT SCALE Network in Latin America. Dr. Blanco has over twelve years of experience applying operations research techniques, statistical methods, database design, GIS technologies and software solutions to deliver significant savings in supply chain operations. Prior to joining MIT, he was leading the Inventory Optimization practice at Retek (now Oracle Retail). He received his Ph.D. from the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His educational background includes a B.S. and M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia) and a M.S. in Operations Research from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
- Dr. Ronald E. Berenbeim is a Principal Researcher, Business Ethics, at The Conference Board. He has written 50 Conference Board studies. Solutions from the Private Sector (The World Bank 2003) which has been translated into Mandarin (2004) and Vietnamese (2005). His work has also appeared in Across the Board, Business and Society Review, Directorship and Nieman Reports. Mr. Berenbeim wrote the codes of conduct section for the text Compliance Programs and the Corporate Sentencing Guidelines (Clark Boardman Callahan, 1993). Formerly a Director of Guaranty National Corp., Mr. Berenbeim served on the National Association of Corporate Directors’ Blue Ribbon Commission on the Professional Board. In 2000 he was The New Zealand Centre for Business Ethics Visiting Fellow. He is a graduate of Cornell University, Balliol College Oxford and Harvard Law School. Mr. Berenbeim is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Stern School of Business, New York University, where he teaches Markets, Ethics and Law.
Export Competitiveness Thematic Group is an initiative led by the International Trade Department of the World Bank to mainstream trade in countries' development strategies through collaboration between PREM and FPD sectors. It is working to develop a comprehensive framework for development assistance on export competitiveness. It offers advisory services and is developing diagnostic tools, methodologies and benchmarking indicators for the Bank and IFC staff working in this area. Please visit the website (http://www.worldbank.org/competitiveness) or contact Jose Guilherme Reis (jreis@worldbank.org) or Mary Ann Van Oordt (expcom@worldbank.org). Non Bank Staff: Please RSVP by sending an email to the Export Competitiveness Group at expcom@worldbank.org |
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