Michael Porter, a Harvard professor who has become the region's economic guru, peddles the comforting notion that Central America may be able to by-pass the sweatshop stage of development and leap quickly from poverty to northern standards of productivity, social protection and environmental sensitivity.

ECONOMIST: Central America opens for business

According to Michael Porter, Harvard Business School professor and author, being biggest meant you had created entry barriers that kept your turf safe.

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Michael Porter (see article), a professor at Harvard Business School, has looked recently at this seemingly paradoxical revival of industrial clusters.

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