1 copyright 2005 professor michael e porterarmenian competitiveness final 03 08 ck armenian towards a strategy for economic development porter institute and harvard business school armenia 2020 summit cambridge massachusetts 8 march this presentation draws on ideas from s books articles in particular building the microeconomic foundations of prosperity global report 2004 05 world forum clusters new competitive agenda companies governments competition press 1998 no part publication may be reproduced stored retrieval system or transmitted any form by means electronic mechanical photocopying recording otherwise without permission additional information found at website www isc hbs edu 2 performance solid recent growth above that many cis peers has significantly raised been driven combination policy reforms favorable external environment availability unusual production capacity after russian crisis despite