Business environment in India is better but not good: Michael Porter

Porter says the societal needs we live in the middle of are business opportunities

A handful of corporate titans, young entrepreneurs and researchers on Wednesday got an opportunity that even some students of Harvard Business School do not get. They got a crash course in business and economics from Michael Porter.

The business strategist and economist teaches at Harvard. A student who wants to attend his lectures has to clear a special test.

But in Mumbai on Wednesday, delegates at an event got to hear Porter’s views on India and its prospects. 

When he had visited India 14 years ago, people were “obsessed with talking about electricity” as the major challenge. The economy has improved a lot