Profile of the Montana Economy

Harvard Institute Publishes Profiles on State Economies
As a means of highlighting the performance and composition of state economies, Harvard’s Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, led by Dr. Michael Porter, has
published profiles on all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

For the Montana profile go to:

http://www.people.hbs.edu/mporter/montana_02-26-02.pdf

Additional state profiles are available at http://www.people.hbs.edu/mporter/stateprofiles.htm and include data based on the Cluster Mapping project — a multi-year effort to statistically
define clusters and analyze regional economies in the U.S. Relevant economic areas for companies and metropolitan areas, as defined by the Bureau of Economic
Analysis, are outlined. The profiles are arranged by the following topics:

Economic Performance and Innovation Output

Patents by Organizations, 1995-1998

Overall Composition of Employment and Wages

Employment by Cluster

Job Creation by Traded Cluster

Top 10 Highest Wage Traded Clusters

Specialization of the State Economy by Traded Cluster

State Ranking by Leading Subclusters

The profiles were prepared under the guidance of Porter and are the work of the Council on Competitiveness, Monitor Company and the Institute for Strategy and
Competitiveness.