Michael Porter

Monitor Co. Group LP provides strategic management consulting services. The firm also offers financial advisory and investment banking services through monitor merchant banking. The company was founded by Joseph B. Fuller and Michael B. Partner in 1983 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Hamilton Investment Partners LLC (Hamilton Investment) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1983 by Doug A. P. Hamilton. The firm is headquartered in New York.

The Council on Competitiveness is a nonpartisan organization that has been advocating for a competitiveness agenda for over three decades. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The organization aims to attract investment and talent, spur the commercialization of new ideas, and enhance productivity to raise the standard of living for all Americans. The council's members include CEOs, university presidents, labor leaders, and national lab directors who provide real-world perspective to policymakers. The council believes that with the right policies, the strengths and potential of the economy far outweigh the current challenges the nation faces on the path to higher growth and greater opportunity for all Americans. Deborah L. Wince-Smith has been the CEO of the American company since 1993.

C Change Investments Management LLC (C Change Investments) is a private equity firm founded in 2008 by Russell Read and John Preston. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Instituto Vasco de Competitividad engages in the provision of competitiveness and regional development research studies. It specializes in the public policy and institutions, enterprise, well-being, digital economy, and energy. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Gipuzkoa, Spain.

ExThera Medical Corp. develops medical devices that address unmet clinical needs in the treatment of bloodstream infections and pathogen-reduction in blood banking. The company develops Seraph Microbind Affinity Blood Filter (Seraph), which captures and removes normal and drug-resistant bacteria, viruses, toxins, and pro-inflammatory cytokines from human blood; and offers solution for use in a dialysis, such as extracorporeal circuit for treating existing bloodstream infections. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Martinez, CA.

Social Finance, Inc. operates as a nonprofit organization, offers pay for success financing services by partnering with governments, nonprofits, foundations, impact investors, and financial institutions to create financing solutions to improve social outcomes. The company was founded by Tracy Palandjian and Ronald Cohen in 2011 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Unity Aluminum, Inc. engages in the manufacture and distribution of rolled metal products. It provides to the automotive, transportation, and distribution markets. The company was founded by Craig T. Bouchard and is headquartered in Ashland, KY.