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Recent news and features
 

 

A Strategy for Health Care Reform: Toward a Value-Based System
The New England
 Journal of Medicine
June 3, 2009

see related news

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Michael Porter: Why America Needs an Economic Strategy
Nov. 10, 2008
BusinessWeek

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On Competition
Updated and Expanded Edition
October 2008

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Redefining Health Care
May 2006

press release: ACHE Book of the Year award for Redefining Health Care

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The Finnish Health Care System: A Value Based Perspective
March 2009

press release: Finland Seeks Systemic Changes in Health Care

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Mongol Messenger: Mongolia’s competitiveness guidelines

 

press release: Mongolia's competitiveness scoping mission

 

Christian Ketels at Tällberg Forum: On the financial crisis (video)

 

Toronto Star: Business looks in mirror and winces

 

BusinessWeek: Michael Porter on Inner-City Economics

 

Globe and Mail: Take heart, graduates: You've got what it takes

 

BusinessWeek: The 25 Fastest-Growing Inner City Companies

 

Boston Globe: Porter: Mid-level jobs key to recovery

 

Big Think: Michael Porter video interview

 

New Hampshire Business Review: ‘Clusters’ a direction for the new SBA Administrator

 

The Economic Times (India): Know your masters: Michael Porter

 

Princeton Alumni Weekly: A moment with Michael Porter '69

 

Boston Globe: Building up Jerusalem's economy

 

Christian Ketels appointed to European Cluster Policy Group

 

CNBC Squawk Box: Michael Porter, guest host

 

Dagens Industri: Kluster kan inte rädda Saab (see related report: Clusters, Cluster Policy, and Swedish Competitiveness in the Global Economy)

 

Reuters: Nordics ponder globalisation, "shelter" of euro

(see related report)

 

Mandagmorgen: Globalt vækstråd indleder jagten
på vinderformlerne

 

press release: Nyenrode Honorary Doctorate for Michael Porter

 


 

Morgunblaðið: Quo vadis Iceland? (English), and Quo Vadis – Hvert stefnir þú, Ísland?

 

Businessworld (India): The Regional Force

 

CNN-Money: The view from Maine Street

 

Davos session: Michael Porter moderates "Advice to the US President on Competitiveness" (video)

 

BBC: Michael Porter on U.S. Stimulus Plan (mp3 audio)

and Obama stimulus package questioned

 

CNBC: Michael Porter at Davos discuss discusses strategy in times of economic crisis (video)

 

Business Week: Rebuilding America's Job Machine

 

The Charlie Rose Show:  Michael Porter discusses Economy and Education
(video)

 

CNBC Squawk Box:  Michael Porter on US Economic Strategy(video)

 

NY Times, David Brooks: Stimulus for Skeptics

 

 

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 health care

The Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, led by Michael E. Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, studies competition and its implications for company strategy; the competitiveness of nations, regions and cities; and solutions to social problems. Based at Harvard Business School, the Institute is dedicated to extending the research pioneered by Professor Porter and disseminating it to scholars and practitioners on a global basis.
Competition and Firm Strategy Competition and Economic Development Competition and Society

Competitive Strategy

Industry Structure
and Structural Change
Company and Industry
Financial Performance
Location, Internationalization,
and Global Strategy
Corporate Level Strategy
Strategy and the Internet
Strategy for Non-Profits
Competition in Health Care
 

The Porter Prize (Japan)

National Competitiveness
  
NEW: Strategy for the U.S.
Clusters and Cluster Development
Competitiveness of States
and Regions
Strategy for Cross-National
Economic Areas
Innovation and Innovative Capacity
Economic Development in Inner Cities
Rural Economic Development
The Microeconomic Foundations
of Economic Development
 

Affiliated Institutes

Health CARE

Competition in Health Care
Global Health Delivery Project
Health Care Curriculum

Distressed Communities

Economic Development in Inner Cities

Rural Economic Development

Social Concerns

Environmental Quality
and Competitiveness
Antitrust and Competition Policy

Philanthropy and Corporate Social Responsibility

Strategy for Philanthropic Organizations
Corporate Philanthropy
Capitalism and Social Progress
Competitiveness Data

U.S. Cluster Mapping Project
(free registration required)

NEW: Maps of Leading Clusters
in U.S. States, Economic Areas

International Cluster Competitiveness Project

Global Competitiveness Report
(World Economic Forum)

Canadian Cluster Data
(ICAP, Toronto)

European Cluster Observatory
(CSC, Stockholm)

New CEO Workshop Prof. Porter's Competitiveness Course New CEO Workshop

New CEO Workshop: Description

Seven Surprises for New CEOs:


October 2004
Harvard Business Review

Course Description

Affiliated Universities Teaching the Course and MOC Network Impact Assessment

Video Excerpts from the Course

Detailed prospectus for universities interested in teaching the course

Information for prospective students at Harvard

MOC Network Site
(for Harvard MOC students)

Value-Based Health Care Delivery Immersion Course - January 5-9, 2009

Health Care Delivery Curriculum

 

 

The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy

January 2008
Harvard Business Review

Financial Times:  May the forces be with you and your plans for 2008

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Clusters, Innovation, and Competitiveness

slides, video (57 min)
EU Conference on Innovation and Clusters - Stockholm
January 22, 2008

 

Conference website

 

Svenska Dagbladet: Politiker kan inte skapa kluster, hävdar klustrens egen ”pappa”

Manager (Slovenia): Intervju, Michael Porter: Inovirajte, ne glede na krizo

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Vietnam:
--Expert seeks to boost nation’s competitiveness

--Prime Minister welcomes world-renowned strategy expert

--Vietnam needs long-term strategy

 

Baltic Development Forum: Summit and Annual Report

 

CNBC: Porter Prescription for America (video)

 

Michael Porter at the Inner City Economic Forum

 

WSJ: Stephen Roach interview

 

National Public Radio On Point:
Michael Porter interview on American Competitiveness

 

Boston Globe: A new type of capitalism

 

press release: South Korea's Global Advisory Group

 

OutlookBusiness: Michael Porter interview

 

US EDA Event: From Clusters to Competitiveness (video)

 

FT Deutschland: Ein Land entdeckt seine Wirtschafts-Cluster

 

Kenya
Daily Nation: Subsidies not the answer, says scholar

 

Uganda
Daily Monitor: World economists to grace EA business meet, EA CEOs for integration

 

FT guest column: Rethinking the role of employers

 

Condé Nast Portfolio: The Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy

 

press release: Michael Porter named to Princeton University Board of Trustees, more

 

El Mercurio: Chile pierde dinamismo

 

Times of India: Michael Porter interview part 1, part 2

 

Financial Times:  Nordics stay hot for globalization

 

Oxford Business Group:  Michael Porter Saudi Arabia interview

 

Inner City 100: press release,

Inc Magazine, Boston Globe

 

Voice of America: Should Europe Be More Like America?

 


The Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009

  -- The Report

  -- in the news 

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2008 Porter Prize Winners:
Oisix Inc.
 Tokaibane Mfg. Co., Ltd.
Mani, Inc.

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Davos 2008

Video: Corporate Global Citizenship in the 21st Century
Session chaired by Michael Porter

Bloomberg: Porter Sees Material Slowing of U.S. Economy, Audio Text

Süddeutsche Zeitung: Christian Ketels interview, Nach Indien oder China?

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Visitors to the Institute
Ottón Solis of Costa Rica
with
Michael Porter
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Commerce International:  Christian Ketels: “Clusters should be networks”

 

Christian Ketels and Michael Porter Op-Ed - Ведомости: Конкурентоспособность: Экономике нужны ясные цели
translation: Competitiveness at the Crossroads: Which Way for the Russian Economy?

 

Russia Today: Russia's economy not competitive?

 

The Economist:  Michael Porter letter on cluster policy

 

National Summit on American Competitiveness:  Video and Transcript of Competitiveness Challenges panel with Michael Porter

 

Harvard Business Review:
A Strategic Approach to Climate

 

Clinton Global Initiative: Expanding Profitability While Confronting Global Challenges

 

Periodista: Michael Porter dice Uribe es "sorprendente" y Colombia es afortunada de tenerlo

 

USINFO: Companies Find Advantages in Moving Near Fiercest Competitor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Awards and Recognition

 

University of Toronto 2009 Honorary Degree for Michael Porter

 

McGill University 2009 Honorary Doctorate for Michael Porter, Interview

 

Nyenrode Business Universiteit 2009 Honorary Doctorate for Michael Porter

 

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Lifetime Achievement in Economic Development Award to Michael Porter
press release, US EDA website


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Sachin Jain, Institute Research Fellow, has received the 2008 Henry Asbury Christian Award from Harvard Medical School in recognition of "Notable Scholarship in Studies or Research" for his work on the ThedaCare: System Strategy case study


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Leipzig Graduate School of Management confers honorary degree to Michael Porter
Video tribute, Announcement

News: HHL ehrt Harvard Professor Porter


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more Awards and Recognition


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