Harvard Business School - Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness

Recent publications

Michael Porter: Why America Needs an Economic Strategy
Nov. 10, 2008
BusinessWeek
(Includes audio interview)

On Competition
Updated and Expanded Edition
October 2008

Clusters and Dubai's Competitiveness
October 2009

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

The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy (summary)
Harvard Business Review
January 2008
video interview,
purchase full article

Clusters, Cluster Policy, and Swedish Competitiveness in the Global Economy

The Baltic Sea Region
State of the Region Report 2009: Boosting the Top of Europe

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archive of publications, speeches & presentations

Please visit the
Redefining Health Care website for publications on the topic of
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.

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

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: 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

Redefining Health Care
May 2006

The Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009

-- The Report

-- in the news

The Nordic Globalization Barometer 2009

Cluster Initiatives in Developing and Transition Economies

Clusters in the EU-10 new member countries

Competitiveness at the Crossroads: Choosing the Future Direction of the Russian Economy

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Supercluster Report

Volume II, June 2008

From clusters to cluster-based economic development
International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development
Volume 1 - Issue 3 - 2008

A Strategic Approach to Climate
Harvard Business Review
October 2007

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Well-Designed Environmental Regulations will Strengthen Companies' Competitiveness: Reviewing the Porter Hypothesis