Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

The Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness is a nonprofit research, education, and policy organization founded by Michael Porter and based at Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance scholarship; develop practical, research-based frameworks; and educate and advise leaders and policymakers.

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HealthManagement.org

Value-based healthcare is penetrating rapidly across many countries, and in peer-reviewed medical literature. National health systems are embracing value-based healthcare as their strategic framework.

Why Politics Is Failing America

Beware the political–industrial complex. They rig the game for their benefit. The public interest is the loser. Here’s how to fix it.
See also Why It’s Time to Break Up America’s Most Powerful Duopoly & Why Competition in the Politics Industry is Failing America

Putting People at the Centre of Health Care

OECD economies already spend nearly 10 percent of GDP on average on health care, and this will only rise as populations’ age and treatment options improve.

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Recent & Upcoming Events

2018 Shared Value Leadership Summit

At the 2018 Shared Value Leadership Summit we’re diving deep into the world’s greatest opportunities—access to medicine, clean energy, smart technologies and workforce opportunities—with the women and men who are taking shared value strategy from the board room to shared value reality on the ground.

ICHOM Board Announcement

ICHOM is delighted to announce that Dr Don Berwick, President Emeritus and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), will be joining the ICHOM Board, effective from December 15, 2017. Great news for the further advancement of value-based health care!

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In the news

Diagnosing the thriving Swamp that's failing America

Axios, February 3, 2018

Lappeenranta University Awards Dr. Christian Ketels Honorary Doctorate

Lappeenranta University of Technology, June 2017

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U.S. Cluster Mapping Portal

"Mapping a nation of regional clusters" Newly launched in September 2014

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Essential Reading

In health care, the days of business as usual are over. Around the world, every health care system is struggling with rising costs and uneven quality despite the hard work of well-intentioned, well-trained clinicians. Health care leaders and policy makers have tried countless incremental fixes—attacking fraud, reducing errors, enforcing practice guidelines, making patients better “consumers,” implementing electronic medical records—but none have had much impact. It’s time for a fundamentally new strategy.

The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care

Competitive advantage. The value chain. Five forces. Industry structure. Differentiation. Relative cost. If you want to understand how companies achieve and sustain competitive success, Michael Porter's frameworks are the foundation. But while everyone in business may know Porter's name, many managers misunderstand and misuse his concepts. Understanding Michael Porter sets the record straight, providing a concise, accessible summary of Porter's revolutionary thinking.

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