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The Essential Porter

Michael Porter is the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard Business School. University professorship is the highest professional recognition that can be awarded to a Harvard faculty member. A leading authority on company strategy, the competitiveness of nations and regions, and strategic approaches to societal problems, Michael Porter’s work is widely recognized in governments, corporations, non-profits, and academic circles across the globe. A sought after teacher and the author of 19 books and over 125 articles, Professor Michael Porter is director of the Harvard Business School’s Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, which was founded in 2001 to further his work and research.

Impact & recognition

  • Advisor to countries, corporations, non-profits, and academic circles across the globe
  • Seven-time winner of the McKinsey Award for the best Harvard Business Review article of the year
  • Ranked among the world’s Top Ten Management Thinkers by Thinkers50 every year since 2001
  • Frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal and numerous other national publications and academic journals
  • Lifetime Achievement Award in Economic Development from the U.S. Department of Commerce
  • 22 honorary doctorate degrees from universities and learning institutions
  • Curriculum on Microeconomics of Competitiveness (MOC) taught at more than 100 universities worldwide

Essential Reading

    • 2008
    • Harvard Business School Press

    On Competition, Updated & Expanded Edition

    by Michael E. Porter
 
    • 2012
    • Harvard Business School Press

    Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition & Strategy

    by Joan Magretta
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    • 2006
    • Harvard Business School Press

    Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results

    by Michael Porter & Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg
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    Health Care

    Solving the global health care crisis through value-based health care delivery.

    Learn more about health care

    Competitiveness & Economic Development

    National competitiveness, regional competitiveness, clusters, and innovation.

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    Creating Shared Value

    Unlocking value by linking business and social results.

    Learn more about CSV

    Competitive Strategy

    Competitive positioning and sustainable competitive advantage for corporations, business units, and leaders.

    Learn more about Strategy

    Key Frameworks & Concepts

    • Value-based Health Care Delivery
    • Drivers of Competiveness
    • The Diamond Model
    • Clusters
    • The Five Forces
    • Strategic Positioning
    • The Value Chain
    • Creating Shared Value

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    • “Professor Porter has been, and still is, the most influential global thinker on strategy. His contributions are numerous and as relevant today as when he first developed them.”
      — Costas Markides, Robert P. Bauman Professor of Strategic Leadership, London Business School
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