Select Honors & Awards
- 2015 CK Prahalad Distinguished Scholar-Practitioner Award from the Strategic Management Society
- 2011 McKinsey Award for the best article in Harvard Business Review, “Creating Shared Value,” with Mark R. Kramer (press release)
- 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award in Economic Development from the U.S. Department of Commerce (press release)
- 2007 Redefining Health Care named James A. Hamilton book of the year by the American College of Healthcare Executives, with Elizabeth Teisberg (ACHE press release)
- 2006 McKinsey Award for the best article in Harvard Business Review, “Strategy and Society: The Link Between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility”
- 2005 Distinguished Contributor to Case Research and Teaching Award from the North American Case Research Association
- 2005 John Kenneth Galbraith Medal by the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) to Michael Porter (press release)
- 2003 Scholarly Contributions to Management Award from the Academy of Management
- 2002 McKinsey Award for the best article in Harvard Business Review, “The Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy,” with Mark R. Kramer
- 2001 McKinsey Award for the best article in Harvard Business Review, “Strategy and the Internet”
- 1997 Adam Smith Award from the National Association of Business Economics
- 1996 McKinsey Award for the best article in Harvard Business Review, “What is Strategy?”
- 1987 McKinsey Award for the best article in Harvard Business Review, “From Competitive Advantage to Corporate Strategy”
- 1979 McKinsey Award for the best article in Harvard Business Review, “How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy”
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Honorary Degrees
- Incheon National University, South Korea, 2017
- Université Laval, Québec City, Canada, 2015
- Universidad Católica, Paraguay, 2013
- University of Puebla, Mexico, 2012
- Illinois Institute of Technology, 2011
- Universidad del Pacífico, Peru, 2009
- University of Toronto, 2009
- McGill University, 2009
- Nyenrode Business Universiteit, 2009
- Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Germany, 2008
- Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, 2007
- Universidad Deusto, Bilbao, Spain, 2007
- University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2006
- BI Norwegian School of Management, Oslo, Norway, 2003
- Universidad San Martín de Porres, Lima, Perú, 2001
- HEC School of Management, Paris, France, 1999
- INCAE, Alajuela, Costa Rica, June, 1996
- Universidad Adolfo Ibañez, Chile, 1995
- Mount Ida College, 1994
- Universidada Tecnica de Lisboa, 1994
- Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1993
- Johnson & Wales University, 1991
- Stockholm School of Economics, 1989