What Others Are Saying

“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. The Five Forces framework, for instance, is a tool that people can use to analyze their industries. A tool has no value on its own, it’s how we use it that gives it value. But the tool cannot be blamed for anything!”

— Costas Markides Robert P. Bauman Professor of Strategic Leadership, London Business School

“Initially, Porter essentially took micro economics knowledge of structural analysis of industries and made it accessible to managers. That was a very important contribution for a practical purpose. The discussion on the idea of clusters is not exactly a new argument. But all the management academics who become very well known, are to some extent, popularisers of discipline-based theories. I think the contribution is very important because it came at the right time when there was liberalization of the global economy and of investments, and the opening of markets.”

— Yves L. Doz The Timken Chaired Professor of Global Technology & Innovation Professor of Business Policy, INSEAD

“Michael Porter’s stature as the preeminent business strategist in the world is unassailable. He invented the theory of competitive advantage and continues to innovate insights as each year goes by.”

— Don Tapscott Chief Executive, New Paradigm & author of ‘Wikinomics’

“Michael Porter’s best contribution was broadening the definition of competition with the Five Forces. It was a seminal piece of work.”

— Jagdish N. Sheth Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing at Emory University’s Goizueta School of Business

Praise for Redefining Health Care

“Redefining Health Care has caught the imagination of many of the most influential voices in NHS reform and has been occupying minds at the highest level throughout this year. ...It is a rewarding read for anyone serious about healthcare reform.”

— Nick Edwards, Editor, Health Service Journal (UK)

“Mr Porter and Ms Teisberg have written a profound and powerful critique of America's health-care system. It deserves to be read widely. And probably will be.”

— The Economist

“One Harvard professor says it's time to redefine health care and Mayo Clinic is agreeing. Porter's book is helping to create a national agenda for health care reform, and Mayo Clinic is ready to be a part of that change. During the next months, the Clinic's Carleton Rider says Mayo will continue to look into the future of integrated health care and what that will mean for changes at the Clinic.”

— KTTV Television, Rochester, MN

“Redefining Health Care is a must read for anyone interested in health policy. The authors have identified the single most important problem in health care and it is a problem health economists tend to routinely ignore. To wit: We don't bundle and price health services the way we would if the medical marketplace even remotely resembled an efficient, competitive market.”

— John C. Goodman, Ph.D., President, National Center for Policy Analysis

“Redefining Health Care has the makings of a classic, one that likely will be must reading for all those interested in health care delivery. Porter and Teisberg have raised the health care systems debate to a substantially higher, and hopefully value-producing, level. For simply changing the language of the argument, we should be grateful.”

— Michael S. Lauer, MD, The Cleveland Clinic Heart Center

“This book is incredibly valuable for politicians, policymakers and managers in healthcare who cannot ignore this book when talking about sustainable healthcare in the future. The book offers inspiration and guidance to help everyone involved in healthcare to improve patient value. It shows with amazing clarity how to accomplish this.”

— Hans Hoogervorst, Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport of the Netherlands

“Redefining Health Care presents a fresh, clear-eyed view of the problems of the American health care system, and shows how value-based competition is the only real solution. This bold, insightful book will stimulate every participant in health care delivery to reexamine current strategies and practices, and achieve vastly better results.”

— Delos M. Cosgrove, MD, Chief Executive Officer, The Cleveland Clinic

“Redefining Health Care is at once revolutionary and practical. Porter and Teisberg aim to convert today’s dysfunctional health care system into one in which value-based competition leads to better health and greater efficiency. They argue for fundamental changes in how we think about heath care and offer specific guidance to health care providers, health plans, suppliers, consumers, employers, and policy makers. This book deserves to be read carefully by everyone concerned with the future of health care in the United States.”

— Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD, President, Institute of Medicine

Charles D. Baker, President and Chief Executive Officer, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc.: “This book is a major contribution—and may prove to be THE major contribution— to the age-old debate about why so many people don’t get what they want from our health care system. Porter and Teisberg ask and answer the simple question: why is competition in health care failing? Their fundamental proposition—that we have not measured what matters most and that system participants have not had to compete on excellence and efficiency— must be embraced. The authors lay out a practical and detailed agenda for all the major actors in the system. What are we waiting for?”

— Charles D. Baker, President and Chief Executive Officer, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc.

"A leader's guide for the next decade. Porter and Teisberg's book provides a new strategic perspective that will enable dramatic improvement in the quality and efficiency of patient care. This book offers powerful new ideas for practical ways to address the enormous challenges of the health care system. The insights here will rechannel the health care debate productively for years to come."

— Maureen Bisognano, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Institute for Healthcare Improvement