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  • Antitrust & Competition Policy
  • CEO Leadership
  • Environmental Quality
  • Innovation & Innovative Capacity
  • Philanthropy
  • Social Progress Index

All Research Areas

Our research focuses on competition and its implications for company strategy; the competitiveness of nations, regions and cities; and solutions to social problems. Our mission is to help leaders in business, government and nonprofit organizations make measurable, lasting improvements based on Harvard professor and Institute director Michael Porter’s pioneering work.

 

Firms & Organizations

Strategy

How can a company gain a competitive advantage through a distinct way of competing?

CEO Leadership

What is the role of an effective CEO?

Economic Development

Competitiveness & Economic Development

Strategies for nations, states, regions & cities. The role of clusters.

Innovation & Innovative Capacity

What enables a country to produce and commercialize a flow of innovative technology over time?

Societal Issues

Health Care

Redefining the delivery of health care around value for patients. Restructuring care delivery, improving outcomes, reducing costs.

Creating Shared Value

Reconnecting company success & social progress.

Social Progress Index

Developing effective measurement tools for social progress.

Philanthropy

Strategies for effective philanthropy at foundations and corporations.

Antitrust & Competition Policy

The focus of antitrust policy should be on productivity growth and innovation.

Environmental Quality

Rethinking regulation & competitiveness.

Publications & Resources

    • 16 Dec 2011
    • Harvard Business Press Books

    Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition & Strategy

    by Joan Magretta
     
    • 01 Oct 2008
    • Harvard Business Press Books

    On Competition, Updated & Expanded Edition

    by Michael E. Porter

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Projects & Activities

U.S. Competitiveness Project

U.S. Cluster Mapping Project

International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement

Social Progress Index

 
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