Publications

Professor 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. He is the author of 19 books, over 125 articles, and more than 90 HBS case studies. He is a seven-time winner of the McKinsey Award for the best Harvard Business Review article of the year.

Michael E. Porter on Competition

2008 Harvard Business Press Books
Michael E. Porter

On Competition, Updated and Expanded Edition brings together more than a dozen of Porter's landmark articles from the Harvard Business Review. Five are new to this edition, including the 2008 update to his classic “The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy,” as well as new work on health care, philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, and CEO leadership.

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22 Sep 2017
Presentation

A Strategy for Haitian Prosperity

by Michael E. Porter

                          Overview of Haiti's economic performance; a framework for understanding competitiveness; Haiti's competitive position; policy recommendations for Haiti; building an overall strategy; moving to action.

1/1/2017
Article

Managing Healthcare Costs and Value

by Robert S. Kaplan, Michael E. Porter, Mark L. Frig

                          Michael E. Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard Business School, and Robert S. Kaplan, Senior Fellow and Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus at Harvard Business School, have developed, refined, and applied tools and...

21 Jun 2016
Presentation

Creating Shared Value Nestle Global Forum 2016

by Michael E. Porter

                          Nestle's CSV global forum entitled 'Investing in Sustainable Development in Africa,' brought together business, civil society and government leaders from Africa and beyond to discuss a range of key topics affecting the African continent. This video clip highlights some...

29 Oct 2015
Presentation

Social Progress: The Next Development Agenda

by Michael E. Porter and Scott Stern

                          How do we measure development? The Social Progress Index was launched in 2013 as a holistic approach to benchmarking countries' social performance, independent of economic measures. SPI has been widely taken up on a global basis in evaluating national performance, and...

29 Oct 2015
Presentation

Social Progress: The Next Development Agenda (Video)

by Michael E. Porter and Scott Stern

                          How do we measure development? The Social Progress Index was launched in 2013 as a holistic approach to benchmarking countries' social performance, independent of economic measures. SPI has been widely taken up on a global basis in evaluating national performance, and...

October 2015
Article

How Smart, Connected Products are Transforming Companies

by Michael E. Porter and James E. Heppelmann

                          The evolution of products into intelligent, connected devices is revolutionizing business. In a November 2014 article, "How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Competition," Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter and PTC president and CEO James...

16 Sep 2015
Presentation

Revitalizing Inner Cities: The Strategic Agenda

by Michael E. Porter

                          Video of Keynote presentation at the Inner City Economic Summit, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, Detroit, MI

16 Sep 2015
Presentation

Revitalizing Inner Cities: The Strategic Agenda

by Michael E. Porter

                          Keynote presentation at the Inner City Economic Summit, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, Detroit, MI

2015
Other Publication

The Challenge of Shared Prosperity

by Jan Rivkin, Karen G. Mills and Michael E. Porter

                          In the 2015 survey on U.S. competitiveness, HBS alumni weigh in on the current state and future trajectory of U.S. competitiveness as well as the structural strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. business environment. In addition, alumni delve deeper into two aspects of...

20 August 2015
Article

How companies can enrich shareholders—and the planet

November 2014 (Revised June 2015)
Case and Teaching Material

Walmart: Segmenting Social Impact

by Michael E. Porter, Mark Kramer and Pamela Sud

                          This case provides a sample of Walmart's social engagement activities and asks students to categorize each as philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, or creating shared value.

12 May 2015
Presentation

Shared Value and Strategy

by Michael E. Porter

                          The best companies don't compete to be the best—they compete to be unique. Harvard Business School's Prof. Michael E. Porter applies his classic strategy framework to shared value as a differentiating strategy to enhance competitiveness. This slide presentation was...

12 May 2015
Presentation

Shared Value and Strategy (Video)

by Michael E. Porter

                          Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter presents at the Shared Value Leadership Summit on how creating both business and social value makes a company stand out against the competition.

May 2015
Case and Teaching Material

Walmart: Segmenting Social Impact (TN)

by Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer and Pamela Sud

                          This case provides a sample of Walmart's social engagement activities and asks students to categorize each as philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, or creating shared value.

10 May 2015
Presentation

Building a Competitive Jerusalem

by Michael E. Porter

                          Jerusalem 2020 is a five-year growth plan for Jerusalem's economic development based on Professor Michael E. Porter's theory of competitive advantage. The plan was presented to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the goal of significant investment by the...

December 2014 (Revised May 2015)
Case and Teaching Material

Discovery Limited

by Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer and Aldo Sesia

                          Discovery Ltd. is a South Africa-based insurance company. Started in the early 1990s, Discovery used behavioral economics and data collection to innovate in the health care insurance industry. Its founder Adrian Gore believed that the company's products needed to not...

December 2014 (Revised May 2015)
Case and Teaching Material

Dow: Breakthroughs to World Challenges

by Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer and Annelena Lobb

                          Dow had adopted the "Breakthroughs to World Challenges" (BWC) program as part of its ten-year 2015 Sustainability Goals. BWC was an internal award recognizing products that effectively addressed one of five world challenges: energy and climate change, sustainable water...

December 2014 (Revised May 2015)
Case and Teaching Material

Yara International: Africa Strategy

by Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer, Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo and Kerry Herman

                          Leading fertilizer producer Yara International demonstrates the concept of creating shared value through the Southern Agricultural Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) initiative, which brought together multiple organizations to enhance agricultural development in rural...

December 2014 (Revised May 2015)
Case and Teaching Material

Social Business at Novartis: Arogya Parivar

by Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer and David Lane

                          Late in 2013, Novartis CEO Joseph Jimenez was considering whether or how to deepen the company's investment in Arogya Parivar, its profitable program that sold Novartis medicines in rural India while expanding access to medicine and health information to millions of...

April 2015
Case and Teaching Material

Yara International: Africa Strategy (TN)

by Michael E. Porter and Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo

                          Leading fertilizer producer Yara International demonstrates the concept of creating shared value through the Southern Agricultural Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) initiative, which brought together multiple organizations to enhance agricultural development in rural...