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.

Filter Results: (361)

361 Results

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.

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...

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

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...

24 Oct 2014
Presentation

Building a Competitive Taiwan

by Michael E. Porter

                          National competitiveness presentation delivered during The Michael Porter Taipei Forum

16 Oct 2014
Presentation

U.S. Competitiveness and Implications for our Economic Future

by Michael E. Porter

                          Keynote talk about enhancing U.S. competitiveness during the Inner City 100 Symposium: Icons of Industry Growth

29 Sep 2014
Presentation

Reshaping Regional Economic Development

by Michael E. Porter

                          Professor Michael Porter delivered a keynote speech at Mapping the Midwest's Future, a conference held in Minneapolis and hosted by the University of Minnesota that officially launched the new U.S. Cluster Mapping tool. His presentation focused on U.S. competitiveness...

26 Sep 2014
Presentation

Economic and Social Development: The New Learning

by Michael E. Porter

                          This presentation covers topics on social and economic development, including: competitve advantage of nations and regions, clusters, the social progress index, and creating shared value.

2014
Other Publication

An Economy Doing Half Its Job: Findings of Harvard Business School's 2013–14 Survey on U.S. Competitiveness

by Michael E. Porter and Jan Rivkin

                          In 2013–14, Harvard Business School (HBS) conducted its third alumni survey on U.S. competitiveness. Our report on the findings focuses on a troubling divergence in the American economy: large and midsize firms have rallied strongly from the Great Recession, and highly...

7 May 2014
Presentation

Regional Economic and Social Development: The New Learning

by Michael E. Porter

                          This presentation covers topics on social and economic development, including: competitive advantage of nations and regions, clusters, the Social Progress Index, and creating shared value.

11 Mar 2014
Presentation

Philadelphia Competitiveness Profile

by Michael E. Porter, Mercedes Delgado and Richard Bryden

                          Regional Competitiveness Deck for the Philadelphia Metro Region

11 Mar 2014
Presentation

The Looming Challenge of U.S. Competitiveness

by Michael E. Porter

                          Professor Porter evaluated US competitiveness and its implications for Philadelphia. Host Dr. Mercedes Delgado, Assistant Professor of Strategic Management within the Fox School of Business, is a co-researcher on Professor Porter's work on innovation clusters and...

11 Mar 2014
Presentation

The Looming Challenges of US Competitiveness: Implications for Philadelphia

by Michael E. Porter

                          The third installment of the Fox School's Innovation Leadership Speaker Series featured Professor Michael E. Porter, William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School. Dr. Porter addressed the factors driving innovation and competitiveness in a given...

05 Dec 2013
Presentation

Can Japan Compete? Revisited

by Michael E. Porter

                          This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter’s articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness," in The Global Competitiveness Report (World Economic...

Oct 2013
Case and Teaching Material

Remaking Singapore (TN)

by Michael E. Porter and Christian Ketels

Oct 2013
Case and Teaching Material

Remaking Singapore (TN)

by Michael E. Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels

23-24 Oct 2013
Presentation

Key Drivers for Inner City Growth

by Michael E. Porter

                          Keynote presentation at the Inner City Economic Summit, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, Cleveland, OH

04 Oct 2013
Presentation

Economic and Social Development: The New Learning

by Michael E. Porter

November 2002 (Revised September 2013)
Case and Teaching Material

Building a Cluster: Electronics and Information Technology in Costa Rica

by Michael E. Porter and Niels W. Ketelhohn

                          Describes the actions of Costa Rica President Figueres and his cabinet in attracting an Intel assembly and testing plant to their country. The effort was part of a government strategy that sought to develop further the Costa Rican electronics and information technology...