Michael E. Porter - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Jan 2014
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Spreading the Seeds of Entrepreneurship

in four states are currently looking at starting the class in 2014, thus joining the six Illinois and Indiana communities already offering it." Schultz cites HBS professors Howard Stevenson (entrepreneurship), Ray Goldberg (agribusiness), and View Details

Keywords: CEO (Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities); Educational Services; Agriculture; Manufacturing

09 Feb 2017
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Turning Disorder into Opportunity

Michael Fieldhouse (AMP 177, 2009) ran past the Anderson Memorial Bridge every morning and took note of the sentiments affixed to its parapet: May this bridge, built in memory of a scholar and soldier connecting the college yard and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

08 Jan 2018
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HBS-Born Startup Arms Doctors with Analytics to Provide Better Care

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

18 Dec 2019
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U.S. Competitiveness Report: Business Leaders Pessimistic, Political Gridlock Biggest Obstacle to Strengthening America’s Competitiveness

08 Sep 2014
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America's wealth gap 'unsustainable,' may worsen: Harvard study

08 Sep 2014
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Survey Highlights A Troubling Divergence in the U.S. Economy

06 May 2014
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How Being Really Bad Is Really Great For Business

18 Jun 2018
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How CEOs Manage Time

23 Apr 2018
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Sowing the Seeds of Leadership

city, a country—with a clear connection to making life better for the people who live there,” Condo says. “I’ve always thought that one should try to do work that benefits society.” Michael Porter was... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Oct 1996
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

B. Hellman, Jr. (MBA '87) Menlo Park, CA Clark B. Hinckley (MBA '73) Salt Lake City, UT Michael V. Jennings (MBA '68) Alexandria, VA Carol Anne Lee (MBA '87) Vancouver, Canada Yawand-Wossen Mangasha (MBA '56) London, England Neil W.... View Details

Keywords: Cathy Connett

04 Sep 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019

and control is often an illusion. Connecting with friends and with nature, Suchors discovers a source of spiritual nourishment, spaces powerful enough to absorb her grief, and joy in the persistence of love and beauty. Risk: Living on the Edge by View Details

01 Feb 1997
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Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making

new electives - Negotiating Complex Deals and Disputes: Real Estate, Sports, Public-Private Partnerships, and Litigation, taught by newly promoted Professor of Management Michael A. Wheeler, and Dealmaking: Financial and International... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

13 Oct 2015
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How the U.S. Can Reduce Waste in Health Care Spending by $1 Trillion

02 Jul 2018
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For the first time ever, a study finds out what CEOs actually do

11 May 2011
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The PMD 70 Tree and Other Memorials at HBS

expansion, Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1965), and the library’s named rooms (the Stamps Reading Room, the Aldrich Room, and the former Cole Room) honor E. Roe Stamps IV (MBA 1974), Nelson Aldrich again, and a... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Dec 2016
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How DC is Taxing the Country

performance has been waning since at least the late 1990s. In Problems Unsolved and a Nation Divided, Professors Michael Porter, Jan Rivkin—cochairs of the School’s US Competitiveness Project—and Mihir Desai, with program director Manjari... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

01 Dec 2009
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Alumni Books

The Differentiated Workforce: Transforming Talent into Strategic Impact by Brian E. Becker, Mark A. Huselid, and Richard W. Beatty (MBA ’81) (Harvard Business Press) Many companies spend too much time and money on low performers while... View Details

25 Feb 2020
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Profits and Purpose

but Mark Kramer and Michael Porter had a whole course focused on the issue, and the students said, “Would it really make a difference?” The problems we face are so big that even if every corporation in the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

08 Oct 2009
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Where were the doctors?

15 Nov 2020
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Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

Administration; Gary Pisano, the Harry E. Figgie Jr. Professor of Business Administration; and researcher Bonnie Yining Cao. The case explores how CEO James Wang (MBA 1996) handled the telecom equipment maker’s production in Suzhou amid... View Details

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