Publications

2009
Working Paper

Applying the Care Delivery Value Chain: HIV/AIDS Care in Resource Poor Settings

By: Joseph Rhatigan, Sachin H Jain, Joia S. Mukherjee and Michael E. Porter

The care delivery value chain is a framework that can help conceptualize the organization and structure of care delivery for medical conditions. We apply this framework to HIV/AIDS care in resource-limited settings. Several conclusions arise than can help inform... View Details

Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Framework; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Service Delivery

September 21, 2013
Other Article

Redefining Global Health-care Delivery

By: Jim Yong Kim, Paul E. Farmer and Michael E. Porter

Initiatives to address the unmet needs of those facing both poverty and serious illness have expanded significantly over the past decade. But many of them are designed in an ad-hoc manner to address one health problem among many; they are too rarely assessed; best... View Details

Keywords: Health

1987
Book

Business Policy: Text and Cases

By: C. Roland Christensen, Kenneth R. Andrews, Joseph L. Bower, Richard G. Hamermesh and Michael E. Porter

Keywords: Policy; Information; Cases

June 2008
Editorial

Delivering Global Health

By: Sachin H Jain, Rebecca Weintraub, Joseph Rhatigan, Michael E. Porter and Jim Yong Kim

Keywords: Health

September 1982 (Revised August 1985)
Case

Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.: Commercial Roofing Division (A)

By: Michael E. Porter and John R. Wells

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Change Management; Construction Industry

March 1980 (Revised February 1987)
Case

Sweco, Inc. (A)

By: Michael E. Porter and George S. Yip

Describes Sweco's decision about whether to enter the mud-processing equipment industry (used in oil well drilling). This is an internal entry decision, and the case describes Sweco's existing businesses as well as the mud-processing industry and competitors. The case... View Details

Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Cost; Analytics and Data Science; Market Entry and Exit; Competition

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The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy

By: Katherine M. Gehl and Michael E. Porter

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17 Nov 2015 - 19 Nov 2015
Other Presentation

Cluster Mapping and Cluster-Based Economic Development

By: Michael E. Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels

This workshop brought together cluster policymakers, experts, and policy-oriented researchers from the United States and the European Union to exchange best practices on cluster mapping, cluster portals, and cluster-based economic development policies and programs.... View Details

Keywords: Clusters; Competitiveness; Economic Development; Competition; Development Economics; United States; European Union

February 2003
Other Article

The Emergence and Sustainability of Abnormal Profits

By: Michael E. Porter and Anita M. McGahan

In this paper, we examine the emergence and the sustainability of abnormal profits among businesses that were part of U.S. public corporations between 1981 and 1994 and that reported financial results for at least six years. Our results reveal strong asymmetries... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; United States

2 Jun 2007
Other Presentation

Redefining Global Health Care: Narrowing the Gap Between Aspiration and Action

By: Michael E. Porter and Jim Yong Kim

Redefining Global Health Care: Narrowing the Gap Between Aspiration and Action View Details

Keywords: Health; United States

17 Apr 2009
Other Presentation

Medical Education and the "Science" of Health Care Delivery

By: Michael E. Porter and Jim Yong Kim

Redefining Health Care Delivery View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; United States

September 2009 (Revised April 2010)
Teaching Note

Brigham and Women's Hospital: Shapiro Cardiovascular Center (TN)

By: Robert S. Huckman and Michael E. Porter

Teaching Note for 608-175. View Details

Keywords: Health; Non-Governmental Organizations; Health Industry