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29 Mar 2012
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Regional Competitiveness: The Role of Clusters

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... View Details

Keywords: Economics

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February 2000
Article

Location, Competition and Economic Development: Local Clusters in a Global Economy

Keywords: Competition; Economics; Growth and Development; Global Range; Geographic Location; Economy

April 1992
Background Note

Ethical Dimensions of Competitive Analysis

Presents some of the dilemmas of gathering competitive information and the appropriate limits for competitive analysis. Raises the issues involved and provides information about actual corporate practice. View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Competition; Management Practices and Processes; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Corporate Governance; Information Management

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April 1991 (Revised October 1991)
Background Note

Note on the Aluminum Industry in 1983

Keywords: Metals and Minerals

October 1989
Teaching Note

Hattori-Seiko and the World Watch Industry in 1980, Teaching Note

Teaching Note for (9-385-300). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Japan; Switzerland; United Kingdom

November 1985 (Revised December 1987)
Background Note

Note on the World Copier Industry in 1983 (Condensed)

01 Apr 2000
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

Cleveland in May 2001, are well under way, and that too promises to be a winner. Where else can you see the Beach Boys and HBS professor Michael E. Porter on the same day?... View Details

Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)

08 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 8

County Hospital: Gastroenterology Care in Sweden Michael E. Porter, Jennifer F. Baron, and Martin RejlerHarvard Business School Case 710-469 Sweden's Highland District County Hospital, similar to a community... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Aug 2001
News

Class Day and Commencement 2001

the Required Curriculum category were Michael E. Porter (Competition and Strategy) and Mihir A. Desai (Finance), who were joined by André F.... View Details

Keywords: Marcel Acosta; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2012
News

Porter, Kanter Win McKinsey Awards

HBS professors Michael Porter and Rosabeth Moss Kanter have won the 2011 McKinsey Awards for best articles published in the Harvard Business Review last year. Established in 1959, the award has been given... View Details

Keywords: awards

01 Dec 1996
News

Faculty Symposium Honors McArthur

symposium will be collected and published at a later date. The following is a list of the papers' authors: Business History Professor Thomas K. McCraw and Assistant Professor Nancy F. Koehn Competition and Strategy Professors Adam M. Brandenburger and View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

04 May 2017
News

Going the Distance

Economic Development under Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. “I had learned from [HBS professor] Michael Porter about the synergy that comes from establishing industry clusters, and that became our focus. We became... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Apr 1998
News

Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue

Associate Professor Joshua Lerner spoke about opportunities and challenges in the venture capital and community development fields; Professor James L. Heskett discussed strategy and community revitalization; and Professor Michael View Details

January 1980 (Revised August 1986)
Case

General Electric vs. Westinghouse in Large Turbine Generators (A)

Describes the U.S. large turbine generator industry in early 1963, a period of severe price cutting and depressed industry conditions. Presents data to allow a structural analysis of the industry and an analysis of the strategies of the major players since 1946. The... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Customer Focus and Relationships; Machinery and Machining; Cost Management; Price; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Marketing Strategy; Industry Structures; Competition; Manufacturing Industry; United States

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April 1979 (Revised July 1985)
Case

Receiving Tube Industry in 1967-78

Keywords: Competition; Competitive Strategy

March 1979 (Revised June 1985)
Case

Chain Saw Industry in 1974

Describes the structure of the chain saw industry in 1974, when it is on the threshold of a major period of growth. Data are provided on each significant competitor. The discussion should center around strategies in a growing market for differently situated... View Details

Keywords: Industry Growth; Corporate Strategy; Industry Structures; Growth and Development Strategy; Manufacturing Industry

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