Publications

January 2011
Teaching Note

Colombia: Organizing for Competitiveness (TN)

By: Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo and Michael E. Porter

Teaching Note for 710417. View Details

Keywords: Situation or Environment; Competition; Organizations; Colombia

1986
Chapter

Three Roles of International Marketing in Global Strategy

By: Hirotaka Takeuchi and Michael E. Porter

Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Global Strategy; Marketing

2008
Book

Global Competitiveness Report 2008/2009

By: Michael E. Porter and Klaus Schwab

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December 2004
Teaching Note

Volvo Trucks (B): Acquisition of RVI (TN)

By: Michael E. Porter and Orjan Solvell

Teaching Note to (9-702-419). View Details

December 2004 (Revised April 2008)
Teaching Note

Finland and Nokia (TN)

By: Michael E. Porter and Orjan Solvell

Teaching Note to (9-702-427). View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications Industry; Finland

November 2002 (Revised January 2013)
Case

Central America: Strategy for Economic Integration

By: Michael E. Porter and Niels Ketelhohn

Describes the economic integration efforts of the Central American countries in the late 1990s. View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Economic Growth; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Cooperation; Integration; Central America

February 2002 (Revised May 2006)
Case

Volvo Trucks (C): Closing Volvo Global Trucks

By: Michael E. Porter and Orjan Solvell

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Competitive Strategy; Five Forces Framework; Truck Transportation; Global Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; United States; Europe

February 2002 (Revised February 2006)
Case

Volvo Trucks (A): Penetrating the U.S. Market

By: Michael E. Porter and Orjan Solvell

Volvo Trucks has worked on a global strategy for several decades. Beginning in the mid-1970s, the company decided to enter the largest market for trucks: the United States. Over time, the company has struggled to get a significant share of the U.S. market and at the... View Details

Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Competitive Strategy; Five Forces Framework; Truck Transportation; Global Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; United States; Europe

October 1986
Background Note

Offshore Drilling Industry in 1980 (Condensed)

By: Pankaj Ghemawat and Michael E. Porter

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01 Dec 2013
News

Faculty Opinion: Making It Better

Image by Jezper by Regina E. Herzlinger Health care now represents some 18 percent of the American economy. With its costs continuing to rise, and with tens of millions... View Details

Keywords: Herzlinger, Regina; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

02 Jul 2008
News

No Pulp Fiction Allowed

managed [the typical MBA student] is like trying to teach psychology to someone who has never met another human being," says Mintzberg. In the first half of his book, he sharpens his claws on HBS professor Michael Porter, arguing that... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Sep 2012
News

What’s the Big Idea?

including my MBA students, to conduct these kinds of experiments,” Norton says. “They are low cost but add enormous value and knowledge—and they have great untapped potential to impact public policy.” —GE A Capital Idea Michael View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Corporate Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

25 May 2011
News

Singapore Star

learned a lot about business, finance, and the U.S. economy, and I made lifelong friends, including Professors Michael Porter and Warren McFarlan.” Added Yeo, whose loyal support of HBS over the years... View Details

01 Dec 2013
News

Curing Health Care

"I feel the way Darwin must have felt when he came across the Galï¡pagos Islands." An innovative collaboration between Kaplan and University Professor Michael Porter is starting to change this state of... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

January 2017
Teaching Note

European Integration: Meeting the Competitiveness Challenge

By: Michael E. Porter and Christian Ketels

Teaching Note for HBS No. 714-405. View Details

1999
Other Presentation

The New Challenge to America’s Prosperity: Findings from the Innovation Index

By: Michael E. Porter and Scott Stern

A comparison and projection of the innovation capabilities of the U.S. and 24 other nations based on a new set of quantitative indicators. View Details

Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; United States

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Article

Fixing What Really Ails Japan

By: Michael E. Porter and Hirotaka Takeuchi

Conventional wisdom claims that Japan’s “economic miracle” stemmed from its unique model of government guidance and its revolutionary corporate management techniques. An in-depth study proves this seriously wrong. Rampant government intervention has caused more... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Competition; Innovation and Invention; Business and Government Relations; Japan