Professor Michael Porter - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Nov 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?

management involvement in the resource allocation process? Or is it because certain of the world's major economies like China and Brazil are perceived by some as becoming more agile in their allocation of resources than United States and European companies? Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy

It's no surprise that Harvard Business School professor Stuart C. Gilson gave an enthusiastic thumbs-up to the recently announced $11 billion US Airways/American Airlines merger. The deal, which came after American's parent company, AMR... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services

09 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 9

answers—and more often about asking the right questions. The challenge lies in being able to step back, reflect, and ask the key questions that are critical to your performance and your organization's effectiveness. In What to Ask the Person in the Mirror, HBS View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them

Harvard Business School Professor Regina Herzlinger. “This is not a field for mile-wide, inch-deep managers” On October 4-5, Herzlinger, the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration, hosted... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health; Education

18 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

performance. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55388 Product Quality and Entering Through Tying: Experimental Evidence By: Kim, Hyunjin, and Michael Luca Abstract—Dominant platform businesses often... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

15 Dec 2015
First Look

December 15, 2015

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50234 December 2015 Harvard Business Review What Is Disruptive Innovation? By: Christensen, Clayton M., Michael Raynor, and Rory McDonald Abstract—For the past 20 years, the theory of... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

13 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

Corporate Venturing: Entrepreneurship on the Inside

for those who want to help them reinvent themselves. "We think about all these great large companies that have failed," said HBS professor Michael Roberto, who moderated the discussion. "But... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

14 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots

discussions that we’ve had” The case study, written by HBS’s Marco Iansiti, the David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration and head of the Technology and Operations Management unit, focuses on the data analysis used by the... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Sports

28 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Football Stars Debate ‘The Social Capital of the Savvy Athlete’

Nobody understands the power of Twitter better than Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman. In a now-infamous television interview in January after a National Football League playoff game, Sherman briefly ranted against rival Michael... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports

10 Feb 2014
HBS Case

Stressing Safety in South Africa’s Platinum Mines

than a meter. "The students wanted to get out right away," recalls Mukunda, an assistant professor in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School. "But I said, no! (Luckily I have a loud voice.) And I told... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing

10 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Why We Blab Our Intimate Secrets on Facebook

propensity to air dirty laundry on Facebook, John explains. In fact, with so many Facebook members oversharing, it's gotten to the point that people get suspicious when their peers don't overshare. In a recent experiment, John and HBS Associate View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

11 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

Development, edited by Thomas G. Cummings. Sage Publications, Inc., 2007 Abstract When it comes to transforming big corporations, there are two fundamentally different strategies, says Harvard Business School professor View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs

Urquhart, GE Commercial Finance Stanford Graduate School of Business professor Charles A. O'Reilly III and Harvard Business School professor Michael L. Tushman outline one... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

19 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future

On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate

09 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation

skills, early education, and entrepreneurship training); and capital (equity, research grants, and loans). Mills is collaborating with HBS colleagues including professors Michael Porter, Jan Rivkin, and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Financial Services

15 Nov 2011
First Look

First Look: November 15

Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412045-PDF-ENG Michael Lester at Lachlan Consulting Anthony J. Mayo and Joshua D. MargolisHarvard Business School Case 412-041 Michael Lester, a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

The Return of the Salesman

Michael French and Andrew Popp) We asked BHR coeditor Walter A. Friedman, whose book Birth of a Salesman: The Transformation of Selling in America has contributed to the literature, to help us understand why salesmen are again the subject... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

01 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

CEOs and Coaches: How Important is Organizational 'Fit?'

Coaches Really Matter? Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)? Boris Groysberg is a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School and the coauthor, with View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports

21 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research

more anxious and less satisfied with their lives, according to research by Whillans and Michael I. Norton, the Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration. Workers who are able to take time off... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost

06 Aug 2018
Research & Ideas

Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels

polesnoy As technology commoditization begins speeding up again, it’s a great time to be a consumer in search of a state-of-the-art flat panel TVs, but less comfortable for manufacturers hoping to make a profit. That’s according to recent research by Willy Shih, Robert... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Electronics

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