Publications

Michael Porter presentation at the Next-Gen CSR and Shared Value Forum in Calgary, Alberta View Details

Keywords: Mining; Canada; Society; Mining Industry; Canada

Research Summary

Sustainable Inner-City Economic Development

Michael E. Porter is using the framework he developed in The Competitive Advantage of Nations to examine the economic development problems in distressed inner-city areas. He seeks to understand the potential of inner-city businesses, government policies, and... View Details

21 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Common Strategy Mistakes

"Michael Porter didn't get to be a giant in the field of competition and strategy by hunting small game." Joan Magretta begins her new book on Harvard Business School's Michael Porter's work by... View Details

Keywords: by Joan Magretta

11 Mar 2014
Interview

The Looming Challenges of US Competitiveness: Implications for Philadelphia

The third installment of the Fox School's Innovation Leadership Speaker Series featured Professor Michael E. Porter, William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School. Dr. Porter addressed the factors driving innovation and competitiveness in a given... View Details

Keywords: Competitiveness; Economic Analysis; Economics; Philadelphia

30 Jan 2009
Other Presentation

Advice to the U.S. President on Competitiveness

Session moderated by Michael Porter and featuring Scott Davis, Ellen J. Kullman, Rupert Murdoch, Duncan Niederauer, David M. Rubenstein, Ronald A. Williams. View Details

Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; Switzerland

23 Jun 2020
Book

Beginning America Over Again with a New Electoral System

Katherine M. Gehl, founder of Institute for Political Innovation, and Harvard Business School strategy expert Michael E. Porter. Among the reforms put forward by Gehl and View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Research Summary

The Competitive Advantage of Nations and Regions

Michael E. Porter continues to extend his study first reported in The Competitive Advantage of Nations. Porter has published books and studies of other countries, states, and cities, including Canada, New Zealand, Portugal, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,... View Details

25 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help

According to a new Harvard Business School report from Michael E. Porter, the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, and co-author Katherine Gehl, a former CEO and political activist, Washington’s... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

18 Sep 2007
Panel Discussion

The Competitive Challenge For America in the 21st Century

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce, The National Summit on American Competitiveness convened leaders of business, government, academia and the research community to address the core components of U.S. competitiveness. Michael Porter participated on the panel... View Details

Keywords: Economics; United States

10 May 2016
Other Presentation

Shared Value: A New Global Agenda

Harvard Business School's Michael Porter introduces and engages World Bank President Jim Yong Kim in conversation on partnering with the private sector for delivering on global development goals. View Details

Keywords: Shared Value; Collective Impact; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Value; Business and Community Relations; Cooperation; Society

2011
Other Unpublished Work

International Air Transport Association Vision 2050

IATA asked 35 strategic thinkers to develop this vision for the next 40 years for the airline industry. The group benefited greatly by the inspirational and strategic leadership and wisdom of Singapore's Minister Mentor, Lee Kuan Yew. And Harvard University Professor... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Singapore

13 Nov 2012
Lecture

What is Strategy?

Professor Michael Porter of Harvard University's School of Business discusses competitive strategy and the role it can play in solving the world's challenges. View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Competitive Strategy

15 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Political Dysfunction Makes America Less Competitive

The American economy is a mess, and our broken political system is largely to blame, according to a Harvard Business School US Competitiveness Project report released today. Harvard’s Michael E. Porter, Jan... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

12 Dec 2014
Other Presentation

The New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value

This presentation given by Professor Michael Porter covers the role of business in society, the concept of shared value, the difference between CSR and CSV, the three levels of shared value, implications for government and civil society, and examples of companies that... View Details

Keywords: Shared Value; Society; Value Creation; Competitive Advantage; Civil Society or Community; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations

20 May 2013
Research & Ideas

The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness

Democrat-Republican nonsense. They get elected to help people, but it's criminal those people in Washington don't work together, don't speak together." Likewise, Michael E. Porter, Bishop William... View Details

Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

puzzle," writes HBS professor Michael E. Porter, with coauthors Hirotaka Takeuchi and Mariko Sakakibara in their new book, Can Japan Compete? How has this book been received in Japan? Perhaps I'm not... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

5 Jan 2011
Other Presentation

Rethinking Capitalism

Michael E. Porter, Harvard University professor, explains why business leaders must focus on shared value—creating products and services that benefit not only the company but also society. He is the coauthor of the HBR article Creating Shared Value. View Details

Keywords: Society; Strategy; United States

29 Jan 2011
Other Presentation

Bloomberg Interview At Davos

By: Michael E. Porter and Tom Keene

Michael Porter, a professor at Harvard Business School, talks about corporate strategy and the need for companies to address social issues. Porter talks with Tom Keene at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Bloomberg Television's "Surveillance Midday." View Details

Keywords: Society; Switzerland

November – December 1996
Article

What Is Strategy?

By: M. E. Porter

Today's dynamic markets and technologies have called into question the sustainability of competitive advantage. Under pressure to improve productivity, quality, and speed, managers have embraced tools such as TQM, benchmarking, and reengineering. Dramatic operational... View Details

Keywords: Strategy