• October 2007
• Article

Grist: A Strategic Approach to Climate

By: Michael E. Porter and Forest Reinhardt

Climate change will affect everything businesses do, as government efforts to mitigate carbon emissions cause their prices to rise steeply. This special edition of Forethought takes a hard-nosed look at the risks and opportunities of climate change. Michael E. Porter... View Details

Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Leadership; Logistics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Improvement; Climate Change; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy

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• March 1999 (Revised January 2000)
• Case

Hundred-Year War, A: Coke vs. Pepsi, 1890s-1990s

By: Chiaki Moriguchi and David Lane

Through their competitive battle, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have created a stable and highly profitable duopoly in the U.S. soft drink industry. As the domestic industry matured and the cola wars moved to international markets, Coke and Pepsi tried to redesign their... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Industry Structures; Food and Beverage Industry

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• 8 Mar 2012
• Other Presentation

Competing by Saving Lives: How Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Companies Create Shared Value in Global Health

By: Michael E. Porter

How Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Companies Create Shared Value in Global Health View Details

Keywords: Society; United States

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Porter, Michael E. "Competing by Saving Lives: How Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Companies Create Shared Value in Global Health." Creating Shared Value in Global Health, FSG, New York City, NY, United States , March 8, 2012.

• 27 Jan 2003
• Research & Ideas

New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities

economic development decisions to a new level of sophistication. In a cluster, a company can draw on a local supplier base of skilled people, specialized service providers, and local institutions that can provide training and perform research.— View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

• 08 Jan 2001
• Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]

In our January 2 update, we featured the first part of a two-part interview with HBS professor Michael E. Porter, an internationally influential expert on strategy and competition. (Porter was recently... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

• 24 Oct 2014
• Other Presentation

Building a Competitive Taiwan

By: Michael E. Porter

National competitiveness presentation delivered at The Michael Porter Taipei Forum View Details

Keywords: Taiwan; Competitiveness; Economics; Taiwan

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• 30 Jan 2009
• Other Presentation

Advice to the U.S. President on Competitiveness

By: Michael E. Porter

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

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"Advice to the U.S. President on Competitiveness." World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos, Switzerland, January 30, 2009.

• 2011
• Other Unpublished Work

International Air Transport Association Vision 2050

By: Michael E. Porter

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

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• 05 Dec 2016
• Research & Ideas

How To Deceive Others With Truthful Statements (It's Called 'Paltering,' And It's Risky)

target’s beliefs by giving a false or distorted impression. But it’s not just businesspeople who palter. Donald Trump has done it. Hillary (and Bill) Clinton, too. Chances are you have paltered. “People seem to be using this strategy... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

• 18 Sep 2007
• Panel Discussion

The Competitive Challenge For America in the 21st Century

By: Michael E. Porter

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

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Porter, Michael E. "The Competitive Challenge For America in the 21st Century." National Summit on American Competitiveness, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Washington, DC, September 18, 2007.

• July–August 2018
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How CEOs Manage Time

By: Michael E. Porter and Nitin Nohria

In 2006 Harvard Business School’s Michael E. Porter and Nitin Nohria launched a study tracking how large companies’ CEOs spent their time, 24/7, for 13 weeks: where they were, with whom, what they did, and what they were focusing on. To date, Porter and Nohria have... View Details

Keywords: CEOs; Executives; Time Management; Attitudes; Managerial Roles; Leadership; Performance Effectiveness; Strategy; Decision Making; Organizational Culture

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Porter, Michael E., and Nitin Nohria. "How CEOs Manage Time." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 4 (July–August 2018): 42–51.

• 11 Mar 2014
• Interview

The Looming Challenges of US Competitiveness: Implications for Philadelphia

By: Michael E. Porter

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

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Porter, Michael E. "The Looming Challenges of US Competitiveness: Implications for Philadelphia." Innovation Leadership Speaker Series, Temple University, Fox School of Business, Philadelphia, PA, United States, March 11, 2014.

• 26 Jan 2021
• Research & Ideas

A New Way to Cut Credit Card Debt: Pay Off One Purchase at a Time

A novel approach to repaying debt could help consumers free themselves from crushing credit card balances faster, according to new research. Rather than asking borrowers to make payments toward their total balances, Harvard Business School Professor View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

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Environmental Policy and Competitiveness

By: Michael E. Porter

Michael E. Porter has been exploring (with Claas van der Linde of St. Gallen University, Switzerland) the relationship between environmental regulation, industry competition, and international competitiveness. He finds that many forms of environmental pollution... View Details

• 4 Oct 2011
• Other Presentation

A Cluster-based Approach to Inner City Economic Development

By: Michael E. Porter

Professor Michael E. Porter: Initiative for a Competitive Inner City View Details

Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development

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Porter, Michael E. "A Cluster-based Approach to Inner City Economic Development." Inner City Economic Summit, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, October 4, 2011.