Publications

3 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: Society; Value Creation; Competitive Advantage; Civil Society or Community; Business and Community Relations; Government and Politics

2 Apr 2014
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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: Society; Mauritius

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Good News, Not Blues, For the Inner City

economy," is ripe for economic vitality, says HBS Professor Michael E. Porter. And, as he explained in a plenary session called "Inner City Renewal" at the HBS 2001 Global Alumni Conference,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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

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12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

Competitive advantage. Corporate strategy. The competitive advantage of nations. All over the world these terms quickly bring to mind the groundbreaking work of HBS professor Michael Porter, whose two decades of research on these and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

03 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

Authors:Joseph Rhatigan, Sachin H. Jain, Joia S. Mukherjee, and Michael E. Porter Abstract The care delivery value chain is a framework that can help conceptualize the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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

11 Mar 2014
Other Presentation

The Role of Business in Society: 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: Creating Shared Value; Value Creation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations

2007
Other Unpublished Work

Competitiveness at the Crossroads: Choosing the Future Direction of the Russian Economy

By: Michael E. Porter, Christian H.M. Ketels, Mercedes Delgado and Richard Bryden

In early 2006, the Center for Strategic Research (CSR) in Moscow commissioned Professor Michael Porter and his team to conduct a review of the existing evidence on Russian competitiveness. The objective of this report is to synthesize, interpret, and draw implications... View Details

Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; Russia

10 May 2015
Conference Presentation

Building a Competitive Jerusalem

By: Michael E. Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels

Jerusalem 2020 is a five-year growth plan for Jerusalem's economic development based on Professor Michael E. Porter's theory of competitive advantage. The plan was presented to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the goal of significant investment by the... View Details

Keywords: Israel; Economics; Israel

Research Summary

Capital Markets, Investment, and Competition

Michael E. Porter's research into issues of capital allocation, first published in the report 'Capital Choices,' is the basis for continuing research that examines how U.S. capital markets distort competitive behavior and investment. A report to the Competitiveness... View Details

2002
Other Unpublished Work

A View of Ontario: Ontario's Clusters of Innovation

In Working Paper 1, A view of Ontario: Ontario's clusters of innovation, we reviewed the importance of clusters of traded industries to an economy's productivity, innovation, and standard of living. Professor Michael Porter of the Institute for Strategy and... View Details

Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; Canada

20 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

What’s Next for Japan

In the opening panel of the conference, titled "Japan Towards the 21st Century: How Should Japan Compete?" moderator and Harvard University professor Michael Porter laid a framework for experts... View Details

Keywords: by Hilah Geer

12 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Competition the Cure for Healthcare

Last month HBS Working Knowledge offered an excerpt from Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, by Harvard Business School professor Michael E. View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health

Article

Why Every Organization Needs an Augmented Reality Strategy

By: Michael E. Porter and James E. Heppelmann

While the physical world is three-dimensional, most data is trapped on two-dimensional pages and screens. This gulf between the real and digital worlds prevents us from fully exploiting the volumes of information now available to us. Augmented reality (AR), a set of... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Effectiveness

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2013
Government Testimony

American Competitiveness Worldwide: Impacts on Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs

The Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access held a hearing titled, "American Competitiveness Worldwide: Impacts on Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs." Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter spoke at the hearing,... View Details

Keywords: Economic Development; Competitiveness; United States

January 2008
Article

The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy

This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. In 1979, a young associate professor at Harvard Business School published his first... View Details

Keywords: Profit; Five Forces Framework; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Business and Government Relations; Competitive Strategy

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29 Sep 2014
Other Presentation

Reshaping Regional Economic Development: Clusters and Regional Strategy

Professor Michael Porter delivered a keynote speech at Mapping the Midwest's Future, a conference held in Minneapolis and hosted by the University of Minnesota that officially launched the new U.S. Cluster Mapping tool. His presentation focused on U.S. competitiveness... View Details

Keywords: Clusters; Regional Strategy; Industry Clusters; Economics; Minneapolis; United States

2 Jun 2010
Keynote Speech

Creating Shared Value

Bishop William Lawrence University Professor Michael Porter of Harvard Business School spoke to an audience of senior corporate giving professionals at CECP's Corporate Philanthropy Summit on June 2, 2010 about the role of business in social and economic development.... View Details

Keywords: Creating Shared Value; Value Creation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Society; United States