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On Competition
Updated and Expanded Edition
Available October 2008

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Redefining Health Care
May 2006

press release: ACHE Book of the Year award for Redefining Health Care

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The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy

January 2008
Harvard Business Review

Financial Times:  May the forces be with you and your plans for 2008

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Kenya
Daily Nation: Subsidies not the answer, says scholar

 

Uganda
Daily Monitor: World economists to grace EA business meet, EA CEOs for integration

 

FT guest column: Rethinking the role of employers

 

Condé Nast Portfolio: The Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy

 

press release: Michael Porter named to Princeton University Board of Trustees, more

 

El Mercurio: Chile pierde dinamismo

 

Times of India: Michael Porter interview part 1, part 2

 

Financial Times:  Nordics stay hot for globalization

 

Oxford Business Group:  Michael Porter Saudi Arabia interview

 

Inner City 100: press release,

Inc Magazine, Boston Globe

 

Voice of America: Should Europe Be More Like America?

 

 

Commerce International:  Christian Ketels: “Clusters should be networks”

 

Christian Ketels and Michael Porter Op-Ed - Ведомости: Конкурентоспособность: Экономике нужны ясные цели
translation: Competitiveness at the Crossroads: Which Way for the Russian Economy?

 

Russia Today: Russia's economy not competitive?

 

The Economist:  Michael Porter letter on cluster policy

 

National Summit on American Competitiveness:  Video and Transcript of Competitiveness Challenges panel with Michael Porter

 

Harvard Business Review:
A Strategic Approach to Climate

 

Clinton Global Initiative: Expanding Profitability While Confronting Global Challenges

 

Periodista: Michael Porter dice Uribe es "sorprendente" y Colombia es afortunada de tenerlo

 

USINFO: Companies Find Advantages in Moving Near Fiercest Competitor

 

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The Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, led by Michael E. Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, studies competition and its implications for company strategy; the competitiveness of nations, regions and cities; and solutions to social problems. Based at Harvard Business School, the Institute is dedicated to extending the research pioneered by Professor Porter and disseminating it to scholars and practitioners on a global basis.
Competition and Firm Strategy Competition and Economic Development Competition and Society

Competitive Strategy

Industry Structure
and Structural Change
Company and Industry
Financial Performance
Location, Internationalization,
and Global Strategy
Corporate Level Strategy
Strategy and the Internet
Strategy for Non-Profits
Competition in Health Care
 

The Porter Prize (Japan)

National Competitiveness
Clusters and Cluster Development
Competitiveness of States
and Regions
Strategy for Cross-National
Economic Areas
Innovation and Innovative Capacity
Economic Development in Inner Cities
Rural Economic Development
The Microeconomic Foundations
of Economic Development
 

Affiliated Institutes

Health CARE

Competition in Health Care
Global Health Delivery Project
Health Care Curriculum

Distressed Communities

Economic Development
in Inner Cities

Rural Economic Development

Social Concerns

Environmental Quality
and Competitiveness
Antitrust and Competition Policy

Philanthropy and Corporate Social Responsibility

Strategy for Philanthropic Organizations
Corporate Philanthropy
Capitalism and Social Progress
Competitiveness Data Prof. Porter's Competitiveness Course New CEO Workshop

U.S. Cluster Mapping Project

International Cluster Competitiveness Project

Global Competitiveness Report
(World Economic Forum)

European Cluster Observatory
(CSC, Stockholm)

Canadian Cluster Data
(ICAP, Toronto)

Course Description

Affiliated Universities Teaching the Course

Video Excerpts from the Course

Detailed prospectus for universities interested in teaching the course

Information for prospective students at Harvard: pdf, video

MOC Network Site
(for Harvard MOC students)

New CEO Workshop: Description

Seven Surprises for New CEOs:


October 2004
Harvard Business Review

 

 



Clusters, Innovation, and Competitiveness

slides, video (57 min)
EU Conference on Innovation and Clusters - Stockholm
January 22, 2008

 

Conference website

 

Svenska Dagbladet: Politiker kan inte skapa kluster, hävdar klustrens egen ”pappa”

Manager (Slovenia): Intervju, Michael Porter: Inovirajte, ne glede na krizo

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Competitiveness as an Engine for Economic Growth: Implications for Saudi Arabia
Michael Porter
Global Competitiveness Forum
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
January 21, 2008

 

Arab News: Raise Culture of Productivity, Says Expert

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Visitors to the Institute
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of the Republic of Iceland with Michael Porter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


2007 Porter Prize Winners
Kaihara Corporation
Maruho Co., Ltd.
Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd.

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The Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008

  -- BCI chapter

  -- Michael Porter video

  -- press release

  -- in the news

  -- WEF website

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Davos 2008

Video: Corporate Global Citizenship in the 21st Century
Session chaired by Michael Porter

Bloomberg: Porter Sees Material Slowing of U.S. Economy, Audio Text

Süddeutsche Zeitung: Christian Ketels interview, Nach Indien oder China?

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Awards and Recognition

 

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Lifetime Achievement in Economic Development Award to Michael Porter
press release, US EDA website


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Sachin Jain, Institute Research Fellow, has received the 2008 Henry Asbury Christian Award from Harvard Medical School in recognition of "Notable Scholarship in Studies or Research" for his work on the ThedaCare: System Strategy case study


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Leipzig Graduate School of Management confers honorary degree to Michael Porter
Video tribute, Announcement

News: HHL ehrt Harvard Professor Porter


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more Awards and Recognition


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