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Michael E. Porter
Bishop William Lawrence University Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School; founder, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness
Competitive Strategy and the five-forces framework are the primary source for industry analysis, and Competitive Advantage supplied the value-chain vocabulary the field still uses.
12 books of their own · 22 articles
Books they wrote 12
· 1976 · His doctoral work, published by Harvard University Press
· 1991 · Study of Canadian competitiveness with the Monitor Company
Cynthia A. Montgomery · 1991 · Edited HBR reader; OL lists title as 'Strategy'
Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg · 2006 · Creating Value-Based Competition on Results
Katherine M. Gehl · 2020 · Applies industry analysis to US party politics
Articles and essays 22
- Business Leaders Must Take Action on Climate and Voting RightsHarvard Business Review, 2021
- How CEOs Manage TimeHarvard Business Review, 2018
- How to Pay for Health CareHarvard Business Review, 2016
- How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming CompetitionHarvard Business Review, 2014
- The Explainer: Porter's Five ForcesHarvard Business Review, 2014
- The Strategy That Will Fix Health CareHarvard Business Review, 2013
- Creating Shared ValueHarvard Business Review, 2011
- The Big Idea: How to Solve the Cost Crisis in Health CareHarvard Business Review, 2011
- The Five Competitive Forces That Shape StrategyHarvard Business Review, 2008
- Strategy and Society: The Link Between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social ResponsibilityHarvard Business Review, 2006
- Redefining Competition in Health CareHarvard Business Review, 2004
- The Competitive Advantage of Corporate PhilanthropyHarvard Business Review, 2002
- Strategy and the InternetHarvard Business Review, 2001
- Clusters and the New Economics of CompetitionHarvard Business Review, 1998
- What Is Strategy?Harvard Business Review, 1996
- The Competitive Advantage of the Inner CityHarvard Business Review, 1995
- Green and Competitive: Ending the StalemateHarvard Business Review, 1995
- The Competitive Advantage of NationsHarvard Business Review, 1990
- From Competitive Advantage to Corporate StrategyHarvard Business Review, 1987
- How Information Gives You Competitive AdvantageHarvard Business Review, 1985
- How Global Companies Win OutHarvard Business Review, 1982
- How Competitive Forces Shape StrategyHarvard Business Review, 1979
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