Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2011

My research was based on an econometric methodology (initially design by Michael Porter and Scott Stern, but refined by myself and Richard Hayes) designed to forecast a country's innovative capacity — that is, not what innovation is taking place but instead what innovation is likely to occur in the future.

Innovation 14

Innovation Porter Rogers Human Capital 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2014

Welch himself said in 2009 that optimizing a business for shareholder returns is the “dumbest idea in the world.”. Thought leaders like Christensen, Roger Martin , Michael Porter , and Steve Denning have all argued that shareholder value has been exposed as a flawed paradigm.

Levitt 12

Levitt Christensen Competitive Advantage Welch 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

In 2009, they accounted for 24.4% And, through linkages including supply chains (in 2009 multinationals purchased about $7 trillion in intermediate inputs from companies in America), multinationals enhance the performance of companies throughout the U.S. private-sector jobs and produced 28.7% GDP while undertaking 40.9% of all U.S.

Globalization 9

Globalization Rivkin Supply Chain Trends 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The first corporate water footprint was jointly published by SABMiller and WWF in 2009, and since then Coca-Cola, Nestle, and UPM-Kymmene, and others have published footprints for key product lines. Many companies are now calculating their " water footprint ," which adds up the water they use throughout the value chain.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Long-term Short-term Porter 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2013

Almost exactly two years ago, Michael Porter and Mark Kramer called for a new definition of capitalism — " shared value " — to unify this false choice. The market has a way of taking care of that. The historical division between social and non-social business and "purpose" vs. "profits" is artificial and antiquated.

Venture Capitalist 10

Venture Capitalist Business Model B2C Entrepreneur 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2011

This is what all managers in all firms aspire to — it is the holy grail that lies at the end of the search for excellence, and the promise of Michael Porter's teachings. I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of, you know, fat-cat bankers on Wall Street," he told CBS's 60 Minutes in mid December 2009.

Competitive Advantage 15

Competitive Advantage Porter Politics Marketing 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2015

In 2008, they opened their first hotel, at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, followed by one in Amsterdam City in 2009. As Levie put it, “in this industry, people already think they have innovated if they have painted a grey wall green.” ” They two men were plotting to change that.

Industry 8

Industry Hotels Travel Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Both are comments I got about my book, back in 2009, about setting direction, collaboratively. Many organizations still operate by Porter's Value Chain model , where Z follows Y, which follows X. "This business model is right for a company selling Purina Dog Chow, circa 1970.". There's no way we could ever be this collaborative.".

Banking 16

Banking Business Model Supply Chain Mass Marketing 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2015

But, as Michael Porter and Robert Kaplan of Harvard Business School have argued , we need to examine costs at a more granular level at which clinical outcomes are matched with the business and administrative processes.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Price Cost 8