Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Ever since the publication of Peter Senge’s The Fifth Discipline , 25 years ago, companies have sought to become “learning organizations” that continually transform themselves. But even the best companies still struggle to make real progress in this area. The Porter model of strategy isn’t obsolete.

Porter 8

Porter Competitive Advantage Senge Network Economy 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2014

The academic study of strategy took a big leap forward in the 1970s when Michael Porter of HBS looked at earlier economic research on industry structure and noticed that market power — which economists wanted to minimize — was the same thing as sustained profitability, which corporate executives wanted to maximize. Should we lower our prices?”

Strategy 8

Strategy Rivkin Game Theory Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Sometimes, it seems they've always loomed large: for decades, Michael Porter has been synonymous with strategy, and John Kotter with change management. After her beloved boss was fired, she took the show on the road, and got a job teaching cooking classes at Price Chopper supermarkets across the region. Build your platform.

Reputation 8

Reputation Case Study Ries Kotter 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Not for the highly-regarded work on competition between small numbers of firms with which his career began more than thirty years ago but for more recent work on how carefully structured regulation can improve performance relative to unbridled market forces. Why did Jean Tirole win the Nobel Prize in Economics?

Management 8

Management Crisis Porter Credit Rating 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Not for the highly-regarded work on competition between small numbers of firms with which his career began more than thirty years ago but for more recent work on how carefully structured regulation can improve performance relative to unbridled market forces. Why did Jean Tirole win the Nobel Prize in Economics?

Management 8

Management Crisis Porter Credit Rating 8