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Professor Michael Porter retired from the Harvard Business School faculty on November 30, 2023.
The Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness is a nonprofit research, education, and policy organization founded by Michael Porter and based at Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts. Our mission is to advance scholarship; develop practical, research-based frameworks; and educate and advise leaders and policymakers.
The MOC Affiliate Network’s 20th Anniversary
The Microeconomics of Competitiveness (MOC) Affiliate Network proudly celebrated its 20-year anniversary in December 2022. Professor Michael Porter established the global network in 2002 to create local capacity around the world to understand, teach, and upgrade competitiveness. The network started with two partners in the first year, SSE Riga and INCAE in Nicaragua, and has grown to over 120 universities in over 60 countries as of 2023. Please visit the 20th anniversary page to read more about what this remarkable network has accomplished.
RECENT Publications
The Politics Industry
Industrial policy in a new global reality
World Bank Blog | Christian Ketels & Emiliano Duch | July 2022
The dynamics of economic development are changing. Export-driven industrialization remains an important growth driver. But achieving sustained and shared prosperity growth increasingly requires upgrading a much broader set of sectors.
Integrated Practice Units: A Playbook for Health Care Leaders
NEJM Catalyst | Vol. 2 No. 1 | January 2021
To compete successfully in an increasingly value-oriented marketplace, health care providers must adopt a strategic Value Agenda that delivers outcomes that matter to patients through comprehensive care-delivery methods that progressively improve effectiveness and efficiency.
Recent & Upcoming Events
Strategy for Health Care Delivery
On-campus | November 5th - 8th, 2023 (Sun. - Wed.) | Tuition: $11,250
This program examines the latest strategies and organizational models for transforming the way health care is delivered, measured, and reimbursed. Empowered with new insights and capabilities, you will return to your organization prepared to implement and oversee a value-based health care approach that lowers costs and improves outcomes.
Connect with Michael Porter
Essential Reading
In health care, the days of business as usual are over. Around the world, every health care system is struggling with rising costs and uneven quality despite the hard work of well-intentioned, well-trained clinicians. Health care leaders and policy makers have tried countless incremental fixes—attacking fraud, reducing errors, enforcing practice guidelines, making patients better “consumers,” implementing electronic medical records—but none have had much impact. It’s time for a fundamentally new strategy.
The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care
Competitive advantage. The value chain. Five forces. Industry structure. Differentiation. Relative cost. If you want to understand how companies achieve and sustain competitive success, Michael Porter's frameworks are the foundation. But while everyone in business may know Porter's name, many managers misunderstand and misuse his concepts. Understanding Michael Porter sets the record straight, providing a concise, accessible summary of Porter's revolutionary thinking.