Michael Porter is the C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, an executive educator, and a leading authority on competitive strategy. Michael is the author of 14 books and

Territories Competitive strategy and advantage, inner city development

more than 45 articles. His book, Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors (1980), is recognized as the leading work in its field. A frequent consultant to business, financial institutions, and government, michael aslo serves on a number of corporate and philanthropic boards. In 1983, Michael was appointed by President Reagan to the President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness, and he continues to play an active role in economic policy with Congress, business groups, and as an advisor to foreign governments. Michael's most recent initiative is a study of economic development in America's inner cities. He has received numerous honors and awards for work in his field and was a fellow of the International Academy of Management (1985), the Academy of Management (1988), and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (1991).


 


Gigs

• C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
• Founder, Chairman and CEO, The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC), a private-sector initiative formed to catalyze inner-city business development across the country
• Co-Founder and senior advisor, The Center for Effective Philanthropy,an organization dedicated to improving philanthropic performance
• Counselor on competitive strategy to AT&T, Credit Suisse First Boston, DuPont, Procter & Gamble, Royal Dutch Shell

Creations

• Coauthor, Can Japan Compete?
• Author, On Competition (1998)
• Author, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (1990)
• Author, Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance (1985)
• Author, Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors (1980);in its forty-fifth printing, it has been translated into 15 languages.

Education

• B.S.E., Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Princeton University
• M.B.A., Harvard Business School
• Ph.D., Business Economics, Harvard University

Affiliations

• Fellow, the International Academy of Management (1985), the Academy of Management (1988), and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (1991)
• Board member, Lotus Development Corporation, Alpha-Beta Technologies, Hyatt Legal Plans
• Member, the Executive Committee of the Council on Competitiveness
• Former Chair of the Strategy Committee, the President'sCommission on Industrial Competitiveness