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Michael Porter


American
1947
Educator
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Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.


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There's a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness.


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The company without a strategy is willing to try anything.


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Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.


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Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it's about deliberately choosing to be different.


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The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.


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The essence of strategy is that you must set limits on what you're trying to accomplish.


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I'm really puzzled by why people in societies find it difficult to work collaboratively together with other people in societies.
Michael Porter
If your goal is anything but profitability - if it's to be big, or to grow fast, or to become a technology leader - you'll hit problems.
Michael Porter
America used to be a uniquely productive, low-cost place to do business. We had efficient infrastructure. We had limited regulation. We believed in the market.
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I teach in the medical school, the School of Public Health, the Kennedy School of Government, and the Business School. And it's the best perch... because most of my work crosses boundaries.
Michael Porter
As minorities and other immigrant groups become more important to our economy, the inner city is a crucible that gives us an early look at phenomena that are going to be spreading more broadly in the economy over time.
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As a multisport athlete, I was always fascinated with competition and how to win. At HBS and later at the Harvard Department of Economics, I was drawn to the field of competition and strategy because it tackles perhaps the most basic question in both business management and industrial economics: What determines corporate performance?
Michael Porter