Michael Porter

Member of Faculty
Kennedy School
Office Address
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Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 34
79 JFK Street
Contact
Phone: 617-495-6309
Email: mporter@hbs.edu
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Michael E. Porter is the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, based at Harvard Business School. A University professorship is the highest professional recognition that can be awarded to a Harvard faculty member. Professor Porter is one of about 15 current University Professors at Harvard to earn this distinction.. In 2001, Harvard Business School and Harvard University jointly created the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, to further Professor Porter's work. He is the author of 17 books and over 125 articles, is a leading authority on competitive strategy and the competitiveness and economic development of nations, states, and regions. He received a B.S.E. with high honors in aerospace and mechanical engineering from Princeton University in 1969, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi. He received an M.B.A. with high distinction in 1971 from the Harvard Business School, where he was a George F. Baker Scholar, and a Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard University in 1973.For more information go to http://dor.hbs.edu/fi_redirect.jhtml?facInfo=bio&facEmId=mporter

Courses

Spring

  • PED-329 The Microeconomics of Competitiveness: Firms, Clusters & Economic Development