Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

The smartest minds in social innovation are increasingly committed to engaging with the private sector to make significant changes in areas like health, education, and poverty. This framework has the potential to reverse the typical role of CSR, currently viewed as a way to "give back" to communities that a business operates in.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Porter Team Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2013

The results are often surprising; for example in the pilot project described in Kaplan’s and Porter’s 2011 HBR article , one finding was that most providers’ existing cost systems underestimate the cost of new patient evaluation services by 15% to 20%. Leading Health Care Innovation. Health Operations'

Health Care 8

Health Care Kaplan Porter Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Michael Porter has done us all a service in identifying that the wealth of modern economies comes from the productivity, innovation and high wages found in their clustered industries — those industries that are found only in certain geographic areas and trade most of their output outside their home areas, both nationally and internationally.

Creativity 15

Creativity Porter Industry Pharmaceuticals 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2013

That's what Michael Porter says , and tough-choice-making has clearly been a big part of Apple's success. To quote Porter: "Strategy renders choices about what not to do as important as choices about what to do." This is another Christensen observation, albeit a lot less famous than the one about disruptive innovation.

Strategy 9

Strategy Porter Christensen Mauborgne 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

Start with Michael Porter. They’ve missed almost every technological breakthrough of the past decade — and yet they earned $237 billion in operating income from 2001 to 2013 working off a strategy that was in place in the mid-1990s. So this view is often associated with innovation or disruption.

Sull 11

Sull Competitive Advantage Porter Innovation 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2014

Worshipping at what Christensen calls the “church of finance” hollows out a company’s competitive advantage, as it loses the capacity to invest in innovation that drives the perpetual reinvention so necessary in today’s world of temporary competitive advantage. Innovation Leadership Strategy' And short-term numbers at that.

Levitt 12

Levitt Christensen Competitive Advantage Welch 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

Michael Porter, the strategy expert, believes that the HBS approach is the right one. Clay Christensen, the innovation expert, advocates instead the approach taken by Wharton, which has made MOOCs out of all its core courses. The company simply straddled the two channels, without creating any operating linkages across them.

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Christensen Education Discount Class 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

Barriers to entry are withering, innovations are easily copied, and disruption is everywhere. As Michael Porter argued a long time ago , the simplest measure of competition is profitability. It’s become part of the conventional wisdom. The macro numbers tell a very different story. Just look at what’s happened to workers.

Sull 8

Sull Competitive Advantage Porter Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2014

Today, Alibaba looks more like a conglomerate than a typical tech company, with a diverse set of businesses operating largely independently. That choice cuts to the heart of Alibaba, according to Porter Erisman, who served as a vice president at the company from 2000 to 2008, and whose documentary on his time there debuted in 2012.

Porter 9

Porter Decentralization Film Project 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

That purpose is bigger than the company itself, providing natural cohesion, and it demands expansive thinking, driving innovation and progress. Everyone at SpaceX knows their company exists to make space radically more accessible. We have observed companies doing this to a certain degree. ” Aim for the golden mean.

Strategy 14

Strategy Company How To Supply Chain 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2015

Porter had it figured out in the mid-1980s. To do that, you need to come up with some clever offer that entices customers to pay higher prices or some operational innovation that lowers costs, or find a new market where there aren’t many competitors.

Strategy 8

Strategy Porter Price Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2016

And the choice to hold on to cash or use it to repurchase shares, rather than invest profits in new opportunities for innovation and expansion, has had real consequences for our economy that have contributed to the current political upheaval. Authoritative studies have shown that inequality and stagnating wages hurt corporate growth.

Politics 8

Politics Short-term Long-term Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2013

Many management thinkers argue that it is no longer enough to do well financially; companies also need to improve the well-being of (or at least not harm) the communities in which they operate, the environment, and their employees. Porter and Mark R. See, for example, " Creating Shared Value ," by Michael E. That's the good news.

Company 11

Company Long-term Porter CEO 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2015

These are the dry cleaners, restaurants, car repair operations, and local retailers that are part of the fabric of our daily lives. These businesses are often focused on growth, domestically or through exports, and operate with a higher level of management sophistication than Main Street firms.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Rivkin Venture Capitalist Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

trade deficit with Japan grew through the 1980s, for example, influential thinkers increasingly focused on how managerial innovations used in Japanese firms might be imported and adapted in the U.S. During difficult economic times, organizations often seek ideas on how to cut costs or perform operations more efficiently. As the U.S.

Prahalad 15

Prahalad Hamel Core Competence Leadership 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2011

Michael Porter and Mark Kramer, writing in HBR ( December, 2006 and January-February, 2011 ), advance the idea of creating shared value by developing strategies and policies that enhance the competitiveness of the company while advancing social and economic conditions of the community.

Brand 15

Brand Porter Objective Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

While this reality poses grave risks to thousands of communities, it is also the driver of a daunting, and often confusing, economic dilemma which businesses must prepare for.It's time for companies operating in the many dry regions around the world to equip themselves with the tools and mindset they need to navigate this new normal.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Long-term Short-term Porter 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2018

Nearly every major company today operates a broad set of social and environmental activities that parallel its commercial value chain. Employees at every level can see and take pride in the way their company’s new products, strategies, and operational choices advance a clear social purpose. Stephen Smith for HBR.

Company 10

Company Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Audience 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2015

The HBS team has been using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC), an approach initially proposed by one of us (Bob Kaplan) and Michael Porter, to help providers pursue the value-based delivery of care. Unfortunately, fewer than 20% of patients had completed both pre- and post-operative surveys.

Mayo 8

Mayo Health Care Committee Project 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Michel Porter and Mark Kramer pioneered the idea of “creating shared value,” arguing that businesses can generate economic value by identifying and addressing social problems that intersect with their business. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. Fostering innovation.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Facebook, KickStarter, Kiva, Twitter, and other companies thriving in the social era are operating by the rules of the Social Era. Most organizations operating today started when companies needed more operating capital. Many organizations still operate by Porter's Value Chain model , where Z follows Y, which follows X.

Banking 16

Banking Business Model Supply Chain Mass Marketing 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

It seems that every week, one or another announces a new “Center for Health Care Value” or “Center for Health Care Innovation.” As Michael Porter and Thomas H. Comparison of outcomes is essential to disseminate innovations from one individual or team to another. The final result?

Health Care 8

Health Care Fraser Price Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

In November 1996, Michael Porter published What Is Strategy? which argued that operational excellence alone is not strategy, and that the truly enduring companies create a unique customer experience. A Brief History of Inventing Innovation. Here are just a few of the highlights. HBR's 90th Anniversary: Why Management Matters.

Goleman 8

Goleman Emotional Intelligence Porter Covey 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

The evidence indicates that the United States is losing its ability to attract and expand the operations of multinationals and their significant contributions to productivity growth, innovation, and high-wage employment. shares of the global operations of U.S.-based private sector rose in the 1990s, but then fell in the 2000s.

Globalization 11

Globalization Rivkin Supply Chain Trends 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

In many cases, as with Skype, the size of the European operation shrank after the acquisition. Will Other Nations Develop Local Champions and Innovation Hubs? Many have tried but few have succeeded in developing substantial innovation hubs. But China has a long way to go to play this role.

Company 8

Company Venture Capitalist GDP Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

Medical science has enabled our health care system to deliver outcomes that would have been impossible a generation ago, and advances in fields such as genomics and stem-cell therapy offer immense promise to further accelerate medical innovation. Customer service Customers Health Operations'

Health Care 8

Health Care Policies Porter System 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Follow the Leading Health Care Innovation insight center on Twitter @HBRhealth. Leading Health Care Innovation. Leading Health Care Innovation: Editor’s Welcome. Health Operations' The Cleveland Clinic’s Journey. E-mail us at healtheditors@hbr.org , and sign up to receive updates here.

Health Care 9

Health Care Supply Chain Cost Quality 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

It has become an axiom that “strategy is about making hard choices,” as we have been advised for over 20 years by leading thinkers including Michael Porter and Roger Martin. ” Faced with hard choices, innovators find ways to transcend the tradeoffs. Size and speed.

Chief Operating Officer 8

Chief Operating Officer Apparel Marketing Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

We see ourselves as risk-takers and innovators. Over the last six years the federal government funded more than 50 new regional innovation “clusters,” and across America new accelerators and entrepreneurship boot camps are proliferating. This research shows that the market for middle skills operates very poorly.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

In this worldview, disasters only happen because the rules of the game in which the businesses operate must be flawed. And Michael Porter and Mark Kramer point to a big pot of gold for businesses that properly internalize the social consequences of their decisions instead of incorrectly externalizing them.

Management 8

Management Crisis Porter Credit Rating 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

In this worldview, disasters only happen because the rules of the game in which the businesses operate must be flawed. And Michael Porter and Mark Kramer point to a big pot of gold for businesses that properly internalize the social consequences of their decisions instead of incorrectly externalizing them.

Management 8

Management Crisis Porter Credit Rating 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2014

The main alternative is the Positioning School , whose ideas were most clearly expounded by Michael Porter. It does not explain why you might be wise to focus on some resources and spin off other resources. So maybe there is a better theory of strategy? Unfortunately this theory also fails to explain the decision to split.

RBV 10

RBV Competitive Advantage Resources Media 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

Many of the companies inserting politics into their user experience operate popular social platforms themselves. Porter Airways created an online poll asking the public where they’d like to fly and promoted it on Facebook. Rinse and repeat, over and over.

Politics 8

Politics Real Estate Business Model Morale 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

It recognizes this new reality will spell decline for some commercial activities, but growth for others who find better ways of operating. Witness Chris Lazslo's work on sustainable value , and Michael Porter's theorizing about shared value. So in one sense, Polman is only being a good businessman.

Globalization 15

Globalization NGO Leadership Development Porter 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

“The proper goal for any health care delivery system is to improve the value delivered to patients … To properly manage value, both outcomes and cost must be measured at the patient level,” Harvard’s Robert Kaplan and Michael Porter tell us. But, why do we only define patient value by outcomes and cost?

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Kaplan Porter 8