Michael E. Porter is the Bishop William Laurence University Professor at the Harvard Business School.
He has an “living legend” status in the world of management thinking,
being ranked 1st in the 2005 Thinkers 50 top of most important and influential business thinkers.
He has written eighteen books and countless articles. He has advised both the public and private sectors throughout the world.
Porter has always been obsessed by competition. His first widely-read book Competitive Strategy (1980) is now in its 63rd imprint. Porter subsequently moved from competition between firms to competition between nations. In The Competitive Advantage of Nations (1990) he examined how some states were wealthy and why others were not.
For the past two decades, Michael Porter’s work has defined our fundamental understanding of competition and competitive strategy. With his unique ability to bridge economic theory and management practice, Porter’s work help us to understand the essence of competition.
