2009 Presenters
Michael Porter
Michael E. Porter is the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard Business School. A leading authority on competitive strategy and the competitiveness of nations and regions, Professor Porter’s work is widely recognized in governments, corporations, non-profits, and academic circles across the globe.
The author of 18 books and numerous articles including Competitive Strategy, Competitive Advantage, Competitive Advantage of Nations, and On Competition, Professor Porter’s latest book is Redefining Health Care. He is also a six-time winner of the McKinsey Award for the best Harvard Business Review article of the year. Professor Porter has re-defined thinking about competitiveness, economic development, economically distressed urban communities, environmental policy, and the role of corporations in society.
Professor Porter has founded three major non-profit organizations: The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC), which addresses economic development in distressed urban communities; the Center for Effective Philanthropy, which creates rigorous tools to help foundations be more effective; and FSG-Social Impact Advisors, a leading strategy firm serving NGOs and foundations.
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