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Michael Porter
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American engineer and economist
Key facts
- Born
- Michael Eugene Porter , ( 1947-05-23 ) May 23, 1947 (age 79) , Ann Arbor, Michigan , US
- Education
- Princeton University ( BSE ) Harvard University ( MBA , PhD )
- Notable ideas
- Porter hypothesis , Porter's five forces , Porter's four corners model
- Website
- www .isc .hbs .edu
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eugene
- Family name
- Porter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Ann Arbor
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Harvard University
- Employer
- Harvard Business School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Porter's five forces analysis
- Field of work
- economics
- Image
- Michael porter.jpg
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- Commons category
- Michael Porter
- date of birth
- 1947-05-23
- topic's main category
- Category:Michael Porter
- member of
- Phi Beta Kappa Society
- name in native language
- Michael Porter
- social media followers
- 171942
- affiliation string
- Harvard Business School
- affiliation
- Harvard University Press
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Encyclopedic overview
Michael Eugene Porter (born May 23, 1947) is an American businessman and professor at Harvard Business School. He was one of the founders of the consulting firm The Monitor Group (now part of Deloitte) and FSG, a social impact consultancy. He is credited with creating Porter's five forces analysis, a foundational framework in strategic management that remains widely used in both academia and industry. He is generally regarded as the father of the modern strategy field. He is also regarded as one of the world's most influential thinkers on management and competitiveness as well as one of the most influential business strategists. His work has been recognized by governments, non-governmental organizations and universities.
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michael Porter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.