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Professor Porter 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 .

He is a leading contributor to Strategic Management theory. His main objectives were to determine how a firm, or a region, can build a Competitive Advantage .

Porter's strategic system consists primarily of:

In 1984 , he was one of the co-founders of Monitor Group , a leading global strategy and management consulting firm with headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts .
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  • Porter, M. (1979) "How competitive forces shape strategy", ''Harvard business Review'', March/April 1979.

  • Porter, M. (1980) ''Competitive Strategy'', Free Press, New York, 1980.

  • Porter, M. (1987) "From Competitive Advantage to Corporate Strategy", ''Harvard Business Review'', May/June 1987, pp 43-59.

  • Porter, M. (1996) "What is Strategy", ''Harvard Business Review'', Nov/Dec 1996.

  • Porter, M. (2001) "Strategy and the Internet", ''Harvard Business Review'', March 2001.



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