Preface
My name is Michael E. Porter, and I am an economist, a scholar, an author, an adviser, and a teacher. My Five Forces framework for understanding the competitive forces in an industry, which I introduced in a Harvard Business Review article in 1979, started a revolution in the strategy field and continues today to shape business practices and academic thinking worldwide.
Over my career, I have written nineteen books on various topics, including economic theory and policy, competition and competitive advantage, national and state competitiveness and economic development, health-care delivery, and business strategy. American politics was literally the last topic I ever thought I’d tackle. That all changed because of Katherine Gehl.
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