By significantly broadening how we think about competition, Michael E. Porter's Harvard Business Review article "How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy" launched a business management revolution ...

Porter's Five Forces is useful for both investors and business owners as a guide to industries that can generate the best returns. Tobacco, for example, generated excellent returns for generations ...

Last night marked the end of my 12-week relationship with economics, and I can't say it was hard to let go. We wrapped up the two-part microeconomics course by revisiting Michael Porter's Five Forces.

The Five Forces Model is a tool developed by Michael Porter of Harvard Business School in 1979 that is often used by businesses during the strategic planning process, along with the SWOT ...

Named after the Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter, the five forces model attempts to distill the complexity of competition down to five factors: ...

In 1957, Ansoff was known for his “Product/Market Matrix” explaining strategic growth orientations, and in the 1980s, Michael Porter brought a more analytical approach to strategy with his “Five ...