Michael Porter Quotes

The U.s. Is Facing A Structural Competitiveness Problem That Is Leading To The Weakest Economy We Have Seen In Generations.

I Teach In The Medical School, The School Of Public Health, The Kennedy School Of Government, And The Business School. And It's The Best Perch... Because Most Of My Work Crosses Boundaries.

The Economic Distress Of America's Inner Cities May Be The Most Pressing Issue Facing The Nation. The Lack Of Businesses And Jobs In Disadvantaged Urban Areas Fuels Not Only A Crushing Cycle Of Poverty But Also Crippling Social Problems Such As Drug Abuse And Crime… A Sustainable Economic Base Can Be Created In The Inner City, But Only As It Has Been Created Elsewhere: Through Private, For-profit Initiatives And Investment Based On Economic Self-interest And Genuine Competitive Advantage.

Apple Does All Of Its Research And Development In America. It Has All These Brilliant People Sitting In Silicon Valley. But Until Recently, Apple Made Nothing In America. Zero. And The Jobs That Were Accessible To A Good, Well-trained Worker That Knew How To Do Welding Or Assembly, None Of Those Jobs Had Stayed In America. We Don't Have The Workforce.

Companies Operating In Urban Communities Have A Tremendous Ripple Effect.

Health Care Historically Has Been A Very Siloed Field That's Organized Around Medical Specialties - Urology, Cardiac Surgery, And So Forth - And Around The Supply Of These Specialty Services. The Patient Is The Ping-pong Ball That Moves From Service To Service.

Efforts To Preserve All Industries Will Lower The National Standard Of Living.

Finally, Strategy Must Have Continuity. It Can't Be Constantly Reinvented.

The Ability To Change Constantly And Effectively Is Made Easier By High-level Continuity.

The Thing Is, Continuity Of Strategic Direction And Continuous Improvement In How You Do Things Are Absolutely Consistent With Each Other. In Fact, They're Mutually Reinforcing.

Technology Has Given Us This Wonderful Opportunity To Have Low Energy Costs. We Have To Seize That, Rather Than Keep Debating And Discussing And Fighting Over It.

Ultimately, Health Care Fails The Most Basic Test. It's Not Organized Around The Needs Of The Patient.