Michael Porter

Michael Eugene Porter is a Harvard Business School professor specializing in Management and Economics. He is the author of numerous books on competitive strategies. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University, and an MBA and Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard, where he became a professor at 26. A strategy consultant for many companies and countries, Porter is known for developing concepts such as the five competitive forces, the three generic strategies (differentiation, cost leadership, and focus), and the diamond model from his influential work *The Competitive Advantage of Nations*.