Choices Quotes by Michael Porter

So companies have to be very schizophrenic. On one hand, they have to maintain continuity of strategy. But they also have to be good…

— Michael Porter

Strategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition. It's not a matter of being better at what you do - it's a matter…

— Michael Porter

Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.

— Michael Porter

Health care historically has been a very siloed field that's organized around medical specialties - urology, cardiac surgery, and so forth - and around…

— Michael Porter

Being an American doesn't mean that you're guaranteed a high wage. You have to be productive, and we have to create a very low-cost,…

— Michael Porter

The U.S. is facing a structural competitiveness problem that is leading to the weakest economy we have seen in generations.

— Michael Porter

Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.

— Michael Porter

I'm really puzzled by why people in societies find it difficult to work collaboratively together with other people in societies.

— Michael Porter

In America, the problems of poverty and low income, particularly for minorities, are disproportionately focused in the inner cities. Shining a spotlight on the…

— Michael Porter

You can't have a healthy society unless you have healthy companies that are making a profit, that are employing people and that are growing.

— Michael Porter

The ability to change constantly and effectively is made easier by high-level continuity.

— Michael Porter

I think that, too many times, business has been seen as acting in its narrow self-interest rather than, essentially, contributing more broadly to society.…

— Michael Porter