Andrew Beattie was part of the original editorial team at Investopedia and has spent twenty years writing on a diverse range of financial topics including business, investing, personal finance, and ...

Michael Porter’s theory can help you build a more competitive management strategy for your business. Here is what you need to know.

Mary Hall is a editor for Investopedia's Advisor Insights, in addition to being the editor of several books and doctoral papers. Mary received her bachelor's in English from Kent State University with ...

Porter's Five Forces analyzes an industry's competitive dynamics like supplier and buyer power. This framework aids investors in assessing the profitability of industries and companies. Understanding ...

Harvard economics professor Michael Porter developed the five forces model to help business executives understand and deal with competition. Porter argues that factors affecting competition are ...

Porter's Five Forces industry analysis is a model businesses can use when putting together a strategic business plan. The model describes the five different forces that can affect the business sales ...

When people begin to take an interest in their investments, most of them believe one of two things about stock analysis and selection; either that it is a kind of mystical art, best performed by those ...

Among all the thousands of comments, tweets and other social media brouhaha on my article, “What Killed Michael Porter's Monitor Group?” we also learned something truly astonishing: the Monitor Group ...

Michael Porter’s iconic Five Forces framework reshaped business strategy and built empires for consulting giants. Now, this deceptively simple formula is poised to heal America’s fractured economy.