Porter’s Five Forces model serves as a framework for strategic management. It has served as the North Star of the business industry since Michael E. Porter introduced it in a 1979 issue of the Harvard ...

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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 ...