If your goal is anything but profitability – if its to be big, or to grow fast, or to become a technology leader – youll hit problems. – Michael Porter
Change brings opportunities. On the other hand, change can be confusing. – Michael Porter
The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy. – Michael Porter
The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change. – Michael Porter
When we can drain the Ocean into mill-ponds, and bottle up the Force of Gravity, to be sold by retail, in gas jars; then may we hope to comprehend the infinitudes of mans soul under formulas of Profit and Loss; and rule over this too, as over a patent engine, by checks, and valves, and balances. – Thomas Carlyle