George Porter KT OM, Lord Porter of Luddenham. 6 December 1920 – 31 August 2002

George Porter (1920-2002): kinetics research and the public understanding of science.

George Porter (Figure 1) made fundamental contributions to our understanding of fast reactions between atoms and molecules. His promotion of the public understanding of science and scientific research was of national and international importance. Much of chemistry is concerned with the study of the transition from reactants to products in a chemical reaction. The conventional and traditional me...

Obituary: Roy Sydney Porter (1946-2002).

Roy Porter

Strategy as Action: From Porter to Anti-Porter

In the post-crisis era new concepts are emerging, while some old and dysfunctional ones are being discarded. Strategy is about making series of decisions that drive corporate action under specific coupling with company’s environment and context. Because decisions are actions, so the strategy itself is action, not just a description of action. In the area of traditional strategy, descriptions (i...

Porter on Famine Diseases