A Search For Competitive Advantage

Author : Michael E. Porter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781416595847

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Competitive Advantage by Michael E. Porter Pdf

Now beyond its eleventh printing and translated into twelve languages, Michael Porter’s The Competitive Advantage of Nations has changed completely our conception of how prosperity is created and sustained in the modern global economy. Porter’s groundbreaking study of international competitiveness has shaped national policy in countries around the world. It has also transformed thinking and action in states, cities, companies, and even entire regions such as Central America. Based on research in ten leading trading nations, The Competitive Advantage of Nations offers the first theory of competitiveness based on the causes of the productivity with which companies compete. Porter shows how traditional comparative advantages such as natural resources and pools of labor have been superseded as sources of prosperity, and how broad macroeconomic accounts of competitiveness are insufficient. The book introduces Porter’s “diamond,” a whole new way to understand the competitive position of a nation (or other locations) in global competition that is now an integral part of international business thinking. Porter's concept of “clusters,” or groups of interconnected firms, suppliers, related industries, and institutions that arise in particular locations, has become a new way for companies and governments to think about economies, assess the competitive advantage of locations, and set public policy. Even before publication of the book, Porter’s theory had guided national reassessments in New Zealand and elsewhere. His ideas and personal involvement have shaped strategy in countries as diverse as the Netherlands, Portugal, Taiwan, Costa Rica, and India, and regions such as Massachusetts, California, and the Basque country. Hundreds of cluster initiatives have flourished throughout the world. In an era of intensifying global competition, this pathbreaking book on the new wealth of nations has become the standard by which all future work must be measured.

Author : John F. Wilson,Ian Jones,Steven Toms
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429680427

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A Search for Competitive Advantage by John F. Wilson,Ian Jones,Steven Toms Pdf

This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on how British industrial firms achieved a competitive advantage. With contributions on industrial cartelisation, organisational structure, the quality of British management, marketing and trade marks, labour relations, and technological innovation, this volume provides an array of fascinating insights into industrial history. Of interest to business and economic historians, this shortform book also provides analysis and illustrative case-studies that will be valuable reading across the social sciences.

Author : Arthur A. Thompson,Alonzo J. Strickland,John E. Gamble
Publisher : Irwin/McGraw-Hill
Page : 1184 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Competition
ISBN : 0072884444

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Crafting and Executing Strategy by Arthur A. Thompson,Alonzo J. Strickland,John E. Gamble Pdf

Presenting the most recent developments in research and strategy, this text applies these theories and illustrates their implementation in business cases.

Author : Todd Zenger
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781633690011

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Beyond Competitive Advantage by Todd Zenger Pdf

Your company is turning in regular profits every year, and its market share is only getting bigger. Competitors can’t touch you. So why is your stock price so sluggish? The answer is as simple as it is cruel: investors aren’t interested in history, and they already know you’re profitable and competitive—that knowledge is baked into your stock price. The hard reality is that a competitive advantage just isn’t enough. Investors want companies to surprise them with unexpected value, which means that you can outperform market expectations only if you as a leader know how to find, create, and deliver a series of multiple competitive advantages. This is why a corporate theory is so important. A good corporate theory provides a compass for those at the strategic helm, guiding their decisions about what assets and activities to pursue, what investments to make, and what strategies to adopt. Behind every long-term corporate success story lies a basic theory about how that company creates value. In Beyond Competitive Advantage, strategy professor Todd Zenger describes what makes a great corporate theory and helps readers understand the many tensions and trade-offs they’ll face as they apply the theory to meet the challenge of market expectations. Based on years of research and analysis, Beyond Competitive Advantage provides managers and executives with a framework for both sustaining value and creating growth.

Author : Michael E. Porter
Publisher : New York : Free Press ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015015289450

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Competitive Strategy by Michael E. Porter Pdf

Presents the comprehensive framework of analytical techniques to help a firm analyze its industry as a whole and predict the industry's future evolution, to understand its competitors and its own position ...

Author : Svafa Gronfeldt,Judith Strother
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005-11-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781452279121

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Service Leadership by Svafa Gronfeldt,Judith Strother Pdf

The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive theoretical framework as well as practical strategies—not just for survival but for a true search for excellence in the uncertain and ever-changing world of customer service management. The theoretical framework is based on the notion that customer service contains three key variables: a promise, a process, and people. After going through the step-by-step process of service management, the reader will have the necessary understanding and skill to choose the right strategy for the right circumstances, to design service processes, to identify the means and methods to implement these processes, and to measure the outcome.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Canada
ISBN : UCSD:31822006560635

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The Search for Competitive Advantage by Anonim Pdf

Author : Arthur Thompson,Alex Janes,Margaret Peteraf,Ciara Sutton,John Gamble,A. Strickland
Publisher : McGraw Hill
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780077152673

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EBOOK: Crafting and Executing Strategy: The Quest for Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases by Arthur Thompson,Alex Janes,Margaret Peteraf,Ciara Sutton,John Gamble,A. Strickland Pdf

Crafting and Executing Strategy has been revised and updated specifically with its European readers in mind. Building upon the success of previous editions, it continues to explain the core concepts and key theories in strategy and illustrate them with practical, managerial examples students can really relate to. Brand new features have been developed to encourage readers to go beyond learning and to apply their knowledge to from a diverse range of real-life scenarios including global brands, SMEs, public sector and not-for-profit organizations.

Author : 50MINUTES,
Publisher : 50 Minutes
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9782806265906

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Michael Porter's Value Chain by 50MINUTES, Pdf

Understand Michael Porter’s value chain in no time! Find out everything you need to know about this valuable business tool with this practical and accessible guide. The Harvard Business School professor Michael E. Porter has dedicated much of his career to studying competitive advantage. One of his best-known concepts is the value chain, which is used to deliver a product or service to the market and has three key objectives: to improve services, to reduce costs and to create value. The model can be applied to virtually any business in any sector, making it a vital tool for companies looking to make the most of their competitive advantage in an increasingly crowded market. In 50 minutes you will be able to: •Identify the nine functions that generate value within a business •Analyse your company’s activity to make the most of your competitive advantage •Find areas for improvement and take concrete steps to maximise performance ABOUT 50MINUTES.COM | MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING The Management and Marketing series from the 50Minutes collection provides the tools to quickly understand the main theories and concepts that shape the economic world of today. Our publications will give you elements of theory, definitions of key terms and case studies in a clear and easily digestible format, making them the ideal starting point for readers looking to develop their skills and expertise.

Author : Cam Caldwell,Verl A. Anderson
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1536122254

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Competitive Advantage by Cam Caldwell,Verl A. Anderson Pdf

As firms struggle in the modern era to achieve financial success, many recognize that a global economy has made their task more challenging than ever before. Universal access to the latest information and the ability to duplicate technological capabilities make it difficult for firms to sustain previously existing competitive advantages.Business leaders understand that the challenges that they face require a new and much more behavioral approach to managing their companies than has been successful in the past. In this volume, we address the quest for success in a world where innovation and constant change threaten the status quo.Today's successful leaders recognize the importance of creating organizational cultures that build trust, treat employees as valued partners, and provide those employees with the resources to constantly learn.Emphasizing a value-based and behavioral approach to managing employees, many of the chapters of this book address the importance of a strategic approach that is committed to both organizational excellence and the best interests of a company's employees.Nearly eighty years ago, Chester Barnard emphasized that successful organizations both pursue a worthy purpose that benefits society and strive to satisfy the individual needs of its membership. This volume endorses the importance that successful organizations today are committed to values that inspire others, work for the best interests of the global community, and demonstrate a commitment to constant improvement.The theme of this volume is that competitive advantage can best be achieved by leaders and companies that are constantly learning, looking for more effective and efficient ways to assist customers, and those who are dedicated to innovation and the pursuit of excellence.

Author : Michael E. Porter,Victor E. Millar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:732623077

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How information gives you competitive advantage by Michael E. Porter,Victor E. Millar Pdf

Author : Erik Jannesson,Fredrik Nilsson,Birger Rapp
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642391347

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Strategy, Control and Competitive Advantage by Erik Jannesson,Fredrik Nilsson,Birger Rapp Pdf

How should firms’ control systems be designed and used to formulate and implement strategies that will contribute to competitive advantage and sustained high performance? This book offers some thought-provoking suggestions. It contains empirical studies of such diverse manufacturing enterprises as Atlas Copco, Electrolux, Saab, Scania, SCA Packing and Volvo, as well as an insurance company and two chamber orchestras. All firms and organizations presented offer interesting and exciting insights, each in a specific way and each with a fascinating history. The book presents research on the relationship between strategy, control and competitive advantage over extended periods and at several strategic levels, while also taking into account the existence of multiple control systems in a single firm or other organization. Readers are offered an in-depth look into how changes in the environment lead to adjustments in strategies and control systems. It is shown, in addition, how difficult and challenging it can be to implement these changes, and why such efforts are not always successful. But perhaps most importantly, the book conveys an in-depth understanding of how strategies and control systems affect competitive advantage and performance. In both its coverage and focus, the book is unique. Not only does it provide valuable contributions to the research field of strategy and management control; it also represents a substantial commitment in terms of resources and involvement over an extended period. The book is highly recommended to researchers, practitioners, graduate students and all others interested in this area.

Author : Lee, In
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781466618015

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Electronic Commerce Management for Business Activities and Global Enterprises: Competitive Advantages by Lee, In Pdf

Electronic Commerce Management for Business Activities and Global Enterprises: Competitive Advantages is written as an e-commerce textbook for undergraduate and graduate students in various business programs, including information systems, marketing, computer science, and MBA. In addition to serving as a textbook in e-commerce, this book also provides an excellent repository for instructors, researchers, and industry practitioners for their research ideas, theories, and practical experiences. In addition to regular topics traditionally taught in the classroom, this textbook addresses the many new emerging ideas and applications and presents tools and techniques in all aspects of e-commerce development and management in the global economy.

Author : Anil K. Gupta,Vijay Govindarajan,Haiyan Wang
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119097457

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The Quest for Global Dominance by Anil K. Gupta,Vijay Govindarajan,Haiyan Wang Pdf

Anil K. Gupta, Vijay Govindarajan, and Haiyan Wang are among the most distinguished experts in the field of globalization. In The Quest for Global Dominance they present the lessons from their twenty-year study of over two hundred corporations. They argue that, in order for a company to create and maintain its position as a globally dominant player, executives must ensure that their company leads its industry in the following four essential tasks: Identifying market opportunities worldwide and pursuing them by establishing the necessary presence in all key markets Converting global presence into global competitive advantage by identifying and developing the opportunities for value creation that global presence offers Cultivating a global mindset by viewing cultural and geographic diversity as an opportunity, not just a challenge Leveraging the rise of emerging markets especially China and India to transform the company's growth prospects, global cost structure, and pace of innovation

Author : Ken Starkey,Alan McKinlay
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0631186743

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Strategy and the Human Resource by Ken Starkey,Alan McKinlay Pdf

How do firms respond when the ground shifts and their existing knowledge and skills base becomes obsolete? Strategy and the Human Resource analyses the experience of one of the world′s leading corporations during a period of profound strategic change. Ford Motor Company has been synonymous with a particular approach to management, Fordism, which analysts have seen as the quintessential Western Approach. Strategy and the Human Resource is an examination of contemporary changes in human resource management, strategy, structure and management processes. Starkey and McKinlay ∗ Trace the link between strategic analysis and HRM ∗ Examine the relationship between corporate strategy and HRM in a number of companies ∗ Explore these changes in an in–depth analysis of Ford. Starkey and McKinlay demonstrate that competitive advantage is now defined in terms of high quality rather than low cos, technical innovation and design leadership rather than emultion and conservatism, flexibility rather than specialization. This book is unique in its in–depth analysis of the experience of managers in negotiating a period of profound and dramatic strategic change. It challenges quick–fix approaches to management while emphasizing the opportunities and difficuties of reconfiguring Western organizations in the light of Japanese management practices.