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Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance 39 reviews
Michael E. Porter
Free Press, 1998
Using IT for Competitive Advantage
In his 1985 book titled Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance Free Press 1985 Management and IT (information Technology) author Michael Porter set fourth some very useful ideas about creating competitive advantage with IT (e.g. building a strategically valuable system.) I've added an example or two after each of his points. They include:
(1) Building barriers to ...
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Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors45 reviews
Michael E. Porter
Free Press, 1998
Taking Strategy by the Real Meaning
It is nice when you see a book that takes the word "strategy" seriously these days.
Although written a while ago, the reader finds it talking about what we see today. Understood and applicable by both layman as well as specialists without over-simplification of the framework-based books we find today and without the complexity of others of larger than life strategists.
Although written a ...
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How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy 2 reviews
Michael E. Porter
Harvard Business Review, 1979
How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy
Michael Porter is a guru on competition and strategic planning. His article "How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy" is so powerful and incisive that any serious manager wishing to devise strategies to cope with competition in his/her industry needs to read, understand and be fully conversant with the five basic forces which Porter states determines the state of competition in an industry.
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The Competitive Advantage of Nations15 reviews
Michael E. Porter
Free Press, 1998
Mr.
One of my favorites titles. I started my experience about Porter's Competitiveness by this book.
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Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results 27 reviews
Michael E. Porter, Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg
Harvard Business School Press, 2006
Review
I am taking a Health Care Management Strategy class and this book was recommended by our professor.
Very well thought and comprehensive book.
Some comclusions can be challenged, but the book bringing a new look on Health Care and provide solutions for improvements.
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Clusters and the New Economics of Competition1 review
Michael E. Porter
Harvard Business Review, 1998
Clusters: The latest paradox in global competition
Michael E. Porter is Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and a leading authority on competition and strategic management. This article was published in the November-December 1998 issue of the Harvard Business Review. "Today's economic map of the world is dominated by what I call clusters: critical masses - in one place - of unusual competitive success in particular ...
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Curing U.S. Health Care (HBR OnPoint Collection)
Michael E. Porter, Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg, ...
Harvard Business Review, 2004
U.S. companies are fed up with soaring U.S. health benefit costs; patients, with low-quality, inconvenient care. The root cause of these problems? The wrong kind of competition. Industry players divide up--rather than drive up--value. Employers shift costs to employees. Insurers limit patients' access to services. Providers spend less time with patients. The prevailing question is "Who's paying?" not "Who's providing top value?" Consider a ...
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On Competition, Updated and Expanded Edition14 reviews
Michael E. Porter
Harvard Business School Press, 2008
Great aggregration of Porter's work
'Porter On Competition' is 'lighter' to read than his 'Trilogy', but it nicely consists the core ideas of his work & how it evolved during the past decades. It provides reader a nice overview about how competitive strategy & competitive advantage are applicable to a wide range of areas: from corporation, industry & nation, to social issues such as health care & environment.
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Harvard Business Review on Corporate Responsibility (Harvard Business Review Paperback Series)4 reviews
Harvard Business School Press, C. K. Prahalad, ...
Harvard Business School Press, 2003
Harvard CSR
As an educational leadership professor, I am interested in learning about corporations and how they impact educational settings. This text was one of the most comprehensive collections of essays to offer a wide range of perspectives on the issues of corporate social responsibility. With its researchers and the commentary, this text provides a novice, like myself, with the background, application ...
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What Is Strategy? (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)8 reviews
Michael E. Porter
Harvard Business Review, 2000
Definitions of Strategy
This paper is one of the benchmarks in strategy and management thinking. Essential reading for managers at all levels. It is, however, available on the internet in PDF format. Search Google.
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CASES IN COMPETITIVE STRATEGY1 review
Michael E. Porter
Free Press, 1983
You think you are good enough to compete?
THis is a great book. It's best for peolple who are interested in economics, commerece or management. It introduced the mordern theory on competitive advantages which is developed by Michael E Porter who is a professor at Harvard Business school. In my opinion, I think Porter's theory really braoden my view of various competitive strategies. It's an excellent book for experienced management ...
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The Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer
Harvard Business Review, 2002
When it comes to philanthropy, executives increasingly see themselves as caught between critics demanding ever higher levels of "corporate social responsibility" and investors applying pressure to maximize short-term profits. Increasingly, philanthropy is used as a form of public relations or advertising, promoting a company's image through high-profile sponsorships. But there is a more truly strategic way to think about philanthropy. ...
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Green and Competitive: Ending the Stalemate
Michael E. Porter, Claas Van Der Linde
Harvard Business Review, 1995
The lingering belief that environmental regulations erode competitiveness has resulted in a stalemate. One side pushes for tougher standards, the other tries to roll standards back. The authors' research shows that tougher environmental standards actually can enhance competitiveness by pushing companies to use resources more productively. Managers must start to recognize environmental improvement as an economic and competitive opportunity, not ...
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Strategy and the Internet (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)6 reviews
Michael E. Porter
Harvard Business Review, 2001
The impact of the Internet on competition and strategy
Michael E. Porter is Harvard Business School professor and a leading authority on competition. He has written several important novels and articles in the field of competition and strategic management. In this Harvard Business Review article, Michael Porter describes the impact of the Internet on competition and strategy, through discussing distorted market signals, the impact on industry ...
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The Global Competitiveness Report 2006-2007 (Global Competitiveness Report)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
The World Economic Forum continues its tradition of excellence with the 27th edition of the annual Global Competitiveness Report featuring the latest national statistics and results of the Executive Opinion Survey, which captures the perception of over 10,000 business leaders. The report provides the most comprehensive assessment of 117 developed and emerging economies. Produced in collaboration with a distinguished group of international ...
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The Global Competitiveness Report 2003-2004 (Global Competitiveness Report)
World Economic Forum
Oxford University Press, USA, 2004
The annual Global Competitiveness Report is widely recognized as the world's leading cross-country comparison of data and information relating to economic competitiveness and growth. Over the years, the Report has become the most authoritative and comprehensive assessment of the comparative strengths and weaknesses of national economies throughout the world. The World Economic Forum continues its tradition of excellence with The Global ...
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Can Japan Compete? 7 reviews
Michael E. Porter, Takeuchi, ...
Basic Books, 2000
Japan¡¯s success and failure in light of business strategy
... Michael Porter become the celebrity in the field of business strategy with his two books, ¡®Competitive Advantage¡¯, ¡®Competitive Strategy¡¯. Takeuchi and Sakakibara secured their name in organizational learning school with their book, ¡®The Knowledge-Creating Company.¡¯ With this book, ¡®the word, ¡®knowledge creation¡¯ has been widely circulated within business schools. This book poses ...
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From Competitive Advantage to Corporate Strategy1 review
Michael E. Porter
Harvard Business Review, 1987
A clear introduction into diversification
Michael E. Porter is a Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and a leading authority in the field of competition and strategic management. This article was published in the May-June 1987 of the Harvard Business Review and won the McKinsey Award for the best article that year. "A diversified company has two levels of strategy: (1) business unit (or competitive ...
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The Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008 (Global Competitiveness Report)
Michael E. Porter, Klaus Schwab, ...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
The World Economic Forum?s annual Global Competitiveness Report evaluates the potential for sustained economic growth of over 130 developed and emerging economies and ranks them accordingly. Since its first release in 1979, the Report has become the most authoritative and comprehensive study of its type. The 2007-2008 Report contains: ? Detailed country competitiveness profiles of 131 economies ? Data tables for survey and hard data ...
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