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PublisherFree Press

ISBN-100743260872

ISBN-139780743260879

eBay Product ID (ePID)30766979

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Book TitleCompetitive Advantage : Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance

Number of Pages592 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicIndustries / General, Industrial Management, Commerce, General, Management Science, Economics / Theory

Publication Year2004

IllustratorYes

GenreBusiness & Economics

AuthorMichael E. Porter

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight21.7 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsAntitrust Law & Economics Review A superb guide for business managers but also necessary background study for judges, antitrust agency officials, and economic experts in antitrust cases., Philip KotlerS.C. Johnson & Son Distinguished Professor of International Marketing, Northwestern UniversityMichael Porter has done it again. Having defined the "what" and "why" of competitive strategy in his earlier book, he now define the "how" in Competitive Advantage., Newsday A sharp, aggressive and cogently reasoned book about competition that your smarter rivals will try to get to first., Newsday A sharp, aggressive, and cogently reasoned book about competition that your smarter rivals will try to get to first., Philip Kotler S.C. Johnson & Son, Distinguished Professor of International Marketing, Northwestern University Michael Porter has done it again. Having defined the 'what' and 'why' of competitive strategy in his earlier book, he now defines the 'how' in Competitive Advantage., Financial Times The most influential management book of the past quarter century....A veritable goldmine of analytical concepts and tools to help companies get a much clearer grasp of how they can create and sustain competitive advantage.

Dewey Decimal658

SynopsisNow 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., The essential complement to the pathbreaking book COMPETITIVE STRATEGY, Michael E. Porter's COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE explores the underpinnings of competitive advantage in the individual firm.

LC Classification NumberHD41.P668 2004