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Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance
by Michael E. Porter
from Free Press

Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance

 

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  • Pivotal contribution to management literature
    This classic work on competition is indicative of the importance of Michael Porter's pivotal contributions to management literature. The book seems as fresh and relevant today as when it was first published more than a quarter-century ago. Porter, a professor at the Harvard Business School, is the author of 16 books, and a leading authority on competitive strategy and economic development. His ideas have guided economic policy worldwide, which may account for his nine honorary degrees and numerous awards.... more info

  • Strategy Bible
    The Porter trilogy: Best books on strategy ever written. The reference manual for competitive strategy. Anybody who is in the business of formulating strategy today uses the Porter framework. The only caveat is the distrupting force of the internet and its effects on businesses which is not covered. Jim Kayalar is a Certified Management Consultant with the Institute of Management Consultants USA (IMC-USA) with 20 plus years of experience in a myriad of industries. Jim Kayalar is the managing director and... more info

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    I understand what companies have to do about the creation and sostenibility of competitive advantege by this book.

  • 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 Entry (Microsoft Windows loaded on every new PC)
    (2) Enhancing loyalty (American Hospital Supply on-line... more info


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