Competition Demystified : A Radically Simplified Approach to Business Strategy

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Competition Demystified : A Radically Simplified Approach to Business Strategy
by Bruce Greenwald, Judd Kahn
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• A fresh, clear, practical, and compelling approach to understanding the substance of Corporate Strategy
  Every business student studies Corporate Strategy at one point or another. There are a huge number of books, articles, and prayers associated with this subject. Some classes become so complex that students sink from the weight of detail. Other classes are so superficial that the student walks away with what amounts to one of those tiny Swiss Army Knives with a blade, scissors, nail file, toothpick, and tweezers. Good luck with that!
  If you are one of those that wants to get a handle on Corporate... more info

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  This book is great, detailed qualitative analysis regarding case studies of today's large organizations. This book sheds light on the authors Value Investing book (released later) relating special attention to his theories on quantitative analysis based on Columbia Business School theories. This is like a George Harrison album adding the Graham and Buffet books being the full on Beatle collection.

• An excellent and interesting book
  I bought this book after seeing that it was one of two textbooks for Columbia University's Security Analysis course. (The other textbook is the 1988 edition of Security Analysis.) Apparently the author of Competition Demystified, Bruce Greenwald, used to teach the class. The course readings from this book were pages 1-77, 160-181, 220-238, and 322-363.
  The book is primarily about how investors can identify, and how businesses can establish & defend, a sustainable competitive advantage (i.e. a wide... more info

• Good opening, followed by boring "already knew" business examples
  Reading the begining of this book I was totally blown away by this book. It was intresting to read about the concept of barriers of entry and local dominance that the writers has their own thoughts about. This is new stuff (diffrent from Micahel Porter) but not enough to write a whole book. So what is followed is already famous examples of competitive wars between famous companies that has taken place. The writers try to prove their theories but in reality, I dont buy it. Wanna learn more about strategy, go... more info

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