Authors:M. E. Porter, Michael E. Porter,
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Keywords: harvard, business, school, colloquium, research, global, industries, competition
Number of Pages: 250
Published: 1986-11-01
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0875841406
ISBN-13: 9780875841403

Essays discuss technology, manufacturing, marketing, finance, capital, government policies, coalitions, competition, and leadership in the global marketplace, and look at specific cases.

Author: Michael E. Porter
Publisher: Free Press
Keywords: superior, performance, sustaining, creating, advantage, competitive
Number of Pages: 592
Published: 1998-06-01
List price: $37.50
ISBN-10: 0684841460
ISBN-13: 9780684841465

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. With over 30 printings in English and translated into thirteen languages, this second volume in Porter’s landmark trilogy describes how a firm actually gains an advantage over its rivals. Competitive Advantage introduces a whole new way of understanding what a firm does. Porter’s groundbreaking concept of the value chain disaggregates a company into "activities," or the discrete functi

Author: Michael E. Porter
Publisher: Harvard Business School Pre
Keywords: expanded, updated, competition
Number of Pages: 576
Published: 2008-09-01
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 142212696X
ISBN-13: 9781422126967

For the past two decades, Michael Porter’s work has towered over the field of competitive strategy. On Competition, Updated Edition brings together more than a dozen of Porter’s landmark articles from the Harvard Business Review. Five are new to this edition, including the 2008 update to his classic "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy," as well as new work on health care, philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, and CEO leadership. This collection captures Porter’s unique ability to bridge theory and practice. Each of the articles has not only shaped thinki

Author: Michael E. Porter
Publisher: Harvard Business School Pre
Keywords: competition
Number of Pages: 485
Published: 1998-10-01
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0875847951
ISBN-13: 9780875847955

On Competition, a collection of works by Michael E. Porter, is a critical examination of the dog-eat-dog international economy. A Harvard Business School professor, Porter is one of the most respected and innovative economists of his time. Author of 15 books, he advises key elected officials and business leaders in all parts of the world. On Competition features 13 of his best articles over the past 15 years, including 2 new ones. The essence of Porter’s message is that every company, country, and person must master competition to thrive in brutal international and domestic economies. Co

Author: Michael Porter
Publisher: African American Image
Keywords: american, boys, classrooms, african, misdiagnosis, kill
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 1998-03-01
List price: $10.95
ISBN-10: 0913543543
ISBN-13: 9780913543542

According to Michael Porter, some people believe that today’s youth, especially African American males, are lost; many of them can be found inside Behavior Disorder classes in America’s public school system. This book examines how African American males end up in dead end BD classes, what happens to them in these classes, and how people can help their community to get on a life enhancing path.

Author: Michael E. Porter
Publisher: Free Press
Keywords: industries, competitors, analyzing, techniques, strategy, competitive
Number of Pages: 397
Published: 1998-06-01
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 0684841487
ISBN-13: 9780684841489

Now nearing its 60th printing in English and translated into nineteen languages, Michael E. Porter’s Competitive Strategy has transformed the theory, practice, and teaching of business strategy throughout the world. Electrifying in its simplicity -- like all great breakthroughs -- Porter’s analysis of industries captures the complexity of industry competition in five underlying forces. Porter introduces one of the most powerful competitive tools yet developed: his three generic strategies -- lowest cost, differentiation, and focus -- which bring structure to the task of strategic

Author: Michael E. Porter
Publisher: Free Press
Keywords: nations, advantage, competitive
Number of Pages: 896
Published: 1998-06-01
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0684841479
ISBN-13: 9780684841472

Now beyond its 11th 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