Publications

2008
Working Paper

How Did Increased Competition Affect Credit Ratings?

The credit rating industry has historically been dominated by just two agencies, Moody's and S&P, leading to longstanding legislative and regulatory calls for increased competition. The material entry of a third rating agency (Fitch) to the competitive landscape offers... View Details

Keywords: Credit; Financial Markets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Quality; Reputation; Competition; Financial Services Industry

winter 1985
Article

Technology and Competitive Advantage

By: M. E. Porter

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Technology

03 Feb 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Competition in Pricing Algorithms

Keywords: by Zach Y. Brown and Alexander MacKay

July 2005
Class Lecture

Sustaining Competitive Advantage (FSS)

By: Pankaj Ghemawat

01 Jun 2004
News

Competitiveness in Rural Regions

2 Oct 2006
Other Presentation

Building A Competitive Economy: Implications for Iceland

By: Michael E. Porter

Competitiveness presentation delivered in Reykjavik, Iceland. View Details

Keywords: Economics; Iceland

January 1995 (Revised July 1996)
Background Note

Antitrust and Competitive Strategy in the 1990s

Describes U.S. antitrust policy, including major judicial decisions and their impact on competitive strategy. View Details

Keywords: Judgments; Competitive Strategy; Laws and Statutes; Policy; United States

Article

Joseph Schumpeter on Competition

Keywords: Competition

November – December 2011
Article

Competitive Strategy for Open Source Software

By: Vineet Kumar, Brett Gordon and Kannan Srinivasan

Commercial open source software (COSS) products-privately developed software based on publicly available source code-represent a rapidly growing, multibillion-dollar market. A unique aspect of competition in the COSS market is that many open source licenses require... View Details

Keywords: Applications and Software; Competitive Strategy; Product Development; Growth and Development; Markets; Motivation and Incentives; Quality; Policy; Perspective; Profit; Open Source Distribution; Emerging Markets

17 Jan 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Competition in Modular Clusters

Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin & C. Jason Woodard; Consulting; Communications; Telecommunications; Pharmaceutical

Jun 2013
Working Paper

Government Debt and Competitiveness

The United States federal government’s current and projected fiscal deficits are not sustainable. View Details

January 1974
Background Note

Overview of Competitive Situations

2008
Book

Global Competitiveness Report 2008/2009

By: Michael E. Porter and Klaus Schwab

December 1983
Background Note

Sizing Up the Competition

2013
Chapter

Market Imperfections and Sustainable Competitive Advantage

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Dennis Yao

This chapter reviews the main theories in strategic management that seek to explain persistent differences in profitability across companies. We argue that these differences are ultimately explained by market imperfections. Studying differences in financial performance... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Management; Market Imperfections; Five Forces Framework; Competitive Advantage; Profit