Publications

winter 2002
Article

Building Competitive Advantage Through People

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Employees

July – August 1985
Article

How Information Gives You Competitive Advantage

By: Michael E. Porter and Victor A. Millar

The information revolution is sweeping through our economy. No company can escape its effects. Dramatic reductions in the cost of obtaining, processing, and transmitting information are changing the way we do business. View Details

Keywords: Information; Competitive Advantage

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July – August 2008
Article

The Competitive Imperative of Learning

By: Amy C. Edmondson

Keywords: Competition; Learning

May 20, 2024
Article

Porter’s Five Forces and Competitive Advantage in Web3

By: Scott Duke Kominers and Liang Wu

Competitive strategy — the art of crafting and executing plans to achieve an advantageous position in the market — is integral to any business, and especially relevant for platforms because it determines their ability to achieve network effects and scale. But web3... View Details

Keywords: Five Forces Framework; Competitive Strategy; Business Strategy; Network Effects; Digital Transformation

7 Nov 2001
Other Presentation

Building a Competitive Argentina: Towards a National Agenda

By: Michael E. Porter

Presentation delivered at the competitive advantage seminar in Buenos Aires, Argentina. View Details

Keywords: Economics; Argentina

2022
Book

Win from Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage

By: James Heskett

There is significant evidence that an effective organizational culture provides a major competitive edge—higher levels of employee and customer engagement and loyalty translate into higher growth and profits. Many business leaders know this, yet few are doing much to... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Culture; Competitive Advantage; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership

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2012
Chapter

Reforms and the Competitive Environment

By: Laura Alfaro and Anusha Chari

Keywords: Competition; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

Purchase

winter 1989
Article

Price Competition in Multi-Market Duopolies

By: R. Lal and Carmen Matutes

Keywords: Price; Competition; Duopoly and Oligopoly

2010
Working Paper

Does Product Market Competition Lead Firms To Decentralize?

By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen

There is a widespread sense that over the last two decades firms have been decentralizing decisions to employees further down the managerial hierarchy. Economists have developed a range of theories to account for delegation, but there is less empirical evidence,... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Employees; Managerial Roles; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Asia; Europe; North America

June 1999
Background Note

Competition Between the Professions: Law Firms vs. Accounting Firms

By: Ashish Nanda

Discusses the emerging competition between law firms and accounting firms. View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Competition; Legal Services Industry; Accounting Industry

1985
Book

The Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance

By: M. E. Porter

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Performance Consistency