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National Competitiveness - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Competitiveness & Economic Development CED Competitiveness & Economic Development Frameworks & Key Concepts Research & Applications Research & Applications Research & Applications National View Details

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Corporate Strategy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

actions guarantees superior economic performance. Companies compete at the level of individual businesses, where strategic positioning within an industry creates value for customers. Successful strategy at the corporate level must produce... View Details

March 2021
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Competitive Strategy in International Construction

By: John D. Macomber and Emrah Ergelen

Construction of buildings and infrastructure is one of the largest industries in the world in terms of volume. It is also one of the most physically risky, financially uncertain, and politically impacted. The industry is highly fragmented since there are few economies... View Details

Keywords: Construction; Infrastructure; Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Strategic Planning; Global Range; Construction Industry

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November 2006 (Revised November 2009)
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Introduction to Competitive Dynamics: Strategy and Tactics

By: Dennis A. Yao

Provides an overview of the course Competitive Dynamics: Strategy and Tactics and discusses challenges facing those who wish to use game theory to assist in strategic and tactical decision making. View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Game Theory; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage

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Drivers of Competitiveness - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Strategy Drivers of Competitiveness Drivers of Competitiveness Achieving real and sustainable competitive advantage requires a clear... View Details

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Repositioning and Cost-Cutting: The Impact of Competition on Platform Strategies

By: Robert Seamans and Feng Zhu

Organizational structures are increasingly complex. In particular, more firms today operate as multi-sided platforms. In this paper, we study how platform firms use repositioning and cost-cutting in response to competition, elucidate external and internal factors that... View Details

Keywords: Platform Strategy; Repositioning; Cost-cutting; Intra-firm Learning; Multi-Sided Platforms; Cost Management; Product Positioning; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Knowledge Acquisition; Journalism and News Industry

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1997
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Antitrust Constraints to Competitive Strategy

By: Dennis Yao

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

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Review of Competitiveness Frameworks: An Analysis Conducted for the Irish National Competitiveness Council

By: Christian H.M. Ketels

The report reviews recent research on competitiveness as well as the use of competitiveness frameworks applied in leading international competitiveness rankings and in national competitiveness assessments. The report includes four main parts: The initial chapter... View Details

Keywords: Competitiveness; Competition; Analysis

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Strategy & IT - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Strategy Strategy Strategy Explained Business Strategy Creating a Successful Strategy Corporate View Details

November – December 2011
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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

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01 May 2012
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Retrospective: Michael Porter's Competitive Strategy

February 2021
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Competitive Growth Strategy in Technology

By: Andy Wu

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May 1987
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Multinational Marketing and Competitive Strategy

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Return-to-Office: A New Competitive Strategy

July 1997 (Revised April 2000)
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Competition and Business Strategy in Historical Perspective

Describes the contributions of strategic concepts in the business world, and how they came to be influenced by competitive thinking. View Details

Keywords: Competition; Business Strategy

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Operational Effectiveness vs. Strategy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

establishes a new best practice, its rivals tend to copy it quickly. Strategy is about doing things differently , not simply doing them better than everyone else. And it’s the key to competitive advantage.... View Details

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Competitiveness & Economic Development - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

key concepts that are a foundation for understanding competitiveness. Strategy for Economic Development Michael Porter’s research and frameworks on competitiveness and economic development grew out of his... View Details

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International Cluster Competitiveness Profiles - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Competitiveness & Economic Development CED Competitiveness & Economic Development Frameworks & Key Concepts Research & Applications Research & Applications Research & Applications National View Details