Publications

January 2013 (Revised April 2013)
Technical Note

Relational Contracts and the Roots of Sustained Competitive Advantage

By: Rebecca M. Henderson

This note focuses on organizational "competencies" or "capabilities" as a potential source of sustained competitive advantage. Research in this area hypothesizes that some firms outperform their competition because they can do things that their rivals cannot. View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Performance

Educators

1972
Book

The Fight for Competitive Advantage

By: W. E. Fruhan Jr.

Keywords: Competitive Advantage

19 Jul 2006
Other Presentation

Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results

This presentation draws on Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press, May 2006. Earlier publications about health care include the Harvard Business Review article... View Details

Keywords: Health; United States

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

09 Aug 2013
Video

Dean Nitin Nohria Announces the U.S. Competitiveness Project

winter 2002
Article

Building Competitive Advantage Through People

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Employees

December 2005 (Revised March 2007)
Case

Leerink Swann & Co.: Creating Competitive Advantage

By: Boris Groysberg and Andrew N. McLean

In the spring of 2005, CEO Jeff Leerink has called a meeting of the executive committee to formulate Leerink Swann's growth strategy over the next five years so that it accomplishes three goals: expand into a new business, reinforce the firm's legacy businesses, and... View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Human Resources; Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Alignment; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Expansion

Educators

7 May 2003
Other Presentation

Building a Competitive U.A.E Economy: The New Learning

Competitiveness presentation delivered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. View Details

Keywords: Economics; United Arab Emirates

14 Nov 2006
Other Presentation

Competitiveness and Economic Development: Where Does Texas Stand?

This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in articular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Clusters and the New Competitive Agenda for Companies and Governments" in On Competition (Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; United States

Web

Judging | New Venture Competition

political) are favorable. Market need, size of opportunity, competitive landscape, and potential risks are identified and manageable. Resources The funding plan is sensible in terms of capital required to launch and operate. Funding... View Details

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

04 Nov 2016
News

The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

(photos by Jennifer Heffner) As lead private-sector specialist at the World Bank Group’s Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, Emiliano Duch (MBA 1991) draws on 25 years of experience in helping countries and regions to develop View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

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

7 Nov 2001
Other Presentation

Building a Competitive Argentina: Towards a National Agenda

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

Keywords: Economics; Argentina