Publications

March–April 1979
Article

How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy

By: M. E. Porter

Many factors determine the nature of competition, including not only rivals, but also the economics of particular industries, new entrants, the bargaining power of customers and suppliers, and the threat of substitute services or products. A strategic plan of action... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Strategy

Fast Answer

Reshaping Competition

Where can I find resources for my Reshaping Competition paper? Company Research: Capital IQ: Database by provider detailed company information (financials, market performance, deals and developments) as well as a variety of... View Details

Research Summary

Technological Competition in Computing

By: Shane M. Greenstein

On what dimensions do computing platforms compete, and how does that competition help or hinder the deployment of technical standards? What principles shape choices over platform governance, and how do those choices shape competitive outcomes? In this line of... View Details

June 2012 (Revised July 2013)
Exercise

Competition Simulator Exercise: Instructions

By: Eric Van den Steen

In the Competition Simulator Exercise, students explore through trial and error some important economic foundations of competitive strategy and managerial economics. In particular, the nine simulator exercises let students explore horizontal differentiation with and... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Economics; Strategy; Game Theory

Purchase

2005
Chapter

Maintaining Competitiveness

By: Hirotaka Takeuchi

Keywords: Competitive Strategy

October 1997
Article

Does Competition Kill Corruption?

By: Christopher Bliss and Rafael Di Tella

Corrupt agents (officials or gangsters) exact money from firms. Corruption affects the number of firms in a free-entry equilibrium. The degree of deep competition in the economy increases with lower overhead costs relative to profits and with a tendency toward similar... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Crime and Corruption

July 2024
Technical Note

Competitive Advantage

By: Jan Rivkin

Educators

13 Mar 2009
News

Staying Competitive

Web

New Venture Competition - Alumni

New Venture Competition Eligibility & Rules Judges Judging Criteria Prizes & Benefits NVC Regions Resources Regional Winners FAQ 2025 NVC Winners Create Groundbreaking Solutions for the World’s Unique Challenges In addition to the student competition, HBS alumni were... View Details

November 1991
Article

Healthy Competition

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Competition

Research Summary

Evolution of Competitive Advantage

Anita M. McGahan is studying the evolution of competitive advantage among firms in a cross section of industries. She is particularly interested in the structural conditions that enable firms to develop an enduring competitive advantage in new markets. McGahan has... View Details

Web

Drivers of Competitiveness - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Competitiveness & Economic Development CED Competitiveness & Economic Development Frameworks & Key Concepts Research & Applications Frameworks & Key Concepts Frameworks & Key Concepts Drivers of... View Details

19 Jul 2012
Other Presentation

Competitiveness and Economic Development

By: Michael E. Porter

Competitiveness and Economic Development: Briefing for Dr. Jim Kim View Details

Keywords: Economics; United States

2022
Report

Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100

By: Michael E. Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels

The Competitiveness Roadmap for India lays out policy principles to guide India's efforts to move towards middle-income and beyond over the next 25 years. It covers a discussion of appropriate outcome ambitions, the underlying development approach, specific policy... View Details

Keywords: Economic Growth; Strategy; Competition; Policy; Government Administration; India

Jun 2007
Other Presentation

Creating a Competitive Rwanda

By: Michael E. Porter

This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter"s articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness," in The Global Competitiveness Report 2006 (World... View Details

Keywords: Economics; Rwanda

17 Apr 2002
Other Presentation

Portuguese Competitiveness

By: Michael E. Porter

Presentation on the new challenges for Portuguese competitiveness, Lisbon, Portugal. View Details

Keywords: Economics; Portugal

March 2014
Technical Note

Sustainability of Competitive Advantage

By: Eric Van den Steen

This note introduces a framework for analyzing the sustainability of competitive advantage. (While it applies more broadly, it was developed as a component of the PVA framework.) View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Monopoly